Administrator Privileges and permissions when in a User account

[Guest vdp3r@hotmail.com]

I'm trying to get Eraser to erase the folder left behind when I close

a sandboxed apllication - such as Firefox - in a User account.

However, I get a popup stating that Administrator privileges are

required. Obviously, I don't want to browse in an account with

Admin priviliges, so I experimented altering permissions to finally

give Everyone permission on both the Eraser file and the folder I want

to erase. But this has had no effect and still the message comes up

that admin privileges are required.

 

I thought that by giving Everyone full control both over the file

doing the erasing and the folder I want erased, that would effectively

give Admin privileges to that part of the User account that is

demanding such privileges.

 

It could be that I have overlooked something in permissions.

However, could it be that the system recognises that, regardless of

the permissions I alter, I am still in a User account and until I

upgrade the whole account to an Admin account, I cannot erase the

folder? So I suppose the question is: is Full Control of an object

identical in every way to Admin privileges over that object (and vice

versa: Admin privileges identical to Full Control)?

 

Many thanks

[Guest Dave Patrick]

Re: Administrator Privileges and permissions when in a User account

 

Make sure inherit is turned off.

 

 

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.

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<vdp3r@hotmail.com> wrote:

> I'm trying to get Eraser to erase the folder left behind when I close

> a sandboxed apllication - such as Firefox - in a User account.

> However, I get a popup stating that Administrator privileges are

> required. Obviously, I don't want to browse in an account with

> Admin priviliges, so I experimented altering permissions to finally

> give Everyone permission on both the Eraser file and the folder I want

> to erase. But this has had no effect and still the message comes up

> that admin privileges are required.

>

> I thought that by giving Everyone full control both over the file

> doing the erasing and the folder I want erased, that would effectively

> give Admin privileges to that part of the User account that is

> demanding such privileges.

>

> It could be that I have overlooked something in permissions.

> However, could it be that the system recognises that, regardless of

> the permissions I alter, I am still in a User account and until I

> upgrade the whole account to an Admin account, I cannot erase the

> folder? So I suppose the question is: is Full Control of an object

> identical in every way to Admin privileges over that object (and vice

> versa: Admin privileges identical to Full Control)?

>

> Many thanks

[Guest Martin]

Re: Administrator Privileges and permissions when in a User account

 

Thanks Dave. I did ensure inherit was off, but I think I have the

answer; I browsed the Eraser forums and found that Eraser won't erase files

on a compressed drive unless it's in an Admin account. It never occured

to me that compression of the drive could have been the cause otherwise I

would have mentioned it. Just for the record, I can manually use

CCleaner to erase the folder in the user account.

 

Anyway, I've learned a bit more about permissions in the last couple of days

and no longer feel frightened to alter them.

 

I really appreciate your response, nevertheless, and also that MVPs are

still interested in Windows 2000.

 

Martin

 

 

"Dave Patrick" <DSPatrick@nospam.gmail.com> wrote in message

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> Make sure inherit is turned off.

>

>

> --

>

> Regards,

>

> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.

> Microsoft Certified Professional

> Microsoft MVP [Windows]

> http://www.microsoft.com/protect

>

> <vdp3r@hotmail.com> wrote:

> > I'm trying to get Eraser to erase the folder left behind when I close

> > a sandboxed apllication - such as Firefox - in a User account.

> > However, I get a popup stating that Administrator privileges are

> > required. Obviously, I don't want to browse in an account with

> > Admin priviliges, so I experimented altering permissions to finally

> > give Everyone permission on both the Eraser file and the folder I want

> > to erase. But this has had no effect and still the message comes up

> > that admin privileges are required.

> >

> > I thought that by giving Everyone full control both over the file

> > doing the erasing and the folder I want erased, that would effectively

> > give Admin privileges to that part of the User account that is

> > demanding such privileges.

> >

> > It could be that I have overlooked something in permissions.

> > However, could it be that the system recognises that, regardless of

> > the permissions I alter, I am still in a User account and until I

> > upgrade the whole account to an Admin account, I cannot erase the

> > folder? So I suppose the question is: is Full Control of an object

> > identical in every way to Admin privileges over that object (and vice

> > versa: Admin privileges identical to Full Control)?

> >

> > Many thanks

[Guest Dave Patrick]

Re: Administrator Privileges and permissions when in a User account

 

Glad to hear you found a solution.

 

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Regards,

 

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.

Microsoft Certified Professional

Microsoft MVP [Windows]

http://www.microsoft.com/protect

 

"Martin" wrote:

> Thanks Dave. I did ensure inherit was off, but I think I have the

> answer; I browsed the Eraser forums and found that Eraser won't erase

> files

> on a compressed drive unless it's in an Admin account. It never

> occured

> to me that compression of the drive could have been the cause otherwise I

> would have mentioned it. Just for the record, I can manually use

> CCleaner to erase the folder in the user account.

>

> Anyway, I've learned a bit more about permissions in the last couple of

> days

> and no longer feel frightened to alter them.

>

> I really appreciate your response, nevertheless, and also that MVPs are

> still interested in Windows 2000.

>

> Martin