re: the answer Tuesday, January 14, 2003 at 9:16 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by vir (1 messages posted) :) thanks! On Monday, June 10, 2002 at 5:25 pm, Alex wrote: >The folders or files or even an entire partition could be restricted in the previous >instalation by any user, so now those restrictions keep in there for even the administrator. >I've had that problem three days ago, I couldn't modify those restrictions to various >folders. >Well, Win XP installs itself with the "Use simple file sharing" option in the explorer-->tools-->folder >options-->view, menu. Just deselect it, and modify the properties of any folder, >archive or partition you could not access: >1- right-click the object and select properties >2- go to the security menu and then click the "Advanced" button. >3- Make sure your user account stay in the "Owner" menu. Then click "Ok" and again >"Ok". >4- Repeat Step 1 >5- Go again to de "Security" menu and add your user account name in the "Group or >User names" field, and select "Full control" on the field below. >6- Press "Ok" and that's all. Written in response to: the answer (Alex: Monday, June 10, 2002 at 5:25 pm) Responses to this message: re: the answer (jessica otte: Friday, January 31, 2003 at 8:45 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] win XP re-install (sergent: Tue, Sep 18, 2001, 12:04 pm) re: win XP re-install (scott taylor: Tue, Oct 30, 2001, 8:06 am) re: win XP re-install (|debug: Wed, Jan 9, 2002, 6:09 am) re: win XP re-install (mrh: Thu, Mar 14, 2002, 2:11 am) the answer (Alex: Mon, Jun 10, 2002, 5:25 pm) re: the answer (Matt: Mon, Sep 30, 2002, 8:29 pm) re: the answer (Martin Fullbrook: Mon, Oct 28, 2002, 12:51 pm) re: the answer (Noah: Sat, Jan 11, 2003, 11:51 pm) Re: Thanks (Joel: Wed, Feb 5, 2003, 3:06 am) re: the answer (vir: Tue, Jan 14, 2003, 9:16 am) re: the answer (jessica otte: Fri, Jan 31, 2003, 8:45 pm) re: the answer (Paul: Thu, Feb 6, 2003, 12:08 am) re: the answer (jessica otte: Thu, Feb 6, 2003, 10:45 am) re: the answer (Satish: Tue, Sep 30, 2003, 11:52 pm) re: the answer (Jainash: Sun, Mar 7, 2004, 7:27 am) re: the answer (frank: Wed, Feb 19, 2003, 1:19 pm) re: the answer (Elvis gates: Sun, Oct 12, 2003, 8:35 am) recover XP on an other machine (dom bertrand: Wed, Oct 22, 2003, 9:07 am) re: the answer (Haps: Tue, Dec 2, 2003, 2:17 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum