I had to reinstall XP, but now I can't access some old data (e.g. my
documents) of previous user accounts under "documents and setting" that had
administrator privilege. Is there any way to around this?

You simply need to take ownership of those folders and files.

MVP Rick Rogers has a good explanation of the step by step process.
Taking Ownership:
http://rickrogers.org/fixes.htm#Taking_ownership

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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


"HJM" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:6050A65A-AFE8-4EDA-9EF0-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I had to reinstall XP, but now I can't access some old data (e.g. my
> documents) of previous user accounts under "documents and setting" that had
> administrator privilege. Is there any way to around this?

many thanks. This helped.

"Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote:

> You simply need to take ownership of those folders and files.
>
> MVP Rick Rogers has a good explanation of the step by step process.
> Taking Ownership:
> http://rickrogers.org/fixes.htm#Taking_ownership
>
> --
>
> Ronnie Vernon
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User
>
>
> "HJM" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:6050A65A-AFE8-4EDA-9EF0-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I had to reinstall XP, but now I can't access some old data (e.g. my
> > documents) of previous user accounts under "documents and setting" that had
> > administrator privilege. Is there any way to around this?
>