Re: access denied

From: Miha Pihler (mihap-news_at_atlantis.si)
Date: 09/05/04

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    Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2004 23:25:57 +0200

    Hi Ray,

    Taking ownership of your folder and files should help. Follow instructions
    in this article

    How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP
    http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421&Product=winxp

    Post back if you still have any problems.

    Mike

    "Ray Yancey" <Ray@acumenconsultinginc.com> wrote in message
    news:63f701c4935a$c1a43380$a601280a@phx.gbl...
    > Problem Description: I experienced a "disaster" in a
    > failed mother board. (determined after I replaced the CPU
    > and hours of nightmares) I replaced, go the system up and
    > running and in my infinite wisdom, decided to install
    > service pack 2. Failed completely (now I know why
    > (incompatible video card driver from ATI)) but I felt
    > that I must reinstall XP to survive. The questionare
    > teriffied me and I elected to install a second instance
    > on the same drive (WINDOWS2) Went O.K. but in the
    > meantime, a trusted friend suggested that, to be sure all
    > my data was safe, to install a brand new drive, reload a
    > fresh XP, and then I could safely retrieve critical stuff
    > from the original.
    >
    > Bottom line, there is a profile called RAY (that's me, by
    > the way) that has all my digital camera images (via Canon
    > Zoom Browser) and my Outlook email .pst file that I
    > desperately need to retrieve. Family reunions, kid
    > pictures, you name it. Wife wants to kill me, them eat me.
    >
    > No matter how much I change the new RAY profile I've
    > created in the "new", current, stable XP environment, I
    > cannot access the documents created by that profile on
    > the other drive. System says ACCESS DENIED. Even when I
    > log on as administrator, I cannot see those objects.
    >
    > Can you help me?
    >
    > Ray Yancey
    > Acumen Consulting, Inc.
    > Covington, KY.
    >

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