RE: security - been denied access to this machine

From: matvdl (matvdl_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/17/05


Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 20:39:04 -0800

I have just carried a system restore to a period a few weeks ago - problem
has now gone away.

The system restore built into winXP worked very well - potentially saved me
a re-install.

Matthew

"matvdl" wrote:

> I have recently run into a number of problems access the IIS on my machine -
> there also appears to be other problems that I am guessing are all related
> somehow.
>
> When I open IIS i get a "you have been denied access to this machine" IIS
> is installed locally and the operating system is WinXP Srv Pack 2. And yes I
> am an administrator.
>
> Doesn't matter who I log in as - I always get the same message.
>
> I have tried changing the security permissions on all files on the system
> and have also tried to take ownership of all files on the system - when
> taking ownership I get a warning that I do not have permissions to read the
> directory \device\harddiskvolume1\inetPub. It then asks me if I want to
> replace the permissions granting me full control - I always say yes. This
> does not fix the problem - If I go back and try to take ownership of the
> entire hard drive again I get the same message.
>
> Something has gone screwy with the permissions on the system and I have no
> idea how to fix it. - There are other possibly related issues detailed below.
>
> 1. Can't view the properties of a network adapted - permissioned denied
> 2. Can't view some of the settings on the Advanced tab of the windows
> firewall configuration box - get message indicating the connection settings
> are corrupt - restoring defaults does not fix this problem
>
> I have also noticed that I can access to the IIS configuration if I connect
> to IIS as the Guest account - but connecting as the admin account does not
> work.
>
> I know I could re-install - but I use this system for development of three
> different systems and it can take me weeks to get everything working again -
> if there is anyone that can help me out and fix this problem it would be very
> much appreciated.
>
> Look forward to a response.
> --
> matthew



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