Re: Windows Media player(transfering files between user accnts.)
From: Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\) (user_at_#notme.com)
Date: 08/12/04
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Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 12:16:18 -0700
I don't know what could be causing that unless there are some things about
your setup you have not described here such as various hardware or hardware
issues you may be having or if your system is in a networked environment or
on a Domain as opposed to a workgroup. I'm at a loss to know what might be
causing this.
-- Michael Solomon MS-MVP Windows Shell/User Backup is a PC User's Best Friend DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/ "papajim#1" <papajim1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B50B48BB-A695-4039-8BCF-90CA7AD94734@microsoft.com... >I tried what you said, however, when I rebooted and selected safe mode, the > administrator icon and my icon both came up. The admin. icon (picture) had > no > window for typing a password, but when I select it anyway, the computer > freezes up. > Cheers > > "Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/Us" wrote: > >> You can transfer them but they may need to take ownership to access them. >> Note: this would apply to the files you have transferred to their user >> account and ownership should be taken from their accounts 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/ >> >> "papajim#1" <papajim1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:7FCEEB5A-930D-4A89-8F97-7437A46DA738@microsoft.com... >> >I am the administrator. Ihave windows media player version 9, with >> >windows >> >xp >> > home operating system.Can I transfer my music files to other user >> > accnts. >> > on >> > this same computer, who do not administrator accnts.? If so, how? OR do >> > they >> > have to build their own from scratch? >> > Thanks in advance.....Jim >> >> >>
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