RE: receiving 'access denied' message on all folders in logical pa

From: ten (ten_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/31/04 

Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 15:49:03 -0800

I am running xp home edition. I tried both the 'properties' and the 'sharing
but there is not a 'security' or advance button on either. Any additional
assistance would be greatly appreciated.l

"Danor" wrote:

> Ten-
>
> I am going to presume two things:
> 1) You are running XP Pro;
> 2) You _had_ - before the reinstall - simple file sharing turned OFF
>
> It is very likely that the remaining un-reformated volumes (which you called
> logical drives, both terms are correct and somewhat appropriate but in this
> instance at this point you should think of it in terms of being a disk
> volume) access rights are based on the SID of the prior WinXP install's
> Administrator account (e.g. it may be called Administrator, but each time you
> install XP a new SecurityIDentifier is generated for each login account, and
> that's what XP actually uses in the security token that is reviewd when
> access is requested to any objcect: the SID _not_ the account name; however,
> there is a minor exception to this as regards to object ownership when
> AdministratorS is the owner - more details below.
>
> It is relatively easy to correct:
> Open your favorite Windows GUI (My Computer or Explorer or IE) and navigate
> to the disk voluem in question (let's say drive M:\...)
> Right-click the M:\-drive icon and select Sharing and Security (or
> Properties if that selection is not visible for some reason);
> Click on the Security Tab
> Click the Advanced button in lower-rgt region of Security window
> Click on the Ownership tab
> Select either the Administrator account or Administrators account as the new
> owner (read notes below before completing this procedure from this step on)
> Check the replace owner on subfolders box in lower-left area of this window
> Do NOT click OK just yet (unless you want to make it a two-step process; you
> won't hurt anything by clicking OK/Apply now, it is just a time-saver to wait
> at this point - but if you do want to two-step this, click Apply here not OK
> - there are considerations to be made, again see notes below): Click on the
> Permissions tab
> Review the listed permissions configuration and adjust as desired
> Click OK
>
> Notes:
> If you want just The Administrator to OWN the volume that's fine. There is a
> slight downside to that and that is if you do reformat/reinstall again, you
> will have to repeat this exercise all over as the Administrator SID will be
> assigned as the Object's Owner and not the Administrors Group.
> In XP, when the Administrators GROUP is assigned as the owner, then even
> after a reinstall and all SIDs get recreated, Objects that _were_ owned by
> and accessible to the old Administrators group are _still_ owned by and
> accessible to the NEW Administrators group. This business of reapplying
> ownership is moot.
>
> Sometimes, depending on how the permissions were setup on the volume
> _before_ you reinstalled XP (especially on subdirectories underneath where
> inheritance was turned off and a new set of permissions set at that level) in
> order for all the permissions to work or get reset properly, you get the
> results you want by Applying the ownership change BEFORE changing any of the
> Permission entries on that tab, and then APPLYing/OKing the Permissions
> changes as well. But, if all you want to do is establish the base
> permissions on the root of the volume and then utilize inheritance to
> propgate those permissions throughout the tree below, then there is no need
> to APPLY Ownership separate from Permissions, you can save the time it will
> take XP to reapply your new settings by configuring the Permissions entries
> after the Ownership before clicking APPLY/OK.
>
> You'll need to go thru this exercise for each of your disk drive volumes
> (logical drives).
>
> Then.... everything should be fine!
>
> Good luck, and Happy New Year!
>
>
> "ten" wrote:
>
> > I have my hard drive configured with multiple logical drives and use the 'c'
> > drive just for the operating system. I just reloaded windows xp on my 'c'
> > drive after re-formatting the 'c' drive only. I have then installed all
> > updates but when I go into windows explorer and click on any folder on any of
> > the logical drives I receive and 'access denied' message. When I re-installed
> > I created a new user account other than the one I had previously used. How
> > can I make all these drives available again.