Re: How to bypass administrator permissions on my own system
- From: tom.locastro@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: 12 Feb 2007 11:19:01 -0800
On Feb 12, 1:54 pm, "Jim" <j...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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On Feb 12, 10:59 am, "Nepatsfan" <nepats...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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I have a cloned copy of an older XP system on a removable
drive that
had several user groups. I recently reinstalled XP SP2 on my
main
computer and now the removable drive no longer allows me
access to the
administrator accounts my documents folders. How can I bypass
the file
folder permissions so that I may retrieve my old data?
You need to disable Simple File Sharing and take ownership of
the files. Take a look at these articles for more info:
How to disable simplified sharing and set permissions on a
shared folder in Windows XPhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/307874/
How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows
XPhttp://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421
"Access is Denied" Error Message When You Try to Open a
Folderhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/810881
Note: If you are running Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, you
must start the computer in safe mode, and then log on with an
account that has Administrative rights to have access to the
Security tab. To start in Safe Mode, reboot your computer and
start tapping the F8 key as soon as you see anything displayed
on the screen. Keep hitting F8 until the Advanced Startup
Options menu appears. Use the up and down arrow keys on your
keyboard to select Safe Mode. Hit Enter.
Good luck
Nepatsfan
My newer version of XP on my C drive has no user groups but the
removable drive does and no longer recognizes me as the administrator.
By booting in safe mode, doesn't that only affect the newly installed
OS and does nothing for the removable drive? How is that going to help
bypass the administrator file permissions on the removable drive?
You clearly do not understand that a username is merely an alias for a
Security ID. Now, when you installed a new version of XP on your C drive,
the installation created accounts with new Security IDs. Thus, these new
accounts cannot access the files on the removable drive because, even if the
names are identical, the security IDs are not. Hence, XP's file protection
mechanism will not permit access.
That is why you need to take ownership of the files and folders on the
removable drive.
Jim- Hide quoted text -
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Jim,
I do understand that two different security ID's are at stake.
What I am trying to understand is that XP Professional will allow the
disabling of simple file sharing and access to the security feature
but XP home will not (as I so far understand it to be). So that being
said; Is the safe mode reboot all that needs to be done to circumvent
not be allowed to access the security features after disabling the
simple file sharing? Or is it more than that because of the two
different installations and it is the XP Home edition?
.
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