here's one for you...

A while ago I noticed a strange phenomenon... While
logged in safe mode as the adminstrator, I can't get into
any of the folders inside of my normal account's documents
and settings folder. It says access denied. Shouldn't
the safe mode administration be all-powerful?? It used to
be! Is there a way to get around this? Thanks and email
me if you know the answers... take the nospam. out of my
email address.
thanks,
zip

Any Administrator can do anything.
The Safe Mode Administrator needs to Take Ownership just like the
others:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...oups/setup.asp
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/


"zip" wrote in message
...
A while ago I noticed a strange phenomenon... While
logged in safe mode as the adminstrator, I can't get into
any of the folders inside of my normal account's documents
and settings folder. It says access denied. Shouldn't
the safe mode administration be all-powerful?? It used to
be! Is there a way to get around this? Thanks and email
me if you know the answers... take the nospam. out of my
email address.
thanks,
zip

Hi Zip,

I usually only reply within the NGs to posts . . .

The Home safe mode Administrator is the built-in
admin account, as exists in Pro.

It has never been otherwise - if it or the Administrators
group is not granted an NTFS access, it has none, just
as with any other account. All accounts obey NTFS.
The folder was made private, and private is private.

--
Roger Abell
Microsoft MVP (Windows Server System: Security)
MCSE (W2k3,W2k,Nt4) MCDBA
"zip" wrote in message
...
A while ago I noticed a strange phenomenon... While
logged in safe mode as the adminstrator, I can't get into
any of the folders inside of my normal account's documents
and settings folder. It says access denied. Shouldn't
the safe mode administration be all-powerful?? It used to
be! Is there a way to get around this? Thanks and email
me if you know the answers... take the nospam. out of my
email address.
thanks,
zip

One should never (lightly) take ownership of a profile used
by an account that is and will remain in existence.
This can cause problems especially if they ask to have the
permissions reset as part of the ownership taking action.
--ra

"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" wrote in message
...
Any Administrator can do anything.
The Safe Mode Administrator needs to Take Ownership just like the
others:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...oups/setup.asp
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/


"zip" wrote in message
...
A while ago I noticed a strange phenomenon... While
logged in safe mode as the adminstrator, I can't get into
any of the folders inside of my normal account's documents
and settings folder. It says access denied. Shouldn't
the safe mode administration be all-powerful?? It used to
be! Is there a way to get around this? Thanks and email
me if you know the answers... take the nospam. out of my
email address.
thanks,
zip

"Roger Abell" wrote in message
...
Hi Zip,

I usually only reply within the NGs to posts . . .

The Home safe mode Administrator is the built-in
admin account, as exists in Pro.

It has never been otherwise - if it or the Administrators
group is not granted an NTFS access, it has none, just
as with any other account. All accounts obey NTFS.
The folder was made private, and private is private.

--
Roger Abell
Microsoft MVP (Windows Server System: Security)
MCSE (W2k3,W2k,Nt4) MCDBA
"zip" wrote in message
...
A while ago I noticed a strange phenomenon... While
logged in safe mode as the adminstrator, I can't get into
any of the folders inside of my normal account's documents
and settings folder. It says access denied. Shouldn't
the safe mode administration be all-powerful?? It used to
be! Is there a way to get around this? Thanks and email
me if you know the answers... take the nospam. out of my
email address.
thanks,
zip


----- Original Message -----

Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 8:17 AM
Subject: here's one for you...


Thanks for your reply,
I just don't understand why it's like this, when I used to be able to
access everything from the safe mode administrator account... I had a file
one time that I couldn't delete, since a program was accessing it, but it
was inside my Ziphren account on the computer, so the only way I figured out
to delete it was to stick in the windows cd, and go into the repair prompt.
That took like 15 minutes when I could've just gone into safe mode and
deleted it. Weirdness.
thanks anyway though,
zip




If your profile is at c:\documents and settings\zip
at a cmd prompt issue
cacls "c:\documents and settings\zip" /e /t /g administrators:F
and admin accounts will again have full access to all of the
account's profile that now uses storage at this "zip" folder.

Roger