Access Denied!?

[Guest]

Hello, I recently installed Windows Vista ultimate and have to user accounts,
one administrater and one for another member of my family. In both accounts
it says that access denied to the c:\ drive, I cannot access any data on the
C:\ drive! I tryed the options available in user accounts and no luck. I
would very much appreciate any help, thank you.

 

[Alexander Suhovey]

GRG,

Check if you have correct NTFS permissions set on the root of C: drive. To
check permissions, do one of the following:

1. Right-click C: drive, select Properties, open Security tab.
2. Issue "cacls c:\" command without quotes at command prompt.

For instance, my C:\ drive has following permissions:

=============================================
C:\>cacls c:\
c:\ BUILTIN\Administrators:F
BUILTIN\AdministratorsOI)(CI)(IO)F
NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:F
NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEMOI)(CI)(IO)F
BUILTIN\UsersOI)(CI)R
NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated UsersOI)(CI)(IO)C
NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Usersspecial access
FILE_APPEND_DATA
=============================================

 

[Guest]

Still having problems, any other suggestions?

GRG,

Check if you have correct NTFS permissions set on the root of C: drive. To
check permissions, do one of the following:

1. Right-click C: drive, select Properties, open Security tab.
2. Issue "cacls c:\" command without quotes at command prompt.

For instance, my C:\ drive has following permissions:

=============================================
C:\>cacls c:\
c:\ BUILTIN\Administrators:F
BUILTIN\AdministratorsOI)(CI)(IO)F
NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:F
NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEMOI)(CI)(IO)F
BUILTIN\UsersOI)(CI)R
NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated UsersOI)(CI)(IO)C
NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Usersspecial access
FILE_APPEND_DATA
=============================================

 

[Alexander Suhovey]

Still having problems, any other suggestions?

Please provide more details:
- How exactly are you trying to access your C: drive (Windows Explorer,
shortcut or from application)?
- Current NTFS permissions on the root of C: drive (if you can, post output
of "cacls c:\" command).