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Name: Ewen
I am running Home Premium and recently I re-installed Vista due to problems I was experiencing.
I reinstalled the most common applications at the outset (I'll do the rest as I need them.)
I have two other drives I use for storage and other applications and I decided that they would need a spring cleaning as well. When I come to delete some unneeded files from them I get the message "You need permission to perform this action."
As I am the only user, and I am listed as the "Administrator" why do I get this message and how do I go about preventing it in the future. I have tried everything and in desperation I have been deleting files using "Moveonboot."
(Edit: I know "Google is my friend" but not this time... there are a days work of sites but none with a working solution.)
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itguru... my apologies, I was quite late last night and never saw the link (mental blank). Yes; I have tried taking ownership but in the
Command Prompt window I get the line "Access denied."Where to from here?
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I found a very handy command during a search for an answer to my problem and I came across this advice:
Using the Command Prompt (Run as Administrator) I typed this:
"net user administrator /active:yes"
However when I log on now I have the option to log on as Administrator or in my own name (Ewen). I logged on as Administrator and was able to delete my errant folder/files. My question is this:
If I use the command:
"net user administrator /active:no"
will I return to the situation where I only have one log on option. I must admit that I rather like having two options but I am interested to know whether it can be reversed.
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Thank you Jack... but you never read my last post!
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I am not a Vista expert but perhaps this will be somewhat helpful...
In the XP world, as I understand it, if a user name creates a file while having specific security settings in place, that file can be visible to other user names, but cannot be modified, accessed, deleted, etc without logging in to an account on the same machine name, with the same account name.
In a nutshell...I'd first ensure the computer name is the same as before, and then ensure the user name is the same as before (ie. create a user name the same as before reinstallation). Logged in as that user, attempt to take ownership and see what happens.
I am, unfortunately, unable to help you any further...the rest is Vista-specific and I don't know the OS well enough to be of any help.
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Yes I did Jack and I downloaded the utility which I will more than likely use in the future, but my subsequent question in my post (5)was in regard to a command which I wanted clarification of.
Nevertheless your help is appreciated.
Regards.
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The answer to your quite different question is it's probably better to evoke the super administrator account as and when ,
If you intend to keep it in a multi user environment it would be better to password protect it .
The utility " unlocker " is also handy when Vista decides to be difficult , I find
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Noted and thanks again.
Regards
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