Re: Windows Boot/Logon
From: Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP\) (user_at_#notme.com)
Date: 02/18/05
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Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 16:52:35 -0800
If you have an available partition, assuming your system is set to boot from
the CD-ROM drive, boot with the XP CD in the drive. If it isn't or you are
not sure, you need to enter the system's BIOS. When you boot the system,
the first screen usually has
instructions that if you wish to enter setup press a specific key, when you
see that, do so. Then you will have to navigate to the boot sequence, if
the CD-ROM drive is not first line, set it first in the boot sequence. Save
your settings and exit with the XP CD in the drive. The system will reboot.
A few screens into the boot process, if you see the message on the boot
screen to "Press any key in order to boot from the CD," do so.
Then follow the screens, at some point you should reach a screen asking you
where you wish to install XP, choose the partition on which you wish to
install, some partition other than your current installation, then continue
with setup. If you don't have an available partition, this procedure will
require third party software such an XP compatible version of Partition
Magic or System Commander.
Once complete, in Windows Explorer, navigate to the other partition and
copy your files to the new setup. You may have problems accessing your
files either in the old setup and/or possibly the new setup. If that is the
case, you need to take ownership of the files as follows:
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/ "sds" <sds@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:938CD156-7F5C-4BC6-9D0C-B3A69DF4CB6A@microsoft.com... >I need to do exactly what you're talking about below. Are there >instructions > on the Microsoft site on how to do this? > > "Michael Solomon (MS-MVP)" wrote: > >> As opposed to replacing Windows on the partition which will cost you all >> your data unless your data files are backed up or are stored on another >> partition is to install XP to a separate partition, then copy your data >> to >> the new setup.
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