Re: accessing my documents

From: Graham Hughes (gdhughes_at_ozemail.com.au)
Date: 07/08/03 

Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 14:45:17 +1000

Steven,

You will have to reboot into safe mode.. This will then allow you to change
the access to all of the computer.

Find the files you want to change access to and then right click on them in
windows explorer and then click on the security tab.

(This security tab is not available in normal operating mode that is why you
have to reboot into safe mode.)

Next you will see a tab called take ownership, select it, choose your user
logon and click ok.
If you can't see your logon use the advanced button then choose find now,
this will list all of your user logons. Be careful not to
change system access.

As usual Bill Gates doesn't make it absolutely clear what that check box
about child permissions is but with mine I choose it and it
works fine.

Goodluck

Graham

"steven" <jatorieg@optonline.net> wrote in message
news:0a3301c34507$5490a8c0$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> My Pc crashed and the company sent me a new one to
> replace it. I was using Windows XP home operating
> system. I was the administrator and had put a username
> and password on it to protect my files from the other
> family members using the machine. I wanted to get the
> files off the old hard drive and put them on the new
> one. so I hooked the old drive in the new machine as a
> secondary drive. When I went to open my documents it
> said Documents and settings \steven is not accesible
> access is denied. All of my files were in there
> pictures, music, data files, outlook and IE favorites
> etc. I can get access to all the other users but mine.
> Is there anything I can do to get me access to my files?
>
> How do I access these files? Please help.
>
> steven 

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