Re: Need Help to Reset Permissions PLEASE!

From: Roger Abell [MVP] (mvpNOSPAM@asu.edu)
Date: 08/02/02 

From: "Roger Abell [MVP]" <mvpNOSPAM@asu.edu>
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 23:50:10 -0700

"CBM" <cbmarsh@loyno.edu> wrote in message
news:420401c23957$3bda85b0$36ef2ecf@tkmsftngxa12...
> Actually, it wasn't that difficult. I had reset the
> permissions under the security tab, not the sharing tab.
> So I was able to get back to the right place by right-
> clicking on the C drive, choosing "Properties"
> and "Security." What got me freaked out initially was that
> the "Sharing/Security" option had disappeared from the
> right-click menu, and I didn't realize I could still
> access it through Properties. Thanks.
>

Well, that is good. From your original post I had
read that you had set a Deny to Everyone at the
boot partition root and had it applied all the way
down. That would be a nasty recovery, given that
Everyone is every acount. Doable with a second
machine, but not pretty. 

--
Roger Abell
MS MVP (Windows Platform), MCSE, MCDBA
Associate Expert - Windows XP ExpertZone
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Ouch!
> >It is amazing that you are able to still functioning
> within
> >a login at all.
> >If you have a second NT-family machine around, the
> >easiest thing would be to hang the harddisk in that other
> >machine (at current service level), and change the NTFS
> >settings from a fully functional boot and login (other
> system).
> >--
> >Roger Abell
> >MS MVP (Windows Platform), MCSE, MCDBA
> >Associate Expert - Windows XP ExpertZone
> >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> >
> >"CBM" <cbmarsh@loyno.edu> wrote in message
> >news:338501c238a0$3624cf20$9ee62ecf@tkmsftngxa05...
> >> While experimenting with different network sharing
> >> options, I reset all permissions to "deny" for Everyone
> on
> >> the C drive. It warned me that only the owner would be
> >> able to restore. I didn't think this would be a problem
> >> since I am the administrator and only user on the box,
> but
> >> now I'm locked out of my own C drive, and the sharing
> >> option is not even availabe on right-click. Any help
> would
> >> be gratly appreciated!
> >
> >
> >.
> >

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