Re: XP Home File Permissions

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From: Carey Frisch [MVP] (mrxp2004_at_nospamyahoo.com)
Date: 07/28/04 

Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 17:11:37 -0500

This article describes how to take ownership of a file or folder
to which you have been denied access:

How to Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421&Product=winxp 

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Carey Frisch
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"john breen" <jbreen23@comcast.net> wrote in message:
 news:605101c474ef$0ef32cc0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
|I had some problems with XP home edition. I reloaded 
| Windows (rebuild option} and it is stuck in SETUP mode.All 
| of my files are on the drive. I put in a new drive  and 
| installed a clean copy of of XP on the drive. So now I 
| have a new clean copy on c drive and my old system on the 
| d drive. The problem is in "Document and Settings" files. 
| When I try to move .pst files I get "Access Denied". Is 
| there a way to get around this?
| 
| Thanks

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