Re: Unable to open file due to permissions

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You need to be the default "Administrator" account in Home edition, which you can get to in Safe Mode. (F8 on restart, during the 'black screen' part, just after the BIOS screen)

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Mark L. Ferguson

"havenlad" <havenlad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:8B4DE65E-5D08-4CB9-9B4E-48CACB28FE93@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks for the reply

When i right click on properties, it doesn't have a Security tab

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

HOW TO Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q308421

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"havenlad" <havenlad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I have a file that has been saved with read only, with only the author
> (who
> has left the company)having edit permissions. All other users have
> permissions inherited from folders above. Even domain admins had read
> only.
> One user had to be able to edit the document, so I unchecked the > "inherit
> from above" box and stupidly agreed to the message that said nobody > would
> be
> able to have access, thinking as domain admin I would be able to > arrange
> the
> user to have edit permissions later. When I clcked ok and went back > in,
> not
> even read only permissions were granted. is there any way to get this
> back
> so I can start messing with the permissions?
>
> Thanks

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