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I am the sole account on my machine (and am therefore the Administrator) yet
I am constantly receiving messages that i do not have the Administrator's permission to delete or even save some files. Whenever this happens I try to change the properties for the file to allow access to all users but it makes no difference. I wan t to have access to everything and be able to do with it as I want. What can i do? I did not have this problkem with XP. |
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"CharlesMiller" wrote in message
... I am the sole account on my machine (and am therefore the Administrator) yet I am constantly receiving messages that i do not have the Administrator's permission to delete or even save some files. Whenever this happens I try to change the properties for the file to allow access to all users but it makes no difference. I wan t to have access to everything and be able to do with it as I want. What can i do? I did not have this problkem with XP. Charles Experience has shown that permission changes can change the fundamental behavior of the Vista operating system, resulting in seemingly unrelated and unexpected behavior in other components or programs. These changes can affect security, application compatibility, stability, and reduce functionality, performance, and capability. You can compare this to pulling one of the bottom cards out of a house of cards. Further, you may not be able to undo extensive permission changes that are propagated throughout the registry and file system by simply reversing the action. Some things you may see if extensive permission changes are made: The failure of user accounts to function as expected. Reduction in security. Standard users ability to view the contents of other users content, even administrators folders. Performance problems such as long logon times or system slowdowns. Application compatibility problems or application crashes. These are situations where the only way to get back to the out-of-the-box settings may be to reformat the hard drive and perform a reinstallation of the operating system. If you really want things to behave the way they did in XP, you should install XP. -- Ronnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User |
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Thank you, but I can't see why as the sole user I cannot grant permissions to
myself. I am not talking of deleting system files - yesterday it would not even allow me to save an ordinary Word file. "Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote: "CharlesMiller" wrote in message ... I am the sole account on my machine (and am therefore the Administrator) yet I am constantly receiving messages that i do not have the Administrator's permission to delete or even save some files. Whenever this happens I try to change the properties for the file to allow access to all users but it makes no difference. I wan t to have access to everything and be able to do with it as I want. What can i do? I did not have this problkem with XP. Charles Experience has shown that permission changes can change the fundamental behavior of the Vista operating system, resulting in seemingly unrelated and unexpected behavior in other components or programs. These changes can affect security, application compatibility, stability, and reduce functionality, performance, and capability. You can compare this to pulling one of the bottom cards out of a house of cards. Further, you may not be able to undo extensive permission changes that are propagated throughout the registry and file system by simply reversing the action. Some things you may see if extensive permission changes are made: The failure of user accounts to function as expected. Reduction in security. Standard users ability to view the contents of other users content, even administrators folders. Performance problems such as long logon times or system slowdowns. Application compatibility problems or application crashes. These are situations where the only way to get back to the out-of-the-box settings may be to reformat the hard drive and perform a reinstallation of the operating system. If you really want things to behave the way they did in XP, you should install XP. -- Ronnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User |
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You are free to make any changes you wish, it is your computer. I just feel that users need to be warned of the possible consequences before making wholesale changes to the OS. -- Ronnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User "CharlesMiller" wrote in message ... Thank you, but I can't see why as the sole user I cannot grant permissions to myself. I am not talking of deleting system files - yesterday it would not even allow me to save an ordinary Word file. "Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote: "CharlesMiller" wrote in message ... I am the sole account on my machine (and am therefore the Administrator) yet I am constantly receiving messages that i do not have the Administrator's permission to delete or even save some files. Whenever this happens I try to change the properties for the file to allow access to all users but it makes no difference. I wan t to have access to everything and be able to do with it as I want. What can i do? I did not have this problkem with XP. Charles Experience has shown that permission changes can change the fundamental behavior of the Vista operating system, resulting in seemingly unrelated and unexpected behavior in other components or programs. These changes can affect security, application compatibility, stability, and reduce functionality, performance, and capability. You can compare this to pulling one of the bottom cards out of a house of cards. Further, you may not be able to undo extensive permission changes that are propagated throughout the registry and file system by simply reversing the action. Some things you may see if extensive permission changes are made: The failure of user accounts to function as expected. Reduction in security. Standard users ability to view the contents of other users content, even administrators folders. Performance problems such as long logon times or system slowdowns. Application compatibility problems or application crashes. These are situations where the only way to get back to the out-of-the-box settings may be to reformat the hard drive and perform a reinstallation of the operating system. If you really want things to behave the way they did in XP, you should install XP. -- Ronnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User |
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Thank you for responding. How can I make those changes? I am the administrator, yet I am frequently being told that I cannot make changes without my own permission. I have gone into Properties and set the relevant files to be accessible by all users, but I still cannot delete or even in some cases save them in certain places. "Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote: Charles You are free to make any changes you wish, it is your computer. I just feel that users need to be warned of the possible consequences before making wholesale changes to the OS. -- Ronnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User "CharlesMiller" wrote in message ... Thank you, but I can't see why as the sole user I cannot grant permissions to myself. I am not talking of deleting system files - yesterday it would not even allow me to save an ordinary Word file. "Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote: "CharlesMiller" wrote in message ... I am the sole account on my machine (and am therefore the Administrator) yet I am constantly receiving messages that i do not have the Administrator's permission to delete or even save some files. Whenever this happens I try to change the properties for the file to allow access to all users but it makes no difference. I wan t to have access to everything and be able to do with it as I want. What can i do? I did not have this problkem with XP. Charles Experience has shown that permission changes can change the fundamental behavior of the Vista operating system, resulting in seemingly unrelated and unexpected behavior in other components or programs. These changes can affect security, application compatibility, stability, and reduce functionality, performance, and capability. You can compare this to pulling one of the bottom cards out of a house of cards. Further, you may not be able to undo extensive permission changes that are propagated throughout the registry and file system by simply reversing the action. Some things you may see if extensive permission changes are made: The failure of user accounts to function as expected. Reduction in security. Standard users ability to view the contents of other users content, even administrators folders. Performance problems such as long logon times or system slowdowns. Application compatibility problems or application crashes. These are situations where the only way to get back to the out-of-the-box settings may be to reformat the hard drive and perform a reinstallation of the operating system. If you really want things to behave the way they did in XP, you should install XP. -- Ronnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User |
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CharlesMiller;547316 Wrote: Thank you for responding. How can I make those changes? I am the administrator, yet I am frequently being told that I cannot make changes without my own permission. I have gone into Properties and set the relevant files to be accessible by all users, but I still cannot delete or even in some cases save them in certain places. Hi Charles, You will need to take ownership of the file first, then you will be able to modify it. It should work for you unless it's a symbolic link. (EX: "My Documents" for "Documents" folder) You can see how to in this tutorial. 'Take Ownership of file' (http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67...ship-file.html) Shawn -- brink *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.* WWW.VISTAX64.COM (\"HTTP://WWW.VISTAX64.COM\") *Please post feedback to help others.* |
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