"Sharon F" wrote:
> Not familiar with the ins and outs of the non-destructive recovery. This is
> a tool specific to your OEM. They would be able to explain the particulars
> of how this tool works.
>
> It's a bit troubling that other admin accounts have privileges and yours
> doesn't. Could be due to some malware that is installed under that user
> account only. Check system thoroughly.
>
> Also, I'm not sure there's anything in those old folders. Since they read
> as "0 bytes" then perhaps the recovery program transferred files to the new
> account? On the off chance that there is something in the folders....
>
> If this process created a new account for you (even if it has the same name
> as the old account), XP will see it as a user separate from your old
> account. If that's the case, you may need to "take ownership" of the
> files/folders from the old account before you can regain access to them:
>
> How To Take Ownership of a File or Folder
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;308421
>
> --
> Sharon F
> MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User
As for the malware, I scanned with trend micro and spybot search & destroy.
Everything returned clean. Between Mcafee, webroot spysweeper, trend micro,
spybot search & destroy, the malware should of been caught so i do not think
it is that.
I took ownership of the folder and recovered 7 gigs of files i thought were
long gone (due to the "access denied and the 0 byte folder") but my main
account still seems to be the same as before, lacks certain privileges. I
also tinkered around with privileges of the whole c drive but it resulted in
no effect. I do not get why my secondary admin accounts can do stuff that my
main account cannot. When i went over to Alcohol 120% support and asked about
why the program wouldn't install, they told me to try installing it on a
different account with admin privileges and that worked. I do not get what my
secondary admin accounts have that my main account doesn't. My theory on why
my old main account's folder in documents and settings showed 0 bytes was
because it was the only account (compared with my old secondary accounts)
that was "made private" in control panel > users. When the non-destructive
recovery was done, that cut off my access to my old accounts so i had to make
new ones. Apparently, my old main account only could be directly accessed
(had privileges to an unknown account which i believe was the deceased old
main account). I'm not sure if all this is relevant to my current main
account's privilege problems but it started happening after the
non-destructive recovery. By the way, thank you for helping me recover 7 gigs
of files and work. Is there any other suggestions as to what to do in fixing
my main admin account's privileges?
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