crap....
Ever have an annoying problem that you had no idea how to figure out... so you just give up.. and then months later you randomly figure out how to fix it?
Yeah, that just happened. I've had a hard drive from an old computer with some files that i really didn't want to lose on them. i bit the bullet and formated it so i can use it in my server. The problem was that i have files under my documents on the old hard drive, and when i tried to get into them it would give me "access denied". Anyway, we recently bought a new PC and put the hard drive from our old one into the new one and my father was having that same problem. i when to the security tab and added his account with full control and it works. aint that a bastard? something so simple fixed that.
grrrr, i should really make a note of that.
Yeah, that just happened. I've had a hard drive from an old computer with some files that i really didn't want to lose on them. i bit the bullet and formated it so i can use it in my server. The problem was that i have files under my documents on the old hard drive, and when i tried to get into them it would give me "access denied". Anyway, we recently bought a new PC and put the hard drive from our old one into the new one and my father was having that same problem. i when to the security tab and added his account with full control and it works. aint that a bastard? something so simple fixed that.
grrrr, i should really make a note of that.
Fantastic. The project manager is inspired.
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KGhaleon
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Whenever I have to work on a hard drive and don't have permissions, I just switch ownership to myself. Works good.
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Darthn3ss
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yeah thats pretty much what i had to do. but i never realized the way you do it was so..simple...Fantastic. The project manager is inspired.
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Rodwen
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Awwww! I'm so sorry! I would have bawled my eyes out.
I'm sure your Father was very grateful you were able to get his issue fixed though.
Proverbs 8:5
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seuss_ssues
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You should be able to right click on a file and choose properties and then select the security tab along the top. If you do not have the security tab you need to turn off simple file sharing.
Im too lazy to write out how.....but this lady has it with screen shots.
http://windows.about.com/od/customizingwindows/ss/security_tab.htm
That link above is for XP Pro.
I beleive if you start up xp home in safe mode as an administrator you can do the same.
http://www.lockergnome.com/nexus/windows/2005/03/07/displaying-the-security-tab-in-xp-home-edition/
Ok that reasured my gut feeling about xp home and rebooting into safe mode. Additionally it appears you can install the security configuration manager and not have to boot into safe mode.
learned something new today.