No Access to User Account - Help please

[Miranda Chaloner]

Hi
I've got seven different User Accounts on my PC all of them set up as
Administrators, my problem is that two of them seem to be locked out from
the others. So if I try to copy a file from one of these two accounts I get
a system error saying "Access is denied". Although the two accounts work
perfectly well if you log into them. Because I've just had to completely
re-format and re-install everything on my C: drive I copied (using Norton
Ghost) everything over to a temporary G: drive, now I want to copy back all
the documents. I have been able to do this successfully on all the accounts
except for these two which are still denying me access. Even if I log into
the blocked account, it still doesn't allow me access to the user files on
the backup G: drive for that account. I'm at my wits end with it. How can
I get the documents from these User Accounts. If anyone can help I'll be
really happy! Thanks for reading this.
Miranda

[Miranda Chaloner]

Thanks for the reply. I tried to do as you suggested, but when I
right-click the folder and click properties I get a box up that has three
tabs:- General, Sharing & Customize. If I click Sharing it says that I
should drag the folder into Shared files for access. However it won't let
me and I get an error saying "Cannot create or replace folder: Access is
denied"
I don't think that the actual folder is corrupt because as I explained the
user account used to work (pre back-up) if you logged into it, but other
users couldn't access it.
Do you or anyone else have any other suggestions please? The person whose
User Account it is, is Not Happy having lost all their files, emails &
contacts etc.!!
Thanks
Miranda
"tonton" > wrote in message
...
> try this:
>
> right-click the folder or the file in question>properties
> security tab
> highlight the Administrators account and make sure
> they're all set to Allow, or,
> add your account, and take full control
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hi
> >I've got seven different User Accounts on my PC all of
> them set up as
> >Administrators, my problem is that two of them seem to
> be locked out from
> >the others. So if I try to copy a file from one of
> these two accounts I get
> >a system error saying "Access is denied". Although the
> two accounts work
> >perfectly well if you log into them. Because I've just
> had to completely
> >re-format and re-install everything on my C: drive I
> copied (using Norton
> >Ghost) everything over to a temporary G: drive, now I
> want to copy back all
> >the documents. I have been able to do this successfully
> on all the accounts
> >except for these two which are still denying me access.
> Even if I log into
> >the blocked account, it still doesn't allow me access to
> the user files on
> >the backup G: drive for that account. I'm at my wits
> end with it. How can
> >I get the documents from these User Accounts. If anyone
> can help I'll be
> >really happy! Thanks for reading this.
> >Miranda
> >
> >
> >.
> >

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

See Help and Support and search for "take ownership"

HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308421

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"Miranda Chaloner" > wrote in message
...
> Hi
> I've got seven different User Accounts on my PC all of them set up as
> Administrators, my problem is that two of them seem to be locked out from
> the others. So if I try to copy a file from one of these two accounts I
get
> a system error saying "Access is denied". Although the two accounts work
> perfectly well if you log into them. Because I've just had to completely
> re-format and re-install everything on my C: drive I copied (using Norton
> Ghost) everything over to a temporary G: drive, now I want to copy back
all
> the documents. I have been able to do this successfully on all the
accounts
> except for these two which are still denying me access. Even if I log
into
> the blocked account, it still doesn't allow me access to the user files on
> the backup G: drive for that account. I'm at my wits end with it. How
can
> I get the documents from these User Accounts. If anyone can help I'll be
> really happy! Thanks for reading this.
> Miranda
>
>