Re: Access is Denied. And I am the Admin!

From: Agent (takealook@you.com)
Date: 01/24/03 

From: Agent <takealook@you.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 04:14:03 GMT

Allow me to show "support" two power user control-key function
combinations. - With these, you can clearly make your point AND
support the individuals who are reading this group, for help.

The first is Control-C, which will copy text - The second is
Control-V for "paste" - When I do those in succession, I can put the
following in a place for ALL to read easily.

"How to Take Ownership of a Folder
NOTE: You must be logged on to the computer using an account that has
administrative privileges. If you are running Windows XP Home Edition,
in order to have access to the Security tab, you must first start in
Safe Mode and log on with an account that has Administrative rights.

If you are using Windows XP Professional, you must disable Simple File
Sharing. By default, Windows XP Professional uses Simple File sharing
when not joined to a domain. For additional information about how to
do this, click the article number below to view the article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
307874 HOW TO: Disable Simplified Sharing and Password-Protect a
Shared Folder in Windows XP

To take ownership of a folder:
Right-click the folder you want to take ownership of, and then click
Properties.
Click the Security tab, and then click OK on the Security message (if
one appears).
Click Advanced, and then click the Owner tab.
In the Name list, click your user name, Administrator if you are
logged in as Administrator, or click the Administrators group. If you
want to take ownership of the contents of that folder, click to select
the Replace owner on subcontainers and objects check box.
Click OK. The following message appears, where folder name is the name
of the folder that you want to take ownership of:
You do not have permission to read the contents of directory folder
name. Do you want to replace the directory permissions with
permissions granting you Full Control?

All permissions will be replaced if you press Yes.

Click Yes.
Click OK, and then reapply the permissions and security settings that
you want for the folder and its contents.
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How to Take Ownership of a File
NOTE: You must be logged on to the computer using an account that has
administrative privileges.

To take ownership of a file, follow these steps:
Right-click the file you want to take ownership of, and then click
Properties.
Click the Security tab, and then click OK on the Security message (if
one appears).
Click Advanced, and then click the Owner tab.
In the Name list click Administrator, or click the Administrators
group, and then click OK.

The Administrator or Administrators group now owns the file. To change
the permissions on the files and folders under this folder, continue
to step 5.
Click Add.
In the Enter the object names to select (examples) list, type the user
or group account to which you want to give access to the file. For
example, Administrator.
Click OK.
In the Group or user names list, click the account that you want (for
example, Administrator), and then click to select the check boxes of
the permissions that you want to assign that user. For example, Full
Control [Allow]. When you are finished assigning permissions, click
OK."

See - one less hoop to make otherwise frustrated clients jump through.

>;-)

On Thu, 23 Jan 2003 16:45:41 -0500, "Kevin K" <WMTRP205@NoSpam.com>
wrote:

>
>Read Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:
>HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP (Q308421)
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q308421

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