I have Server 2003 with all users using Vista Premium and all users have their My Documents folder mapped to the server (ie. location is \\eas\data\users\$name$). However, if you try to get access to the my documents folder either on the server directly or on the user pc, it says "the folder is either locked or you don't have privilges to access folder, check with administrator for access". All users have permissions to these folders including administrators, so why is Vista locking these folders from administrators and their users?

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Is it Vista Home Premium, and is this server in a domain?
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Vista Premium and Server 2003. We have all of the users "My Documents" automatically mapped to a Users folder so the server can backup docs. A typical path may be \\server03\users\joe\my documents. But, either on the Vista pc or on the server under Users, if you try to get into the "My Documents" folder, it says it is locked, etc. etc. I've tried right clicking and taking over permissions with admin rights, no luck, but not even workstations can get into their own docs folder, I am forced to create a new share and use that folder instead. I think Vista Prem is locking for folders and maybe Server 03 too, but not sure how to fix.


On Thursday, April 3, 2008 at 7:19 pm, jazzman wrote:
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>Is it Vista Home Premium, and is this server in a domain?
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jazz is a state of mind...
>A+, Net+, Sec +,
>MCP XP,
>MCP/MCSA W2K3,
>MCSE+S+M W2K3,
>CCNA, CCVP
>CAWLANFE, CQS, CIPTS,
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If your server is a domain controller, then Vista Home premium cannot join a domain. 
 It sounds from your description however, that the server is a stand alone workgroup 
server since you say they have mapped drives.

1. Does each "user" have a user account on the server?
In a workgroup configuration, each user must have an individual account on the server 
in order to access files. then you give the user account on the server permissions 
to their my documents.  Then they will likely have to enter their username and password 
to access it.

2. You said the drives are "automatically mapped".  How are they automatically mapped? 
 did you map them from each individual workstation?  



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On Thursday, April 3, 2008 at 10:15 pm, Mike wrote:

>Vista Premium and Server 2003.  We have all of the users "My Documents" automatically 

>mapped to a Users folder so the server can backup docs.  A typical path may be  
\\server03\users\joe\my 

>documents.  But, either on the Vista pc or on the server under Users, if you try 

>to get into the "My Documents" folder, it says it is locked, etc. etc.  I've tried 

>right clicking and taking over permissions with admin rights, no luck, but not even 

>workstations can get into their own docs folder, I am forced to create a new share 

>and use that folder instead.  I think Vista Prem is locking for folders and maybe 

>Server 03 too, but not sure how to fix.

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