Re: fix this damn NTFS bug!!

From: p2pdotcn (zhou140_at_yahoo.com.cn)
Date: 02/10/04 

Date: 10 Feb 2004 15:10:36 -0800

stevenl@online.microsoft.com ("Steven Liu") wrote in message news:<902bxU77DHA.2992@cpmsftngxa07.phx.gbl>...
> Dear Customer,
>
> On the Windows 2000, we can solve the problem by this way.
>
> 1. Open My Computer and right click the D and select Sharing and Security
> 2. Go to the Security tab
> 3. Click the Advanced
> 4. Go to the Owner tab
> 5. Select your account in the "Change owner to:" pane. (If your account is
> not listed here, click Other Users or Groups and add your account here)
> 6. Check to select "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects"
> 7. Click Apply
>
> This will take the system for some times to replace the owner information
> for all files and folders in partition D. When it finishes, you can delete
> or change files.
>
> Another method is that you can logon the computer with the administrator
> which is created while installing the Windows. With the account, you also
> can delete or modify files directly.
>
> Note: if you logon the computer with the account you created, you can't
> delete the files on D even you have the local administrator permission.
>
> Thanks for using Microsoft Newsgroup!
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Steven Liu [MSFT]

Thanks, i think this solves my problem.
howerver it would be great for windows to actively check for missing
owners and automatically gives the administrators group full control
over those files. and do it in a backgroud process.

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