Re: Reinstalling Windows XP
From: Phil (I.fix.probs_at_for.you)
Date: 07/28/04
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Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 12:54:51 -0400
This information can be found in Help and Support by searching for
ownership.
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.
Tim_Myth wrote:
> My Win XP system was not booting. It kept hanging on AGP440.sys. I
> searched the web and found that the common fix for this problem is to
> run the Recovery Console and disable the video driver service. Well,
> I didn't have the recovery console installed, and I couldn't make it
> run from the CD because that option was never presented, so I figured
> I would just install XP over the top of itself. It ran into several
> files that would not copy during setup (some .FONs, .WAVs, a couple
> of .DLLs, and winlogon.exe), so not knowing quite what to do at that
> point I installed another hard drive and installed Windows XP on it.
> Worked like a charm. Only problem is that I can't access My
> Documents from the old drive. They're there. I see them in
> explorer. I can access my wife's stuff, but not mine. I used the
> same username for the new install of XP as I had on my old install,
> and both users had admin rights. My wife also had admin rights.
> Anyway to get those back? Any idea why it wouldn't install on the
> old drive but would on the new drive?
>
> "Alex Nichol" wrote:
>
>> Robert Bodling wrote:
>>
>>> Can you reinstall Xp over itself? If XP is malfunctioning, what
>>> would happen if you run the install with XP currently installed?
>>
>> you do a repair reinstall. Set the BIOS to boot CD before Hard disk,
>> then boot the XP CD, start Setup (do not take 'Repair' at this
>> stage), then after the license agreement select the XP to be
>> repaired, and hit R to 'Repair Installation'. This will retain
>> your existing software installations and most settings. But Updates
>> will have to be run again, especially SP1;
>> It is important to activate the basic XP Firewall before you ever
>> connect to the net to get the patches, so as to be protected against
>> things like the BLAST worm.
>>
>> Always back up essential data before doing any major system operation
>> like this, if you are still in a position to do so
>>
>> --
>> Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
>> Bournemouth, U.K. Alexn@mvps.D8E8L.org (remove the D8 bit)
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