You need to take ownership of the folder (since it was 'owned' by your
previous Windows installation).
You can do it the long and tedious way:
http://www.vista4beginners.com/Chang...take-ownership
Or the quick and easy way:
http://www.technobeta.com/posts/add-...-context-menu/
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Maxwell Bluemeanie
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"Daniel Hirons" <DanielHirons@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8396B95D-4D82-4B45-B561-3FE0950B5B91@microsoft.com...
> Following on from when my system crashed and driver problems I just now
> need
> to know how to get rid of some of the old files which have automatically
> been
> stored in a folder called Windows.old and when I try to delete some of
> their
> contents it says that I don't have permission to do so.