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Windows Forum / Windows XP / Security and Administration / January 2004Admin User Permission Errors
I am running WIN XP Home with 2 accounts set up as admins. No problems til recently, now files and folders created by one admin account can't be accessed by the other, or by Administrator, without changing the permissions for each file. Any way to fix the bad admin account, so that it again creates files with the same access as the other admin account? Should I delete the bad admin account and recreate it? Thanks. See Help and Support and search for "take ownership" HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308421 Then once you have ownership, assign rights to other user. XP Home: By default, you can only make files and folders under My Documents "private". This is done by right clicking a folder or file and selecting Properties, Sharing. To change the permissions on other folders, you need to boot the computer to Safe Mode and log in on the built in Administrator account. In this mode, you'll see the Security tab in Properties, and you can assign permissions based on user name or group membership. How Do I Get the Security Tab in Properties - XP Home (makes the Security tab appear outside of Safe Mode) http://www.dougknox.com, Win XP Tips section HOW TO: Set, View, Change, or Remove File and Folder Permissions in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308418 HOW TO: Set, View, Change, or Remove Special Permissions for Files and Folders http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;308419 HOW TO: Disable Simplified Sharing and Password-Protect a Shared Folder in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;307874  SignatureDoug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes http://www.dougknox.com -------------------------------- Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm -------------------------------- Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Unsolicited e-mail is not answered. > I am running WIN XP Home with 2 accounts set up as > admins. No problems til recently, now files and folders [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > access as the other admin account? Should I delete the > bad admin account and recreate it? Thanks. |
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