HELP!! Access Denied error message

[Mark]

I recently ran Windows Setup over itself on an XP
machine. Setup went fine and the machine runs better.
However, the previous installation was password-protected.
Now when I try to open those folders from Windows
Explorer, I get "access denied" messages. I've tried safe
mode, I've tried to boot to the XP CD and even at the
command prompt I get the same errors. I have to be able
to access the old data.

Can anyone give a hint on how to get into the old data?
Thanks!

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Mark,

Provided the files weren't encrypted, this should fix it:

HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP [Q308421]
[url]http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421[/url]

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
[url]http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/[/url]
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
[url]www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone[/url]
Win98 Help - [url]www.rickrogers.org[/url]

"Mark" <MFD32@excite.com> wrote in message
news:025401c34bda$f5f984f0$a601280a@phx.gbl...

> I recently ran Windows Setup over itself on an XP
> machine. Setup went fine and the machine runs better.
> However, the previous installation was password-protected.
> Now when I try to open those folders from Windows
> Explorer, I get "access denied" messages. I've tried safe
> mode, I've tried to boot to the XP CD and even at the
> command prompt I get the same errors. I have to be able
> to access the old data.
>
> Can anyone give a hint on how to get into the old data?
> Thanks!

[Mark]

Thank you! This worked great! Kind of a pain, as I had
to go folder-by-folder and reset all the permissions. But
worth the time!

>-----Original Message-----
>This sounds like a file ownership issue related to NTFS.

Note, file

>ownership and permissions supersede administrator

rights. How you resolve

>it depends upon which version of XP you are running.
>
>
>
>XP-Home
>
>
>
>Unfortunately, XP Home using NTFS is essentially hard

wired for "Simple File

>Sharing" at system level.
>
>However, you can set XP Home permissions in Safe Mode.

Reboot, and start

>hitting F8, a menu should eventually appear and one of the
>options is Safe Mode. Select it. Note, it will ask for

the administrator's

>password. This is not your administrator account, rather

it is the

>machine's administrator account for which users are asked

to create a

>password during setup.
>
>If you created no such password, when requested, leave

blank and press

>enter.
>
>Open Explorer, go to Tools and Folder Options, on the

view tab, scroll to

>the bottom of the list, if it shows "Enable Simple File

Sharing" deselect it

>and click apply and ok. If it shows nothing or won't let

you make a change,

>move on to the next step.
>
>Navigate to the files, right click, select properties, go

to the Security

>tab, click advanced, go to the Owner tab and select the

user that was logged

>on when you were refused permission to access the files.

Click apply and

>ok. Close the properties box, reopen it, click add and

type in the name of

>the user you just enabled. If you wish to set ownership

for everything in

>the folder, at the bottom of the Owner tab is the

following selection:

>"Replace owner on subcontainers and objects," select it

as well.

>
>Once complete, you should be able to do what you wish

with these files when

>you log back on as that user.
>
>
>
>XP-Pro
>
>
>
>If you have XP Pro, temporarily change the limited

account to

>administrative. First, go to Windows Explorer, go to

Tools, select Folder

>Options, go to the View tab and be sure "Use Simple File

Sharing" is not

>selected. If it is, deselect it and click apply and ok.
>
>
>
>If you wish everything in a specific folder to be

accessible to a user,

>right click the folder, select properties, go to the

Security tab, click

>Advanced, go to the Owner tab,
>select the user you wish to have access, at the bottom of

the box, you

>should see a check box for "Replace owner on

subcontainers and objects,"

>place a check in the box and click apply and ok.
>
>The user should now be able to perform necessary

functions on files in the

>folder even as a limited account. If not, make it an

admin account again,

>right click the folder, select Properties, go to the

Security tab and be

>sure the user is listed in the user list. If not, click

add and type the

>user name in the appropriate box, be sure the user has

all the necessary

>permissions checked in the permission list below the user

list, click apply

>and ok.
>
>That should do it and allow whatever access you desire

for that folder even

>in a limited account.
>
>
>--
>Michael Solomon MS-MVP
>Windows Shell/User
>Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
>
>"Mark" <MFD32@excite.com> wrote in message
>news:025401c34bda$f5f984f0$a601280a@phx.gbl...

>> I recently ran Windows Setup over itself on an XP
>> machine. Setup went fine and the machine runs better.
>> However, the previous installation was password-

protected.

