Guest kim Posted August 2, 2007 Posted August 2, 2007 Hi I had a problem with XP not able to get in and repaired from the XP disk. Works OK but- my son had a user account in his name with a password. He cannot get into his folder ( Freds Documents) as the system says access denied. We tried setting up a profile again with the same user name and password but the system will not let him. Is there any way to get access to this folder? He has a record deal with a company online and the songs he recorded are in that folder and not backed up!! Any help appreciated Thanks
Guest Marcin Domaslawski Posted August 2, 2007 Posted August 2, 2007 Re: Locked folder after repair of XP Hi, As a administrator take ownership of the folder and all objects in container to user: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421/en-us next add to this user account full access permission to the folder and subobjects: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308418/en-us Marcin Domaslawski "kim" <kim@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2C3F0801-1BEF-4AB2-8BFD-D4115A8DB157@microsoft.com... > Hi > I had a problem with XP not able to get in and repaired from the XP disk. > Works OK but- my son had a user account in his name with a password. He > cannot get into his folder ( Freds Documents) as the system says access > denied. > We tried setting up a profile again with the same user name and password > but > the system will not let him. > Is there any way to get access to this folder? > He has a record deal with a company online and the songs he recorded are > in > that folder and not backed up!! > Any help appreciated > Thanks
Guest Nepatsfan Posted August 2, 2007 Posted August 2, 2007 Re: Locked folder after repair of XP In news:2C3F0801-1BEF-4AB2-8BFD-D4115A8DB157@microsoft.com, kim <kim@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > Hi > I had a problem with XP not able to get in and repaired from > the XP > disk. Works OK but- my son had a user account in his name > with a > password. He cannot get into his folder ( Freds Documents) as > the > system says access denied. > We tried setting up a profile again with the same user name > and > password but the system will not let him. > Is there any way to get access to this folder? > He has a record deal with a company online and the songs he > recorded > are in that folder and not backed up!! > Any help appreciated > Thanks You can try taking ownership of the folder. Take a look at these articles for info on taking ownership. "Access is Denied" Error Message When You Try to Open a Folder http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810881 How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421 Note: If you installed XP Professional, the first thing you need to do is disable simple file sharing. To do this go to Control Panel and open Folder Options. In Folder Options, click on the View tab. In the Advanced Settings box, scroll to the bottom and uncheck "Use simple file sharing. Click OK. Note: If you installed XP Home Edition, you must start the computer in safe mode, and then log on with an account that has Administrative rights to have access to the Security tab. To start in Safe Mode, reboot your computer and start tapping the F8 key as soon as you see anything displayed on the screen. Keep hitting F8 until the Advanced Startup Options menu appears. Use the up and down arrow keys on your keyboard to select Safe Mode. Hit Enter. Good luck Nepatsfan
Guest Patrick Keenan Posted August 2, 2007 Posted August 2, 2007 Re: Locked folder after repair of XP "kim" <kim@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2C3F0801-1BEF-4AB2-8BFD-D4115A8DB157@microsoft.com... > Hi > I had a problem with XP not able to get in and repaired from the XP disk. > Works OK but- my son had a user account in his name with a password. He > cannot get into his folder ( Freds Documents) as the system says access > denied. > We tried setting up a profile again with the same user name and password > but > the system will not let him. > Is there any way to get access to this folder? > He has a record deal with a company online and the songs he recorded are > in > that folder and not backed up!! > Any help appreciated > Thanks It's called Taking Ownership. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421 This is all you'll need to do, *unless* this is XP Pro - the next potential issue can't happen under XP Home. If it's XP Home, you can stop here. Some people *also* choose to encrypt folders and files to ensure privacy, and this is available in XP Pro (not in XP Home). It works great and it's very easy to invoke. Unfortunately, many people *fail* to complete the task and export the account credentials. Without those, after an event where the account is damaged or changed in many ways, the data is permanently lost. Having the username and password will not help in any way. All you can do is move on. Encrypted backups are also inaccessible. If encryption was invoked and the credentials *were* backed up, you simply import the credentials after Taking Ownership and you have the data again. Hopefully, all you have to do is Take Ownership. HTH -pk
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