Hard drive problem

[Ronin]

I'm having a strange problem with Vista. I took the USB 200meg hd from
my laptop and attached it to my desktop. Of course I have all sorts of
data on it. My problem is when I try to delete songs or photos from
the drive Vista tells me I need permission to complete this task and
will not delete the song or photo. Is this normal and how do I get
around this? Can someone tell me what to do to reclaim my hard drive
from Vista interference with my clearing of unwanted files?

 

[Bob]

Add "Take Ownership" to right-click menu in Vista
http://www.petri.co.il/add-take-ownership-context-menu-vista.htm

 

[AlexB]

In order to do what you want you will have to open "Local Users And Groups"
GUI (either typing lusrmgr.msc in Windows\system32\ -- do not forget to open
Command Prompt as "run as Administrator" - take a notice!!!) or if you have
Home or Home Premium you should go thru Control panel> System and
Maintenance>Administrative Tools>Computer Management>Local Users and Groups.
Open up thumbnail Groups, open up Group "Administrators" (nb: it is plural)
and you will see the object "administrator" in there. Add yourselves to this
group. Close the GUI.
You may have a somewhat easier life from now on but it may not be enough.
You may also need to establish yourselves as a person who has the right to
write into certain folders if you want. Go to that folder, left
click>>Properties>>Security tab>>Edit>>Add>>type in your name>>Close that
window, Check checkbox "Full Control">>Apply>>OK.
Now you will have the right to do what you want in this folder and ALL its
subfolders. You will never be denied any access. You should exercise this
power judiciously and on a limited basis.

No third party software is necessary.

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

This is not specific to Vista, it's an NT permissions thing. Files and
folders are "owned" by the user that created them. You need to take
ownership of the files from your current user account before you can
manipulate them. Right click the folder and select properties. On the
security tab, click advanced, then click edit on the ownership tab. Change
to your account, then check the box for it to propogate to subfolders and
containers. When you click apply, it will take a bit to run, then close up
and you should be able to manipulate the folders.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[Mick Murphy]

Read Rick's post, you ars*wipe!

In order to do what you want you will have to open "Local Users And Groups"
GUI (either typing lusrmgr.msc in Windows\system32\ -- do not forget to open
Command Prompt as "run as Administrator" - take a notice!!!) or if you have
Home or Home Premium you should go thru Control panel> System and
Maintenance>Administrative Tools>Computer Management>Local Users and Groups.
Open up thumbnail Groups, open up Group "Administrators" (nb: it is plural)
and you will see the object "administrator" in there. Add yourselves to this
group. Close the GUI.
You may have a somewhat easier life from now on but it may not be enough.
You may also need to establish yourselves as a person who has the right to
write into certain folders if you want. Go to that folder, left
click>>Properties>>Security tab>>Edit>>Add>>type in your name>>Close that
window, Check checkbox "Full Control">>Apply>>OK.
Now you will have the right to do what you want in this folder and ALL its
subfolders. You will never be denied any access. You should exercise this
power judiciously and on a limited basis.

No third party software is necessary.

 

[AlexB]

Read my post, idiot.

Read Rick's post, you ars*wipe!

 

[Bill Yanaire]

You really are a rude SOB. Haven't your anger management classes worked
out?

Just FYI