Re: User Account lost when XP had to be reinstalled
From: Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\) (user_at_#notme.com)
Date: 03/03/04
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Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 09:57:04 -0800
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-- Michael Solomon MS-MVP Windows Shell/User Backup is a PC User's Best Friend DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/ <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:55d501c40061$f9612ee0$a301280a@phx.gbl... > 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 >>DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/ >> >>"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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