Problem with Windows XP, It's Really Bad...

[Joe Warner]

The other day, I think monday, I turned on the computer,
and everything was going fine, and when I clicked on my
name to go into Windows XP, it came up as if I was
logging on for the first time, and my old account's
files, such as My Documents and My Pictures, where I had
EVERYTHING saved, isn't letting me in. When I go to
c:/documents and settings/ and double click my name, it
says Access is denied. Can anyone help me either access
these files?

[Shenan T. Stanley]

Joe Warner <> wrote:
> The other day, I think monday, I turned on the computer,
> and everything was going fine, and when I clicked on my
> name to go into Windows XP, it came up as if I was
> logging on for the first time, and my old account's
> files, such as My Documents and My Pictures, where I had
> EVERYTHING saved, isn't letting me in. When I go to
> c:/documents and settings/ and double click my name, it
> says Access is denied. Can anyone help me either access
> these files?

START -> Help and Support
search for "take ownership"
Click on "Take ownership of a file or folder"
Do that to your old Documents and Settings folder.

--
Shenan Stanley
"Just trying to help"
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How to use XPs Help and Support
http://tinyurl.com/fltf

How to Use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups
http://tinyurl.com/fkja

How to use Google
http://www.google.com/help/basics.html
http://tinyurl.com/fkmc
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[Joe Warner]

thank you for the help, but when I right click, there is
no Security tab. Is that the ONLY way to fix it?
>-----Original Message-----
>Joe Warner <> wrote:
>> The other day, I think monday, I turned on the
computer,
>> and everything was going fine, and when I clicked on my
>> name to go into Windows XP, it came up as if I was
>> logging on for the first time, and my old account's
>> files, such as My Documents and My Pictures, where I
had
>> EVERYTHING saved, isn't letting me in. When I go to
>> c:/documents and settings/ and double click my name, it
>> says Access is denied. Can anyone help me either
access
>> these files?
>
>START -> Help and Support
>search for "take ownership"
>Click on "Take ownership of a file or folder"
>Do that to your old Documents and Settings folder.
>
>--
>Shenan Stanley
>"Just trying to help"
>-------------------------
>How to use XPs Help and Support
>http://tinyurl.com/fltf
>
>How to Use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups
>http://tinyurl.com/fkja
>
>How to use Google
>http://www.google.com/help/basics.html
>http://tinyurl.com/fkmc
>-------------------------
>
>
>.
>

[Joe]

ok i just saw that i'll need to log on in safe mode--how
do I do that?
>-----Original Message-----
>Joe Warner <> wrote:
>> The other day, I think monday, I turned on the
computer,
>> and everything was going fine, and when I clicked on my
>> name to go into Windows XP, it came up as if I was
>> logging on for the first time, and my old account's
>> files, such as My Documents and My Pictures, where I
had
>> EVERYTHING saved, isn't letting me in. When I go to
>> c:/documents and settings/ and double click my name, it
>> says Access is denied. Can anyone help me either
access
>> these files?
>
>START -> Help and Support
>search for "take ownership"
>Click on "Take ownership of a file or folder"
>Do that to your old Documents and Settings folder.
>
>--
>Shenan Stanley
>"Just trying to help"
>-------------------------
>How to use XPs Help and Support
>http://tinyurl.com/fltf
>
>How to Use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups
>http://tinyurl.com/fkja
>
>How to use Google
>http://www.google.com/help/basics.html
>http://tinyurl.com/fkmc
>-------------------------
>
>
>.
>

[Clyde]

As your computer starts to boot keep tapping the F8 key
and when the screen comes up select Safe Mode..


>-----Original Message-----
>ok i just saw that i'll need to log on in safe mode--how
>do I do that?
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Joe Warner <> wrote:
>>> The other day, I think monday, I turned on the
>computer,
>>> and everything was going fine, and when I clicked on
my
>>> name to go into Windows XP, it came up as if I was
>>> logging on for the first time, and my old account's
>>> files, such as My Documents and My Pictures, where I
>had
>>> EVERYTHING saved, isn't letting me in. When I go to
>>> c:/documents and settings/ and double click my name,
it
>>> says Access is denied. Can anyone help me either
>access
>>> these files?
>>
>>START -> Help and Support
>>search for "take ownership"
>>Click on "Take ownership of a file or folder"
>>Do that to your old Documents and Settings folder.
>>
>>--
>>Shenan Stanley
>>"Just trying to help"
>>-------------------------
>>How to use XPs Help and Support
>>http://tinyurl.com/fltf
>>
>>How to Use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups
>>http://tinyurl.com/fkja
>>
>>How to use Google
>>http://www.google.com/help/basics.html
>>http://tinyurl.com/fkmc
>>-------------------------
>>
>>
>>.
>>
>.
>