User Permissions

Windows 7 x64 build 7601. I just got, I guess, the latest update from
MS. Now all of the computer permissions have changed. Anyone have
any idea how to get them set back the way they were withiout resetting
each and everyone?
R Wink

rwwink Wrote in message:
Windows 7 x64 build 7601. I just got, I guess, the latest update from
MS. Now all of the computer permissions have changed. Anyone have
any idea how to get them set back the way they were withiout resetting
each and everyone?

What "computer permissions" are you referring to and how do you
know they are "changed"?

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rwwink wrote:
Windows 7 x64 build 7601. I just got, I guess, the latest update from
MS. Now all of the computer permissions have changed. Anyone have
any idea how to get them set back the way they were withiout resetting
each and everyone?
R Wink

One way to set permissions back, is to use icacls.
This requires that you make a permissions backup in advance.

In an Administrator command prompt window...

icacls c:\ /save ntfsCdrive.txt /t /c CErr.txt 2&1

What that does, is keeps two text files. The "ntfsCdrive.txt"
contains a log of permissions. The "Cerr.txt" file contains
a progress log (there should be 62 failures minimum on the
C: partition, because the command is not allowed to descend
into Junction Points - the actual Junction Point content
permissions are recorded in other lines of the file, no problem).

You can play the permissions back, to "reload" the permissions.
To fix the very top of the drive (permissions on C:\ which is
tough to do), requires editing the text file that holds the
information, and replacing the top blank line with a "." character.

https://social.technet.microsoft.com...backup-restore

Run "icacls c:\ /save ntfsCdrive.txt /t /c CErr.txt 2&1" without the quotes.

Edit ntfsCdrive.txt . The format is

filename --- first line is blank, and is for C:\ . Place "." on this line. Save
ACL
Filename
ACL

Now the file will look like

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Windows 7 x64 build 7601. I just got, I guess, the latest update from
MS. Now all of the computer permissions have changed. Anyone have
any idea how to get them set back the way they were withiout resetting
each and everyone?

System Restore (to the date before the MS update) might
do what you want.
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Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

rwwink wrote:
Windows 7 x64 build 7601. I just got, I guess, the latest update from
MS. Now all of the computer permissions have changed. Anyone have
any idea how to get them set back the way they were withiout resetting
each and everyone?
R Wink


What was the 'latest' update's KB number that you installed ?

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msft mvp windows experience

rwwink wrote on 2016/03/01:

Windows 7 x64 build 7601. I just got, I guess, the latest update from
MS. Now all of the computer permissions have changed. Anyone have
any idea how to get them set back the way they were withiout resetting
each and everyone?

Check if the Windows account under which you login is still in the
security group that you were in before. If your Windows account had
been in the Administrators security group but got changed to just the
Users security group then you don't have all the admin privileges that
you had before.

I don't remember what update it was but awhile ago after installing a
bunch of them there were problems loading some programs. I kept getting
a dialog that I did not have permissions. At that time, it was easier
to restore to a backup image saved before the updates (always save an
image backup before installing Windows update or before installing new
software so you have an escape route - System Restore will NOT get your
disk back to its previous state before the installs). I found out that
my Windows account was no longer in the Administrators security group.
I had to log in under the Administrator account (never touched except
for emergency use) to add my Windows account back into the
Administrators security group. Then my programs all ran okay when I
logged under my normal Windows account.

Run:

C:\Windows\System32\control.exe /name Microsoft.UserAccounts

Is your account listed (in the icon) under the security group you
expected it to be?

Run:

C:\Windows\System32\control.exe userpasswords2

Is your Windows account in the correct [security] Group?

I would never have expected a Windows update to change to which security
group my Windows account was assigned but it happened. With a backup
image saved, I did the patches again and, bang, again lost my
permissions. I was prepared this time and had more time to work on what
happened. I don't know why I checked there but noticed I was no longer
in the Administrators security group. Put my account back in and,
voila, no permissions problem. Really strange that an update would
change my account to a different (and more restricted) security group.

I fooled around and restored what I needed. BUT, what had happened, I
guess, is that my account moved from the adminstrator group to a user
group. Some of the programs I have require that they be run as an
administrator and some can't run that way, or at leasse will not
cooperate.
Thanks to all who replied, particularlly Paul. I will take your
advice in the future so that this doesn't happen again.

On Tue, 1 Mar 2016 11:24:08 -0500 (EST), Nil
wrote:

rwwink Wrote in message:
Windows 7 x64 build 7601. I just got, I guess, the latest update from
MS. Now all of the computer permissions have changed. Anyone have
any idea how to get them set back the way they were withiout resetting
each and everyone?

What "computer permissions" are you referring to and how do you
know they are "changed"?