Re: cant access another profile under administrator

From: alan (acfang@yahoo_do_not_spam.com)
Date: 09/07/02


Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2002 23:27:34 -0700
From: alan <acfang@yahoo_do_not_spam.com>

Robb Pierce wrote:
> I had a major problem under my old windows configuration,
> and was forced to re-install to another directory. I
> can't go to documents and settings and access my old
> information, it just says access denied, i dont get a
> chance to enter a password or anything

Yeah, that's coz even the admin doesn't have permissions to view another
user's directory. You can take ownership and add admin to the allowed
users. Under 2000 and NT4, admin was able to see everybody else's
folders by default.



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