Re: folder locked to all accounts, even Admin

See Help and Support and search for "take ownership"

HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308421

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Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
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"Rob" <Rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:D7327C3A-22D0-46FB-9B2A-2DAB9CB8D2DE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> The folder C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents is locked on my
> compter to all accounts, even the Admin. I have XP SP2. Because of this
> problem, I can't re-install Adobe Acrobat because the installer can't create
> or change the folder C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\Adobe PDF.
.

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