Taking ownership of files.

[Tad]

I deleted myself from the user list and need to access my
data. How do I take ownership of these files? I have been
told I can do this but I can't seem to find the way TO do
this. I need specifics as I am somewhat of a win2k
imbecile. Thanks in advance.

 

[serverguy]

What "user list?" To take ownership, you need to go into the properties of
the file(s), click on Security tab>>Advanced button>>Ownership tab and
select the account or group you want to own the file(s). However, you may
not be able to do this unless you have administrator permissions.

 

[Steven L Umbach]

Log on as "the" local administrator or as a user that is also in the
administrators group and try to access the files. If you can not, then you
will first need to take ownership [as described in link below for XP pro]
which allows you to change permissions to grant your self access. You can
access a folder/files permissions by selecting properties/security. You want
to give yourself full permissions as an administrator. If the permissions
are grayed out, then select the advanced tab and unselect allow permissions
to be inherited [first checkbox] and select the copy option when another
screen pops up. --- Steve

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421 -- do not
worry about disabling simple file sharing as it does not apply to Windows
2000.