permissions fiasco

[Guest payprplayn]

I originally posted this on someone else's question thread, but I thought I'd

repost it on a fresh thread, so it's not 4 or 5 pages back. anyway, my

problem is with permissions in windows xp. I know I need to get to the

security tab in the properties window to edit them, and every place I look

for an answer (including the other thread) says I need to go to the view tab

in the folder options window and uncheck "Use simple file sharing."

 

I'm trying to do this, but I don't seem to have a "Use Simple

File Sharing" box in the view tab of my folder options box.

 

I wonder if it's because I messed up my permissions so thoroughly.

 

See, I'm running a dual boot with XP home and Vista buisiness (64-bit) and I

foolishly changed the ownership of the "Documents and Settings" folder on the

XP Drive to my Vista Profile, and now of course I can't get into my XP

profile.

 

I created a new account to try to change permissions back, but as I said,

the box I need to uncheck isn't even visible.

 

Any Ideas?

[Guest Shenan Stanley]

Re: permissions fiasco

 

payprplayn wrote:

> I originally posted this on someone else's question thread, but I

> thought I'd repost it on a fresh thread, so it's not 4 or 5 pages

> back. anyway, my problem is with permissions in windows xp. I

> know I need to get to the security tab in the properties window to

> edit them, and every place I look for an answer (including the

> other thread) says I need to go to the view tab in the folder

> options window and uncheck "Use simple file sharing."

>

> I'm trying to do this, but I don't seem to have a "Use Simple

> File Sharing" box in the view tab of my folder options box.

>

> I wonder if it's because I messed up my permissions so thoroughly.

>

> See, I'm running a dual boot with XP home and Vista buisiness

> (64-bit) and I foolishly changed the ownership of the "Documents

> and Settings" folder on the XP Drive to my Vista Profile, and now

> of course I can't get into my XP profile.

>

> I created a new account to try to change permissions back, but as I

> said, the box I need to uncheck isn't even visible.

>

> Any Ideas?

 

Windows XP Home - you only can do certain things from the actual

administrator account, which you can only get to using Safe Mode.

 

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[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: permissions fiasco

 

 

"payprplayn" <payprplayn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:BD9A0A89-72ED-47BD-9DC3-C6F31F5C8B15@microsoft.com...

>I originally posted this on someone else's question thread, but I thought

>I'd

> repost it on a fresh thread, so it's not 4 or 5 pages back. anyway, my

> problem is with permissions in windows xp. I know I need to get to the

> security tab in the properties window to edit them, and every place I look

> for an answer (including the other thread) says I need to go to the view

> tab

> in the folder options window and uncheck "Use simple file sharing."

>

> I'm trying to do this, but I don't seem to have a "Use Simple

> File Sharing" box in the view tab of my folder options box.

>

> I wonder if it's because I messed up my permissions so thoroughly.

>

> See, I'm running a dual boot with XP home and Vista buisiness (64-bit) and

> I

> foolishly changed the ownership of the "Documents and Settings" folder on

> the

> XP Drive to my Vista Profile, and now of course I can't get into my XP

> profile.

>

> I created a new account to try to change permissions back, but as I said,

> the box I need to uncheck isn't even visible.

>

> Any Ideas?

 

Have a look here: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=307874#3

Right underneath the introduction it says:

"Note: You cannot turn off simple file sharing in Microsoft Windows

XP Home Edition."

 

To restore access to your folder, you may need to seize ownership

of it. AFAIK, you can do this under WinXP Home. Click Start / Run,

then look for help on "Ownership" to see how it's done.