Windows Vista Permissions in Vista Home Premium

Hello Bmoore1129. I am running Windows Vista and I have had a few issues with permissions and trying to gain acess to those stubborn files and folders as well. The only way to gain access to some of those stubborn files or folders is to take ownership of them.

Try this:

1. Right click on the selected folder then go to properties
2. Click the security tab
3. Click advanced
4. Click the owner tab
5. Click edit
6. Highlight your user name and check the replace owner on subcontainers and objects checkbox, click apply then ok. Then press ok on all of the other windows to exit out of them.

Once thats done see if you can gain access to the selected folder.

Just in case, if taking ownership of the folders doesn't work try this:

1. Go to Start, All programs, Accessories, then right click command prompt and click Run as Administrator.
2. Once the command prompt opens type this command and press enter.
net user administrator /active:yes
3. This command will enable the hidden Administrator account in Windows Vista. Log off your account and log on as the Administrator. After you log on, see if you can gain access to the selected folders in Windows Vista.

Note: If you try to log onto the Administrator account and it requires a password, do this. Open up Control Panel, click on User Accounts and Family Safety, then click on User Accounts, Click on Manage another account, then click Administrator, Once you are there click Remove a password. Once the password is removed try logging onto the Administrator account again.

Good luck with your issue and let me know if you were able to gain access to the folders in question.

 

I'm not that familiar with Vista, but I don't see that XP style folder in Vista (Business)

 

Miz

Thanks for the enlightenment - you can tell that I still use XP daily and fiddle with Vista occasionally on another PC

 

Windows Update only works with IE. So no, you can't remove it (maybe you can, but it would require butchering the system).