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Win XP HDD's ownership rights were ruined after using "Take Ownership" from another computer [closed]
An old friend of mine recently found an old 80gb HDD and he gave it to me and said he asked if I could copy his old data from it.
So I got home, plugged in the drive and started copying from the drive....
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How to allow the Guest user account to modify HKEY_CURRENT_USER in Windows XP?
As of Windows Vista, the Guest user account can add new registry keys under HKEY_CURRENT_USER.
On Windows XP, however, it's not possible. You get the error "Access denied".
Is there any permission, ...
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How to change file permissions - Windows XP Home Edition
I have an executable file that I want to run on my PC. I am running Windows XP Home Edition SP3. When I try to run it, I get a popup saying that access is denied and that I might not have the ...
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Cygwin: can't change permissions for file
My OS is Windows XP, Cygwin 2.5.2. After installing the new version, I had to reinstall the old one that works on Windows XP. But now in my .ssh folder I can't change file permissions under any ...
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windows xp Professional restore Security Descriptors after cacls /t /e /p
Someone changed the permissions on a bunch of machines using cacls which fixed one problem but created a bigger one. I'm looking at ways to revert this but can't seem to get it back to the way it was.
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Custom Win XP with permssion problems
I'm trying to install a custom Windows XP SP3 on my HP Probook 4320s, using FAT 32 in the target partition.
The installation has gone through some problems (missing files mainly), but it was just a ...
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Access denied using attrib
I have a new Windows 7 system (migrating from XP). Need to copy some files from the old HDD, but am getting "access denied".
I'd like to change permissions on all files/folders on the D drive, so I ...
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Windows XP - Is there a quick way of setting the permissions for a file from those of another file?
After finally figuring out why I couldn't copy a particular file from a folder on the network (a permissions issue bought about by how the file was copied/moved into the folder in the first place - ...
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Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item
I have no idea what happened, but suddenly I cannot execute any programs at all on my XP box. Trying to run anything results in the error message:
Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or ...
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Set up a user with specific properties
I need to set up a User on Windows XP Professional that has:
no possibility to power off or reboot (BUT it should be possible for an admin to reboot/log off somehow)
no taskbar
no access to any hard ...
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how can I recover my directory permissions in XP?
recently a folder containing my web documents was switched to "read only", and now I can't save or edit any files there. even when I log on as administrator I can't change it back to writeable. when I ...
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Do you need special permissions to access an old internal HDD from another computer?
I was trying to copy files from a friend's damaged laptop. The hard drive still works, so I simply put the hard drive into a 2.5mm enclosure and connected it to my laptop via USB. The drivers ...
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Programmatically adding "Run this program as administrator" flag to executable?
I need to distribute a program to windows (XP, 7, 8) users. The program requires administrative rights because it adds and removes routes, among other things.
The problem is that the "Run this program ...
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how to create a duplicate local administrator group in Win XP?
how to create a duplicate local administrator group in Win XP? I want to create a group same with local administrator group in Local Users and Groups under Computer Management. I know how to create a ...
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Windows Service Can't Access Files on 'Windows XP Home' Home Network
Note: I've been able to duplicate my problem by using another WinXp computers instead of a USB drive plugged into my router. Same exact problem. So, the bottom line is that I can access (and modify) ...
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