Re: Administrator Capabilities

From: Jupiter Jones [MVP] (jones_jupiter_at_hotnomail.com)
Date: 09/10/03


Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 13:34:34 -0600


Dan;
Windows XP Home or Pro?

You need to be using NTFS and not FAT32 file system.
To check:
Open My Computer, Right click C drive, click Properties.
What does it say by "File System"?
To convert to NTFS:
http://aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm

Windows XP Home: (Safe Mode)
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307286

Windows XP Pro: (Disable Simple File Sharing)
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307874

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Jupiter Jones  [MVP]
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"Dan Child" <danchild@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:026b01c377d0$62dd9ea0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> When I go to folder properties, there is no Security tab.
> Is there any other way to Take Ownership?
> >-----Original Message-----
> >James;
> >Take Ownership:
> >http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421
> >
> >-- 
> >Jupiter Jones  [MVP]
> >An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
> >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/s
> etup.asp
> >http://dts-l.org/index.html
> >
> >
> >"James" <LuxotticaBoi21@comcast.net> wrote in message
> >news:033601c377c5$1111d5b0$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> >> My question is pretty simple so I hope there is a
> simple
> >> answer...I am the administrator on my computer and I
> have
> >> two users that are limited.  I was under the impression
> >> that by being an administrator I could access any and
> all
> >> of their protected folders/files.  However when I
> tried to
> >> access a locked folder, I was denied access.  How do I
> >> override that?
> >
> >
> >.
> >


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