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Old June 19th 05, 12:03 AM
Christy
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Default "Access Denied" on Documents and Settings folder.

My computer died so I took the harddrive out and put it in my other computer
as a second drive (not the drive to boot from). Now everything under the
F:\Documents & Settings\Len" directory cannot be accessed. If I look at the
"Len" directory and all of it's subdirectories on the second drive "Make this
folder private" is not check so I don't understand why I can't read it. In
fact the "Make this folder private" is not checked. If it helps any the
drive is an NTFS drive.
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Old June 19th 05, 12:24 AM
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Christy wrote:
My computer died so I took the harddrive out and put it in my other computer
as a second drive (not the drive to boot from). Now everything under the
F:\Documents & Settings\Len" directory cannot be accessed. If I look at the
"Len" directory and all of it's subdirectories on the second drive "Make this
folder private" is not check so I don't understand why I can't read it. In
fact the "Make this folder private" is not checked. If it helps any the
drive is an NTFS drive.



HOW TO Take Ownership of a File or Folder in WinXP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q308421


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Old June 19th 05, 02:10 AM
Christy
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When I click on "Properties" on the subdirectory I don't have a "Security" tab.

"Bruce Chambers" wrote:

Christy wrote:
My computer died so I took the harddrive out and put it in my other computer
as a second drive (not the drive to boot from). Now everything under the
F:\Documents & Settings\Len" directory cannot be accessed. If I look at the
"Len" directory and all of it's subdirectories on the second drive "Make this
folder private" is not check so I don't understand why I can't read it. In
fact the "Make this folder private" is not checked. If it helps any the
drive is an NTFS drive.



HOW TO Take Ownership of a File or Folder in WinXP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q308421


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Old June 19th 05, 04:57 AM
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Christy wrote:
*When I click on "Properties" on the subdirectory I don't have a
"Security" tab.

"Bruce Chambers" wrote:

Christy wrote:


HOW TO Take Ownership of a File or Folder in WinXP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q308421


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having
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*



Hi

Go here http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_home_sectab.htm
& read Doug Knox's article about installing the the Setup.inf you need,
once installed you can see the security tab in folder properties without
havingto boot into safe mode.

Regards

CReWdog



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Old June 20th 05, 01:53 AM
Colin Nash [MVP]
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"Christy" wrote in message
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When I click on "Properties" on the subdirectory I don't have a "Security"
tab.



The article gives instructions about disabling "simple file sharing" in XP
Professional. You can't do this in XP Home, so you need to boot into safe
mode with that version of Windows XP


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Old June 20th 05, 06:01 PM
vupham
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yes i can't access the shared folders from my other computers. I shared all
my drives, grant all permision, i am adminstrator and did took over the
folders but still cant access??? its driving me crazy

"Colin Nash [MVP]" wrote:


"Christy" wrote in message
...
When I click on "Properties" on the subdirectory I don't have a "Security"
tab.



The article gives instructions about disabling "simple file sharing" in XP
Professional. You can't do this in XP Home, so you need to boot into safe
mode with that version of Windows XP


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Colin Nash
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User



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Old June 21st 05, 08:36 AM
cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user)
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On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 10:01:05 -0700, vupham

yes i can't access the shared folders from my other computers. I shared all
my drives, grant all permision, i am adminstrator and did took over the
folders but still cant access??? its driving me crazy


Obligatory safety alert: Don't full-share *all* your drives, because
you expose integration points (C:\Autoexec.bat, C:\Boot.ini,
"C:\Documents and Settings\*\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp"), that allow
malware to drop straight into the startup axis.

Sure, passwords may block this, but why risk it if you can avoid it?
Any system already authenticated to access the share is wide open as a
malware donor, no matter how limited the user rights may be.


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