Re: Access Password Protected Files on login name that no longer exists
- From: Bruce Chambers <bchambers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2006 17:02:14 -0600
theskastronauts@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
My computer was recently ravaged by a virus that conveniently deleted
all of the user names, without deleting the personal documents of each
user. We were able to rebuild with new user names and access the
computer and the old files. However, I had my old account set to be
password protected and that no one but my user name could access my
documents. Now I am unable to access my old documents because I am not
using that user name. Is there any way to remotely access another
user's files if you know the password or a way to delete a saved
password?
If you hadn't encrypted the data files (which could not have been done with WinXP Home), you may be facing nothing more than a simple permissions issue. Have you tried taking ownership of the old folders?
HOW TO Take Ownership of a File or Folder in WinXP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q308421
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