RE: Broken Admini Rights
From: natm (natm_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/19/04
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Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 22:24:01 -0700
Ichanged it as you recommended, rebooted system and signed backin as Administrator. Tried Retrospect (the backup software) It came back and said I needed administrator rights to run the program. Looks like that wasn't enough.
Any more ideas or fixes???
Nat
"Mark L. Ferguson MVP" wrote:
> It might be an "Ownershiop" problem, rather than an Admin
> rights thing. (but logging on as default "Administrator"
> will allow elevating any other account)
>
> HOW TO Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP:
> support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q308421
>
> I would guess you are probably set to the default
> ownership type for admins, and need to set then to share
> ownership. Go to Start/Run, and type : GPEDIT.MSC Local
> Computer Policy> Computer Configuration> Windows
> Settings> Security Settings> Local Policies> Security
> Options> System Objects: Default owner for objects
> created by members of the Administrators Group. Set this
> to "Administrators group" instead of "Object Creator".
>
> Mark L. Ferguson MVP
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Apparently my Admin rights are bent or broken. FYI -
> I'm running
> >XP Pro MCE 2004 on a fairly new HP zd7180 notebook. All
> had been
> >working weel until several weeks ago. (Then I went out
> of town, so
> >didn't do much to try to correct, other than what
> follows.)
> >
> >I first noticed a problem severla weeks ago when I could
> not
> >download the Guide. I also could not run my Retrospect
> backup
> >program (external Maxstor 160 GB HD, configures as 2
> 80GBs, one as
> >backup for the internal 80GB HD, othere as "play
> space". Error
> >message is that Retrospect culd not load since I needed
> to have
> >Administraotr rights - which I have!
> >
> >Based on HP Support, I tried an OS repair. About 10
> min. into
> >the process, Windws reported a COM+ error, but it then
> proceeded to
> >go through the rest of the repair. Still no rights
> restored.
> >
> >Aso unable to install fix from Microsoft for MCE
> (Q815487) but
> >all other updates and patches have been applied
> successfully.
> >
> >Latest sympton was when trying to set up a dial up
> connection (I
> >normally use cable) from my vacation site, I got an
> error saying the
> >bob@nospam.org <bob@nospam.org>Wizad could not open the
> phonebook
> >file. I was able to go to the command prompt to turn
> off the hidden
> >and read only attributes on the phonebook (.pbk) files,
> I could then
> >create the dialup connection fine onthe exposed files.
> >
> >I have scanned and rescanned for viruses, and have used
> the
> >several antispyware programs, and everything comes out
> clean.
> >
> >I am assuming (could be making as a-- of me) that
> somehow my
> >rights over hidden and read only files is not working
> properly (When
> >I try to turn on display of these files through Control
> Panel, it
> >doen't take.) I even went so far as to delete me as a
> user, and
> >receate my account with Admin level, but no help.
> >
> >Can anyone give me any fixes (short of re-formatting HD
> and
> >reinstalling everything - OS, applicatins, patches, and
> backup data
> >files)? Are there placed in the registry to look for
> rights/symptoms
> >that might hold clues or fixes??
> >
> >
> >--
> >Nat
> >.
> >
>
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