I have a problem in win xp home, I am the computer
administrator but I can not access either C:\Documents
and Settings\All Users\Documents or the C:\Documents and
Settings\Administrator folders. All I get is "folder" is
not accessible Access denied.

Any ideas?

See Help and Support and search for "take ownership"

HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308421

XP Home: By default, you can only make files and folders under My Documents
"private". This is done by right clicking a folder or file and selecting
Properties, Sharing. To change the permissions on other folders, you need
to boot the computer to Safe Mode and log in on the built in Administrator
account. In this mode, you'll see the Security tab in Properties, and you
can assign permissions based on user name or group membership.

How Do I Get the Security Tab in Properties - XP Home (makes the Security
tab appear outside of Safe Mode)
http://www.dougknox.com, Win XP Tips section

HOW TO: Set, View, Change, or Remove File and Folder Permissions in Windows
XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;308418

HOW TO: Set, View, Change, or Remove Special Permissions for Files and
Folders
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;308419

HOW TO: Disable Simplified Sharing and Password-Protect a Shared Folder in
Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;307874


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Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
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"RichardL" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:144e01c3b66e$1ebc4aa0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have a problem in win xp home, I am the computer
> administrator but I can not access either C:\Documents
> and Settings\All Users\Documents or the C:\Documents and
> Settings\Administrator folders. All I get is "folder" is
> not accessible Access denied.
>
> Any ideas?

you must be check for many things
1- your user name in the admin group
2- you have the ntfs permission to access to this folder
you do this by r_click in folder --- property----security
tab-----chick your user name have the full control
nots- if the security tab is not appear you can do that
by folder option----view tab----clear the check box in
the last kine

>-----Original Message-----
>I have a problem in win xp home, I am the computer
>administrator but I can not access either C:\Documents
>and Settings\All Users\Documents or the C:\Documents and
>Settings\Administrator folders. All I get is "folder"
is
>not accessible Access denied.
>
>Any ideas?
>.
>

"m_salem" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:940601c3b672$62f42400$(E-Mail Removed)...
> you must be check for many things
> 1- your user name in the admin group
> 2- you have the ntfs permission to access to this folder
> you do this by r_click in folder --- property----security
> tab-----chick your user name have the full control
> nots- if the security tab is not appear you can do that
> by folder option----view tab----clear the check box in
> the last kine
>

OP has Home edition, so all access to security dialog
is only possible in safe mode.

Check for premissions grants to Users group and or
to Administrators group.

--
Roger Abell
Microsoft MVP (Windows Server System: Security)
MCSE (W2k3,W2k,Nt4) MCDBA

> >-----Original Message-----
> >I have a problem in win xp home, I am the computer
> >administrator but I can not access either C:\Documents
> >and Settings\All Users\Documents or the C:\Documents and
> >Settings\Administrator folders. All I get is "folder"
> is
> >not accessible Access denied.
> >
> >Any ideas?
> >.
> >

>-----Original Message-----
>See Help and Support and search for "take ownership"
>
>HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
>http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308421
>
>XP Home: By default, you can only make files and folders
under My Documents
>"private". This is done by right clicking a folder or
file and selecting
>Properties, Sharing. To change the permissions on other
folders, you need
>to boot the computer to Safe Mode and log in on the
built in Administrator
>account. In this mode, you'll see the Security tab in
Properties, and you
>can assign permissions based on user name or group
membership.
>
>How Do I Get the Security Tab in Properties - XP Home
(makes the Security
>tab appear outside of Safe Mode)
>http://www.dougknox.com, Win XP Tips section
>
>HOW TO: Set, View, Change, or Remove File and Folder
Permissions in Windows
>XP
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;308418
>
>HOW TO: Set, View, Change, or Remove Special Permissions
for Files and
>Folders
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-
US;308419
>
>HOW TO: Disable Simplified Sharing and Password-Protect
a Shared Folder in
>Windows XP
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-
US;307874
>
>
>--
>Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
>Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
>http://www.dougknox.com
>--------------------------------
>Associate Expert
>ExpertZone -
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>--------------------------------
>Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
>Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.
>
>"RichardL" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
in message
>news:144e01c3b66e$1ebc4aa0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I have a problem in win xp home, I am the computer
>> administrator but I can not access either C:\Documents
>> and Settings\All Users\Documents or the C:\Documents
and
>> Settings\Administrator folders. All I get is "folder"
is
>> not accessible Access denied.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>
>
>.
>thanks for the help that solved the problem.