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Andreas (norwegian) wrote:

Okey. I have tryed "How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP", but iI dont have the rights to change the rights... HELP!!! Have I lost my files??
When you tried to "take ownership" were you logged into a user account that has Administrator privileges (or to the "Administrator" account itself)?

Did you notice the "Note" at the beginning of the KB Article:

"Note You must be logged on to the computer with an account that has administrative credentials. If you are running Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, you must start the computer in safe mode, and then log on with an account that has Administrative rights to have access to the Security tab."

"If you are using Windows XP Professional, you must disable Simple File Sharing. By default, Windows XP Professional uses Simple File sharing when it is not joined to a domain."




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