xp security permission problem

hey,

from the start:

i have a laptop and it was sent off for repairs. i took out the hard drive before sending it off as i told them i need the files for work. so, i then connected it to an external drive holder which was acessible via my desktop pc. when trying to access my files in document and settings, it says access denied, i then click the security tab of the whole user (called ktp) folder and replaced ownership and replaced everything. from this time onwards, i could view everyhthing in this users folder. there was no problems untill i got my repaired laptop back from the engineer.

i then placed the hard drive back in to my laptop and started the computer, it worked fine. i logged in xp using my required username and password but it never loaded my original desktop and settings, it just seemed like it created a new user account and never used my original account.

i checked the user account folder in documents and settings and it displayed the original user which was 'ktp' user and also a new folder which was named exactly as the original (ktp) but had a hyphon and the name of the actual computer, so it displayed this (ktp-sneccie).

i know i changed ownership to view the files on my desktop temporary but how do i change it so that i can use my original ktp documents and desktop, i.e my old desktop wall paper, icons, documents/files?

thanks in advance and appreciate any help given and sorry for the long story.

dean

hey dean,

i just recently (as in tonight) recovered from the exact problem from which you are suffering. i have good news, it is fixable! here's the step by step of what i did.

1.) open "my computer"
2.) go to "tools" then "folder options"
3.) under the "view" tab, scroll down to the very bottom and uncheck "use simple file sharing (recommended)"
4.) click "ok"
5.) go to the location of your documents and settings folder. i'm guessing that's c:\
6.) right click on "documents and settings" and go to "properties"
7.) under the newly arrived "security" tab, click "advanced" look familiar?
8.) go to the "owner" tab,
9.) BE SURE TO CHECK THE "replace owner on subcontainers and objects" box
10.) make yourself the owner just like you did in vista.
11.) reboot and voila, hurray for us!

happy computing,

joel

i forgot to mention the key element to that fix-it strategy. you have to do it from xp. sorry 'bout that. anyway, hope it works for you as well as it did for me!