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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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| Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | Re: "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 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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| | 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?? > > 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 > > > -- > brink > > *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.* > WWW.VISTAX64.COM (\"HTTP://WWW.VISTAX64.COM\") > *Please post feedback to help others.* 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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| Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | Re: "cookbook" permissions setup for sole user? >> 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 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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