Re: New Disk File Problem
From: Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\) (user_at_#notme.com)
Date: 08/26/04
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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 21:58:23 -0700
If you have XP Home Edition, you have to go to Safe Mode as mentioned in
the first part of the instructions I posted as follows:
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.
-- Michael Solomon MS-MVP Windows Shell/User Backup is a PC User's Best Friend DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/ "bullwinkel J. Moose" <quincey.nyc@verizon.net> wrote in message news:uxLZPzxiEHA.2340@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... > Thank you you have given me lots of info. > > I'm running Windows xpsp2. This problem existed before i installed sp2 > which went very smoothly.I have several accounts. The main admin account > which is visible in the logon screen. I have 3 other desktops all of which > are set for admin rights. What I will do is delete 2 of them. The 3rd I > cannot delete and the fourth is my working desktop which my wife shares. > > I have gone to windows explorer tools and selected folder options and the > view tab. The simple file sharing is not selected. and apply does not > ungrey and I click ok. > > I think I'm being dense but nothing's working. Can you try again for > windows xp-sp2? > > I sure would appreciate it. > > "Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/User)" <user@#notme.com> wrote in > message news:%23A%23xDFwiEHA.1432@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... >> The issue is not what you used to create the partition, the issue is >> likely one of file ownership: >> This sounds like a file ownership issue related to NTFS. Note, file >> ownership and permissions supersede administrator rights. How you >> resolve it depends upon which version of XP you are running. > I've cut out the windows xp home section. >> >> 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/ >> >> "bullwinkel J. Moose" <quincey.nyc@verizon.net> wrote in message >> news:%239Rd4RhiEHA.636@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl... >>>I have added an additional Hard Drive to my system. I have partitioned it >>>using Partition Magic. I run Windows XP-Sp2 with no problems. I made >>>several partitions on this drive also with no problems an I can see them >>>in Windows Explorer. When I am running an "Administrator" desktop I can >>>add/remove/move etc files into the new logical drives. >>> BUT when I am running in my main user desktp which has administrator >>> priveledges I cannot write to or change or delete programs or files from >>> the new partitions >>> >>> I know that there is somewhere in XP a rule or something which will let >>> me change the rules so that I can manipulate these partitions normally >>> from my main user desktop. >>> >>> Any advice or help gratefully appreciated. >>> >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> >>> >> >> > >
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