Re: Win XP - Restored, Win made awkard "Owner" Account

Take ownership of the files.
If you are using XP Home you will need to boot to Safe mode and log in to an
account with Administrator privileges

To take ownership of a file or folder

Open Windows Explorer, and then locate the file or folder you want to take
ownership of.
Right-click the file or folder, click Properties, and then click the
Security tab.
Click Advanced, and then click the Owner tab.
In the Change owner to box, click the new owner.
(Optional) To change the owner of all subcontainers and objects within the
tree, select the Replace owner on subcontainers and objects check box.
Notes

To open Windows Explorer, click Start, point to All Programs, point to
Accessories, and then click Windows Explorer.
If you are not joined to a domain and want to view the Security tab, see To
display the Security tab.
You can transfer ownership in two ways:
The current owner can grant the Take ownership permission to others,
allowing those users to take ownership at any time.
An administrator can take ownership of any file on the computer. However,
the administrator cannot transfer ownership to others. This restriction
keeps the administrator accountable.
In Windows XP Professional, the Everyone group no longer includes the
Anonymous Logon group.


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"Clueless" <doug.nielsen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1146270707.441528.198910@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I seem to have an awkward problem today with Windows XP. The system
wouldn't reboot, and my wife tried a "repair" - this failed, so she did
a system restore.

With the restore most data and applications are still on the PC. The
drive letters got renamed. And the appearance/settings/screensaver are
all windows defaults.

The main issue we have is the "Owner" directory is no longer
accessible. I can view through Explore, but cannot enter the
directory. The directory is:
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner

It appears Windows created a new Owner-user directory:
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner.YOUR-6JNHHU0520

I cannot access the older "Owner" directory and therefore have lost key

information stored there like Outlook Express files.


Any ideas to be able to get access to that folder?


Thanks,
Doug.



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