>> Now when I try to open those folders from Windows
>> Explorer, I get "access denied" messages. I've tried

safe

>> mode, I've tried to boot to the XP CD and even at the
>> command prompt I get the same errors. I have to be able
>> to access the old data.
>>
>> Can anyone give a hint on how to get into the old data?
>> Thanks!

>
>
>.
>

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP-Windows Shell/User\)]

You're welcome.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend

"Mark" <mfd32@excite.com> wrote in message
news:007601c34c71$28d66320$a101280a@phx.gbl...

> Thank you! This worked great! Kind of a pain, as I had
> to go folder-by-folder and reset all the permissions. But
> worth the time!
>

> >-----Original Message-----
> >This sounds like a file ownership issue related to NTFS.

> Note, file

> >ownership and permissions supersede administrator

> rights. How you resolve

> >it depends upon which version of XP you are running.
> >
> >
> >
> >XP-Home
> >
> >
> >
> >Unfortunately, XP Home using NTFS is essentially hard

> wired for "Simple File

> >Sharing" at system level.
> >
> >However, you can set XP Home permissions in Safe Mode.

> Reboot, and start

> >hitting F8, a menu should eventually appear and one of the
> >options is Safe Mode. Select it. Note, it will ask for

> the administrator's

> >password. This is not your administrator account, rather

> it is the

> >machine's administrator account for which users are asked

> to create a

> >password during setup.
> >
> >If you created no such password, when requested, leave

> blank and press

> >enter.
> >
> >Open Explorer, go to Tools and Folder Options, on the

> view tab, scroll to

> >the bottom of the list, if it shows "Enable Simple File

> Sharing" deselect it

> >and click apply and ok. If it shows nothing or won't let

> you make a change,

> >move on to the next step.
> >
> >Navigate to the files, right click, select properties, go

> to the Security

> >tab, click advanced, go to the Owner tab and select the

> user that was logged

> >on when you were refused permission to access the files.

> Click apply and

> >ok. Close the properties box, reopen it, click add and

> type in the name of

> >the user you just enabled. If you wish to set ownership

> for everything in

> >the folder, at the bottom of the Owner tab is the

> following selection:

> >"Replace owner on subcontainers and objects," select it

> as well.

> >
> >Once complete, you should be able to do what you wish

> with these files when

> >you log back on as that user.
> >
> >
> >
> >XP-Pro
> >
> >
> >
> >If you have XP Pro, temporarily change the limited

> account to

> >administrative. First, go to Windows Explorer, go to

> Tools, select Folder

> >Options, go to the View tab and be sure "Use Simple File

> Sharing" is not

> >selected. If it is, deselect it and click apply and ok.
> >
> >
> >
> >If you wish everything in a specific folder to be

> accessible to a user,

> >right click the folder, select properties, go to the

> Security tab, click

> >Advanced, go to the Owner tab,
> >select the user you wish to have access, at the bottom of

> the box, you

> >should see a check box for "Replace owner on

> subcontainers and objects,"

> >place a check in the box and click apply and ok.
> >
> >The user should now be able to perform necessary

> functions on files in the

> >folder even as a limited account. If not, make it an

> admin account again,

> >right click the folder, select Properties, go to the

> Security tab and be

> >sure the user is listed in the user list. If not, click

> add and type the

> >user name in the appropriate box, be sure the user has

> all the necessary

> >permissions checked in the permission list below the user

> list, click apply

> >and ok.
> >
> >That should do it and allow whatever access you desire

> for that folder even

> >in a limited account.
> >
> >
> >--
> >Michael Solomon MS-MVP
> >Windows Shell/User
> >Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
> >
> >"Mark" <MFD32@excite.com> wrote in message
> >news:025401c34bda$f5f984f0$a601280a@phx.gbl...

> >> I recently ran Windows Setup over itself on an XP
> >> machine. Setup went fine and the machine runs better.
> >> However, the previous installation was password-

> protected.

> >> Now when I try to open those folders from Windows
> >> Explorer, I get "access denied" messages. I've tried

> safe

> >> mode, I've tried to boot to the XP CD and even at the
> >> command prompt I get the same errors. I have to be able
> >> to access the old data.
> >>
> >> Can anyone give a hint on how to get into the old data?
> >> Thanks!

> >
> >
> >.
> >