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

Doug;
The directory was made private on the previous installation.
Even though you reinstalled and even if you used the same name and password
it is seen as a different user and thus access is denied the unknown user.
Taking Ownership returns access.
Is a windows issue and is not a problem at all, it is by design.

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"Clueless" <doug.nielsen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks - the above has worked.

Does anyone have an idea why Windows was no longer able to access the
"Owner" directory and we were forced to do the repair/restore route?
Is it a hardware or software problem, or a virus?


Thanks,
Doug.


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