Re: Help Please re. User Rights???

From: Mark Fleming (MarkFleming_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/23/05 

Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 13:47:01 -0800

I have the exact same problem as the original poster, except I can get it to
work on another computer wrunning XP Home SP2. But, I need it to work on the
one it's not working on.

I tried your very detailed instructions and was not able to make it work.

In my situation, I have the original administrator called "Administrator"
and a Computer Administrator called "Chase". I've tried numerous
combinations of uninstalling and reinstalling, even with new user accounts
I've made up.

When I go to the Folder Options, there is no "Enable Simple File Sharing" so
I went to the next step as you inidcated.

In the Security tab I had the following:

Administrator (Chase\Administratos)
Create Owner
System
Users (Chase\Users)

Note: there are no permissions allows to be checked on the Create Owner one.

On the Owner tab, I had the following:

Administrator (Chase\Administrator)
Administrators (Chase\Administrators)

Does any of this help?

"Michael Solomon (MS-MVP)" wrote:

> This is beginning to sound suspiciously similar to a file ownership issue.
>
> 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/
>
> "uswalker" <uswalker@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:14C4EB8E-536B-4021-872C-BBD891679951@microsoft.com...
> > Thanks for taking time to help me.
> >
> > Yes, it is a legal version, I've already spoken with Intuit (QuickBooks)
> > and
> > they told me it is a Windows XP problem (sound familiar) and I assumed
> > they
> > would have told me if there are conflicts with the downloadable version.
> >
> > Just had a technonerd out for two hours ($120 later) and the problem is
> > still there. Have called Intuit to send me a hard version for download.
> > I
> > had Intuit's QUICKEN which I had purchased and never downloaded and did so
> > to
> > see if this was still a problem ... loaded just fine. The technonerd
> > thinks
> > it's some kind of bug, so we've been running Norton on safe mode as well
> > as
> > numerous other programs to see what's up. No solution and tired of
> > trying.
> > Will get some other software that will do same job.
> >
> > Thanks again for your time.
> >
> > "Michael Solomon (MS-MVP)" wrote:
> >
> >> First, if you downloaded QuickBooks, is this a legal version? If you
> >> mean
> >> by download you installed QuickBooks, is it a version of QuickBooks that
> >> is
> >> compatible with XP and have you checked the Intuit website for any
> >> updates,
> >> patches or information as well as with regard to this specific issue in
> >> their knowledge base, www.intuit.com.
> >>
> >> I'm assuming that not only are you the only user but that you only have
> >> one
> >> user account on your system and you've installed QuickBooks to that
> >> specific
> >> user account. If you have set up additional user accounts on your
> >> system,
> >> make sure QuickBooks is installed in the user account in which you wish
> >> to
> >> use it as many applications are not compatible with a multi-user
> >> environment.
> >>
> >> Also, if you only just purchased QuickBooks, Intuit's tech support should
> >> be
> >> free for an initial period, 30 days if I'm not mistaken but it's been
> >> awhile
> >> since I checked.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Michael Solomon MS-MVP
> >> Windows Shell/User
> >> Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
> >> DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
> >>
> >> "uswalker" <uswalker@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >> news:0881F08A-53BA-48FF-88C3-1419B442ED50@microsoft.com...
> >> >I recently downloaded QuickBooks. The installation ran OK, after I
> >> >turned
> >> > off Norton, yet when I got to open program I get the following
> >> > message...
> >> >
> >> > "Windows XP and windows 2000 users must have Power Users or
> >> > Administrator
> >> > group rights in order to run QuickBooks. Please contact your system
> >> > administrator about being granted those rights."
> >> >
> >> > I am the only user on my home edition XP pc; I am the admnistrator and
> >> > I
> >> > can't seem to get this program open.
> >> >
> >> > Would sure appreciate any help before I have to call $ tecky.
> >> >
> >> > Thank You
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > louie
> >>
> >>
> >>
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