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05-16-2008
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| | Access Denied to Certain Folders I am trying to access certain folders, such as C:\Windows, and get the message that access is denied. The account under which I am logged in is the only administrator account on the machine. How do I change the so I have full access to everything on the machine? Tim |
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05-16-2008
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| | Re: Access Denied to Certain Folders "Tim Riley" <TimRiley@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:EF129E79-F3AB-414C-BEDA-E82A13195AE5@xxxxxx Quote: >I am trying to access certain folders, such as C:\Windows, and get the > message that access is denied. The account under which I am logged in is > the > only administrator account on the machine. How do I change the so I have > full access to everything on the machine? > > Tim You can first try : right click on the folder, click Run As Administrator. If you can gain access, end of story. If not, try the link below regarding " Take ownership of an item ". Please tell me your result. Take Ownership of file |
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05-17-2008
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| | Re: Access Denied to Certain Folders We changed the ACL model in Vista so that even local administrators have only read access to the operating system files. What are you trying to do that requires more than this? -- Steve Riley steve.riley@xxxxxx http://blogs.technet.com/steriley http://www.protectyourwindowsnetwork.com "Tim Riley" <TimRiley@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:EF129E79-F3AB-414C-BEDA-E82A13195AE5@xxxxxx Quote: > I am trying to access certain folders, such as C:\Windows, and get the > message that access is denied. The account under which I am logged in is > the > only administrator account on the machine. How do I change the so I have > full access to everything on the machine? > > Tim |
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05-26-2008
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| | Re: Access Denied to Certain Folders Steve - I can't even display the contents of the folder. "Steve Riley [MSFT]" wrote: Quote: > We changed the ACL model in Vista so that even local administrators have > only read access to the operating system files. What are you trying to do > that requires more than this? > > -- > Steve Riley > steve.riley@xxxxxx > http://blogs.technet.com/steriley > http://www.protectyourwindowsnetwork.com > > > > "Tim Riley" <TimRiley@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:EF129E79-F3AB-414C-BEDA-E82A13195AE5@xxxxxx Quote: > > I am trying to access certain folders, such as C:\Windows, and get the > > message that access is denied. The account under which I am logged in is > > the > > only administrator account on the machine. How do I change the so I have > > full access to everything on the machine? > > > > Tim |
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05-30-2008
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| | Re: Access Denied to Certain Folders What are the steps you're taking, and what's the exact error message? -- Steve Riley steve.riley@xxxxxx http://blogs.technet.com/steriley http://www.protectyourwindowsnetwork.com "Tim Riley" <TimRiley@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:3EC67F4F-1921-40EA-9D8F-B9784DFE884C@xxxxxx Quote: > Steve - > > I can't even display the contents of the folder. > > > "Steve Riley [MSFT]" wrote: > Quote: >> We changed the ACL model in Vista so that even local administrators have >> only read access to the operating system files. What are you trying to do >> that requires more than this? >> >> -- >> Steve Riley >> steve.riley@xxxxxx >> http://blogs.technet.com/steriley >> http://www.protectyourwindowsnetwork.com >> >> >> >> "Tim Riley" <TimRiley@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:EF129E79-F3AB-414C-BEDA-E82A13195AE5@xxxxxx Quote: >> > I am trying to access certain folders, such as C:\Windows, and get the >> > message that access is denied. The account under which I am logged in >> > is >> > the >> > only administrator account on the machine. How do I change the so I >> > have >> > full access to everything on the machine? >> > >> > Tim |
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