Re: User Account lost when XP had to be reinstalled
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Date: 03/02/04
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Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 06:23:46 -0800
Thank you very much for your help.
>-----Original Message-----
>Sorry, accidentally hit send. Below are the
instructions for resolving file
>ownership:
>This sounds like a file ownership issue related to
NTFS. Note, file
>ownership and permissions supersede administrator
rights. How you resolve
>it depends upon which version of XP you are running.
>
>
>
>XP-Home
>
>
>
>Unfortunately, XP Home using NTFS is essentially hard
wired for "Simple File
>Sharing" at system level.
>
>However, you can set XP Home permissions in Safe Mode.
Reboot, and start
>hitting F8, a menu should eventually appear and one of
the
>options is Safe Mode. Select it. Note, it will ask for
the administrator's
>password. This is not your administrator account,
rather it is the
>machine's administrator account for which users are
asked to create a
>password during setup.
>
>If you created no such password, when requested, leave
blank and press
>enter.
>
>Open Explorer, go to Tools and Folder Options, on the
view tab, scroll to
>the bottom of the list, if it shows "Enable Simple File
Sharing" deselect it
>and click apply and ok. If it shows nothing or won't
let you make a change,
>move on to the next step.
>
>Navigate to the files, right click, select properties,
go to the Security
>tab, click advanced, go to the Owner tab and select the
user that was logged
>on when you were refused permission to access the
files. Click apply and
>ok. Close the properties box, reopen it, click add and
type in the name of
>the user you just enabled. If you wish to set ownership
for everything in
>the folder, at the bottom of the Owner tab is the
following selection:
>"Replace owner on subcontainers and objects," select it
as well.
>
>Once complete, you should be able to do what you wish
with these files when
>you log back on as that user.
>
>
>
>XP-Pro
>
>
>
>If you have XP Pro, temporarily change the limited
account to
>administrative. First, go to Windows Explorer, go to
Tools, select Folder
>Options, go to the View tab and be sure "Use Simple File
Sharing" is not
>selected. If it is, deselect it and click apply and ok.
>
>
>
>If you wish everything in a specific folder to be
accessible to a user,
>right click the folder, select properties, go to the
Security tab, click
>Advanced, go to the Owner tab,
>select the user you wish to have access, at the bottom
of the box, you
>should see a check box for "Replace owner on
subcontainers and objects,"
>place a check in the box and click apply and ok.
>
>The user should now be able to perform necessary
functions on files in the
>folder even as a limited account. If not, make it an
admin account again,
>right click the folder, select Properties, go to the
Security tab and be
>sure the user is listed in the user list. If not, click
add and type the
>user name in the appropriate box, be sure the user has
all the necessary
>permissions checked in the permission list below the
user list, click apply
>and ok.
>
>That should do it and allow whatever access you desire
for that folder even
>in a limited account.
>
>
>--
>Michael Solomon MS-MVP
>Windows Shell/User
>Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
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>
>"Duncan Smart" <duncan.smart@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in
message
>news:524601c3ffc1$03aa2880$a101280a@phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>>
>> My XP had a serious problem which meant I had to
reinstall
>> it. I am now unable to access the User Account which
held
>> all my Word files password protected. Can anyone help
me
>> with how to access this account? Many thanks in
advance.
>>
>> Duncan
>
>
>.
>
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