Windows Vista Access Denied on Docs & Settings fldrs w/Admin Rights?

I just got a Gateway laptop with Vista Home Prem. After using the Folders options to enable seeing all the system folders, I was attempting to copy my Firefox Profiles folder in Documents and Settings from my desktop to the laptop, when I first recognized that M'soft (in their infamous propensity not to leave well-enough alone) changed the convention they used in W2k and XP. Fine, I found out which folders to go to thanks to a thread I left here at the FireFox forum. However, to my disgust and frustration, I found that even with Admin rights, I was still being denied access to these Program Data, and User folders where those profile folders are.

So, I call Gateway Support in India (don't get me started) only to find out that they want me to run a complete Restoration procedure because it was their opinion that the permissions may have become corrupted. This, despite the fact that I just bought this machine on 4/2, and the only major change that I've made (which was within warranty) was to use Vista's partitioning utility to divy up the HDD into several other partitions to protect my data.

Call me stubborn or stupid, but I refuse to take such draconian measures based on such a flimsy, and frankly illogical basis. So, I'm posting here, and to other geeky places to get informed opinions, rather than pat, sledgehammer answers.

PLEASE HEP ME,
GPL

 

Right where you just referred to. That's not the problem, the problem is even with Admin rights, Vista is telling me my access is denied anywhere deeper than User or Program Data. That's what doesn't make any sense.

Thanks for the response,
GPL

 

I had same problem with vista. In vista my documents and settings is just a junction point which is a default setting in vista per ms. Some answers are available at ms fixit for me website. You can google for website link, lots of info on this site. In vista the master administator acct is hidden. You have to activate it,then logon as this administrator. Set permissions for all accounts.

http://www.howtogeek.com/ search for turn on hidden adimistartor account in vist.




a. Try giving administrator ownership to the win32\logs folder
>
> b.
> 1. Permissions have been messed up, we need to correct them!
> 2. Restart into safe mode, i know it's a time hog but please do this for
> the problem to resolve we need the safe mode enviroment.
> 3. Go to windows\system32\LogFiles\WMI\
> 4. You should see the folder RtBackup in there, do a properties on the
> folder, click the security tab, make sure your account name is in there
> for example mine is "kc6qdi ". Also check Local Service is in the list and
> make sure both you and the local service have full control. "ignore any
> error messages you receive ".
> 5. While on properties click the advanced button, make sure audit, owner
> and effective permissions have both you and local service in there and
> apply all changes.
> 6. Next repeat all steps on "WMI ", "LogFiles ", "System32" and "Windows ",
> once you have done all the above steps on the folders in safe mode once
> you reboot the problem should have resolved the error 1062 issue.

I hope this is helpful,