To Mike Brannigan

From: Subzero (subzeronyc@hotmail.com)
Date: 06/08/02 

From: "Subzero" <subzeronyc@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2002 22:23:23 GMT

Thanks Mike,

 I do know that if you use the same user name when you create accounts
following a new installation, you aren't guaranteed to be able to access
anything from the former setup. After this last reinstall I even created an
addtional admin account with a totally different name, went through all of
the security settings to take ownership, and the folder was still locked.
Believe me, if I didn't think that someone here knew something that I
didn't, I wouldn't be posting in the first place.

I guess my wishful thinking of being able to use the same user name and
access anything was left behind in WinME.

"Mike Brannigan [MS]" <mikebran@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:#EeHm3mDCHA.1436@tkmsftngp04...
> Your response
>
> (1) I didn't lose the files, so don't assume I didn't back them up. I see
> them as plain as day inside the "Documents and Settings" folder I copied,
I
> just don't have access to them, even though I am the only user of this
> machine and always use the same log-in info whenever I have to re-install
> the OS, .
>
> and in particular "...even though I am the only user of this machine and
> always use the same log-in info whenever I have to re-install ..."
>
> Does show a lack of understanding about the Windows XP OS and it
> predecessors (Windows 2000 and Windows NT)
> As you should know just creating an account with the same user name and
> password after a reinstall is totally irrelevant to your ability to access
> files that were secured under a previous install and a similarly named
user
> account.
>
> Can you please address the precise question I posed in my initial response
> to your post
> "...
> Are you saying that after a clean install of Windows XP to an hard disk
that
> had an exiting NTFS file system and existing files and folders- and then
by
> logging on as the new Administrator account you are unable to "take
> ownership" of files and folders and once ownership has been changed then
> change the ACLs on those file and folders ??
> ..."
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Mike
> --
> Mike Brannigan [MS]
>
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>
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>
> "Subzero" <subzeronyc@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:KW8M8.3207$a11.1818@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...
> >
> > "Bruce Chambers" wrote in message:
> >
> > > Greetings --
> > > Actually, you're _entirely_ to blame. First, for not backing up your
> > data; and, second, for not bothering to learn how to use your new OS.
> >
> > Let me clarify a few things:
> >
> > (1) I didn't lose the files, so don't assume I didn't back them up. I
see
> > them as plain as day inside the "Documents and Settings" folder I
copied,
> I
> > just don't have access to them, even though I am the only user of this
> > machine and always use the same log-in info whenever I have to
re-install
> > the OS, since I'm forever tweaking the hardware, installing software,
etc
> > and I refreshen it every 6-8 months when I notice performance decrease.
> >
> > (2) If I didn't know anything about WindowsXP (which incidentally is not
> new
> > to me), I wouldn't have known to go and attempt to add users, groups,
etc
> > and try to take ownership and modify the inheritances and all the other
> > steps now would I to strip the Documents and Settings folder from
thinking
> > that those files still belong to me from the last installation of WinXP?
> >
> > (3) And if you've been following all of the individual threads, I'm not
> the
> > only person having problems regaining ownership of folders, files, etc.
> > There needs to be some workaround to correct this and I was just stating
> > that this issue needs to be addressed.
> >
> > I play nice until you hit me.
> >
> >
>
>