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Old 10-14-2007   #1 (permalink)
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"cookbook" permissions setup for sole user?

First of all, I apologize for posting in the wrong place...not once but
twice!
Due to new OS stress.


Just wondering if there were some broad generalizations that could be made
for the person running Vista as a sole user. I would like to set this up so
that I have full access to my system without turning off the UAC.

This is a Vista Home Premium clean install. I am not having big problems but
I would like to have a plan for a consistent setup. I did not set up any
other users.

I have 4 partitioned drives. CDE partitions are on the same drive. They
are set to "Authenticated User" with full permission and I don't seem to be
able to change to any other user. My other drives are all set to "Owner
Creator"
with full permission. When I changed the settings for this
particular "Owner Creator" I got the message that my reclyle bin was
corrupted and that I could not access my system information file...did I
want to continue...if I did it might cause instability...so when I chose to
cancel there was a messaage about inconsistencies??



Thank you.

kristin




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First of all, I apologize for posting in the wrong place...not once but
twice!
Due to new OS stress.


Just wondering if there were some broad generalizations that could be made
for the person running Vista as a sole user. I would like to set this up so
that I have full access to my system without turning off the UAC.

This is a Vista Home Premium clean install. I am not having big problems but
I would like to have a plan for a consistent setup. I did not set up any
other users.

I have 4 partitioned drives. CDE partitions are on the same drive. They
are set to "Authenticated User" with full permission and I don't seem to be
able to change to any other user. My other drives are all set to "Owner
Creator"
with full permission. When I changed the settings for this
particular "Owner Creator" I got the message that my reclyle bin was
corrupted and that I could not access my system information file...did I
want to continue...if I did it might cause instability...so when I chose to
cancel there was a messaage about inconsistencies??



Thank you.

kristin
Hi Kristin,

You can activate the real Built-In Administrator account. It will give you full access like in XP without touching UAC. This tutorial will show you how.

Administrator Account

Shawn
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Old 10-14-2007   #3 (permalink)
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Re: "cookbook" permissions setup for sole user?

>> Just wondering if there were some broad generalizations that could be
Quote:
Quote:

>> made
>> for the person running Vista as a sole user. I would like to set this
>> up so
>> that I have full access to my system without turning off the UAC.
>>
>> This is a Vista Home Premium clean install. I am not having big
>> problems but
>> I would like to have a plan for a consistent setup. I did not set up
>> any
>> other users.
>>
>> I have 4 partitioned drives. CDE partitions are on the same drive. They
>> are set to "Authenticated User" with full permission and I don't seem
>> to be
>> able to change to any other user. My other drives are all set to "Owner
>> Creator"
>> with full permission. When I changed the settings for this
>> particular "Owner Creator" I got the message that my reclyle bin was
>> corrupted and that I could not access my system information file...did
>> I
>> want to continue...if I did it might cause instability...so when I
>> chose to
>> cancel there was a messaage about inconsistencies??
> Hi Kristin,
>
> You can activate the real Built-In Administrator account. It will give
> you full access like in XP without touching UAC. This tutorial will
> show you how.
>
> Administrator Account
>
> Shawn
>
>
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Hi Shawn,

Thanks so much for that handy tip! I also enjoyed looking around your Vista
site..lots of great tuts and forums.

What I am wondering...as a general rule, which type of user/permisssions
would work best on drives dedicated to data storage
for someone who is a sole user of the system? I could not change my data
drives from Creator-Owner. I could not alter them to give them more
permissions. Sooo...I juggled data, formatted the drives...thereby getting
rid of the Creator-Owner user type. Now they are all "Authenticated User"
with full permission but I can't change them from one type of user to
another. I am sure there is a logic to this but I am "not getting it" yet!

kristin

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>> Just wondering if there were some broad generalizations that could be


Hi Shawn,

Thanks so much for that handy tip! I also enjoyed looking around your Vista
site..lots of great tuts and forums.

What I am wondering...as a general rule, which type of user/permisssions
would work best on drives dedicated to data storage
for someone who is a sole user of the system? I could not change my data
drives from Creator-Owner. I could not alter them to give them more
permissions. Sooo...I juggled data, formatted the drives...thereby getting
rid of the Creator-Owner user type. Now they are all "Authenticated User"
with full permission but I can't change them from one type of user to
another. I am sure there is a logic to this but I am "not getting it" yet!

kristin
Kristin,

It usually best to leave them as Vista has assigned them to avoid any possible permission problems. To get full permission for the drive, you would just take ownership of it with the account with your username and give yourself full permission. You do not want to do this for the all of the boot drive with Vista though. This tutorial will show you how. If you are not having any problems with it set at default permissions, I would leave it alone.

Take Ownership of file

Shawn
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