Access Denied to C: as administrator

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Sarah

The sercurity settings for permissons were changed by another person using my
computer. They have denied all permissions as the administrator and i am now
unable to use or change any of the settings on my computer as access has been
denied to C Drive, is there a way to undo these settings to reset the
sercurity settings?
 
S

Sarah

i can not do any of this as i have no access to anything! thanks anyways let
me know if you have any other ideas!
 
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Richard L. Miga

davejchuang,
I have the same issue as Sarah. I was working on trying to get two computers
networked and was changing and looking at OneCare parameters when I did
something that has resulted in not being able to access the c drive. Unlike
Sarah, I am able to boot the laptop to my desktop, but when I activate
windows explore it lists the c drive as "access denmnied" and will not let me
have access to the drive. However, I can run Outlook and it allows me access
to my email files which are stored on the c drive. However, I can not network
into the laptop which by the way is running Vista Business 32 bit. I have
also tried the recoomended actions you and others have indicated in this
tread. I was able to establish a new account via "net user administrator
/active:yes", but when I try to "change or reset the security settings : -
bring up the (OS) C drive, right click > click Properties > Security
Advance > Effective Permission > Select > enter ( your name
)\administrators > click OK." I get to the "Effective Permissions" tab and
it indicates:

Object name: c:\
to continue, you must be an administive user with permission to view this
object's security properties.
Do you want to continue?

I hit the "Contiue" button an receive the Windows Security dialog box
indicating "Can't open access control editor. Access is denied."

When I tried "bob's" suggestion to modify the registry to "Add "Take
Ownership" to right-click menu in Vista" I get an error message indicating
that there is an invalid registry command and thus have not been able to add
the Take Ownership function.

As such, I would apprecaite any help anyone can provide which will allow me
to regain access to the c drive.
Thanks,

Richard L. Miga
 
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Richard L. Miga

After posting my message for help, I did a search over all the Vista Forums
instead of just the security for8um and found the following:

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/co...-15AF7EC6783B&dglist=&ptlist=&exp=&sloc=en-us

To make a long story short, I followed the instructions given in the post at
the above URL and I WAS ABLE TO GAIN ACCRESS TO MY DRIVE. For purposes of
completness in one location the proceddure is copied below:

AAD213 wrote:

Success! I can't believe it but I was able to take back full ownership of my
C: drive and got all 37gb of my stuff back. I thank those that tried to help
me and gave me clues to fix the problem. Below are the steps as to how I made
It work for my retail version of Vista Ultimate.


These steps might help some else with a similar UAC/ACL complete root
"Access Denied" issues to the point where even if you are logged into your
Admin account it still doesn't let you create accounts or modify any
important settings/permissions etc.


Step 1:
Clicked: Start Menu
Click: Run
Type: net user administrator /active:yes
Close All Other Applications And Reboot Your System.

Step 2:
Click/Login To The Administrator Account.
Clicked: Start Menu
Click: Run
Type: Regedit
Go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Policies\System
Right Click On: EnableLUA
Click: Modify
Change: Value Data To A 0
Click: OK

Step 3:
Go Back To The Root Folders In The Registry Editor.
Right Click On: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
Click: Permissions
Click: CREATOR OWNER
Check: All Allow Boxes
Click: Apply
Click: SYSTEM
Check: All Allow Boxes
Click: Apply
Click: Administrators
Check: All Allow Boxes
Click: Apply
Click On Users
Click: Remove
Click: Your Account Name If It Shows
Click: Remove
Click: OK

Step 4:
Right Click On: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Click: Permissions
Click: SYSTEM
Check: All Allow Boxes
Click: Apply
Click: Administrators
Check: All Allow Boxes
Click: Apply
Click: OK

Step 5:
Right Click On: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Click: Permissions
Click: Everyone
Check: All Allow Boxes
Click: Apply
Click: RESTRICTED
Check: All Allow Boxes
Click: Apply
Click: SYSTEM
Check: All Allow Boxes
Click: Apply
Click: Administrators
Check: All Allow Boxes
Click: Apply
Click: OK

Step 6:
Right Click On: HKEY_USERS
Click: Permissions
Click: Everyone
Check: All Allow Boxes
Click: Apply
Click: RESTRICTED
Check: All Allow Boxes
Click: Apply
Click: SYSTEM
Check: All Allow Boxes
Click: Apply
Click: Administrators
Check: All Allow Boxes
Click: Apply
Click On Users If It Shows
Click: Remove
Click: Your Account Name If It Shows
Click: Remove
Click: OK

Step 7:
Right Click On: HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG
Click: Permissions
Click: CREATOR OWNER
Check: All Allow Boxes
Click: Apply
Click: Administrators
Check: All Allow Boxes
Click: Apply
Click: OK
Close Registry Editor And All Other Applications And Reboot Your System.

Step 8:
Click/Login To The Available Regular/Owner Account.
Clicked: Start Menu
Click: Control Panel
Click: Add Or Remove User Acounts
Create A New User Account And Logoff.
Close Registry Editor And All Other Applications And Reboot Your System.

Step 9:
Click/Login To Your New Created Account.
Right Click On The Drive Or Directory You Lost Access To.
Click: Properties
Click: Security
Click: Advance
At The Permissions Tab.
Click: Edit
Click: Add
Type The Name Of The Recently New Created Account.
Click: Check Names
Your New Account Name Should Fully Show Up.
Click: OK
A Permission Screen Should Show Up.
Click On The Allow Box Where It Says Full Control.
Where It Says "Apply To:" Choose The "This Folder, Subfolders And Files"
Option.
Click: OK
Again At The Permissions Tab Click On Your New Created Account.
Click: Apply
Click Yes On The Security Popup To Change Your Allow Permissions.
If An Errors Occur Just Click Continue.
Once The Process Finishes, Reboot Your System And Login To Your New Account.
You Should Now Have Access Back Into Your Hard Drive Or Directory.


Note: There Maybe Better/Shorter Ways Out There To Do This But In My
Situation They Were Not Working. The Above Steps Are What Worked For Me But
May Not Work For You. Please Make Sure You Are Having Similar Issues To Mine
Before Trying The Above Steps...

My thanks go out to AAD213 and I hope this post will be helpful to others
who expereince this challenge.

Richard L. Miga

PS: I should point out that the sysytem still has some issues, but at least
I am able to backup the c drive prior to restoring the OS.
 
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Richard L. Miga

Once I was able to access the c drive again I then ran accross a number of
other challenges such as a "server execution failed" error message which was
preventing being able to network to the laptop on which the access to the c
drive was denied. Since I needed to network to this ailing laptop in order
tio retrieve some large files and significant environmental parameters I came
accross the following URL when I searched for information on how to address
the "server execution failed" challenge:

http://www.xoxideforums.com/networking/76388-vista-giving-you-server-2.html#post989337

I then followed the information provided and low and behold the ailing
laptop began to act like it did prior to my mistake which caused the denied
access to the c drive. The procedure provided at the above URL appears to
restore appropriate file protections.

I have included this information in this threead in order to assist those
who might have a similar problem as a result of tryi9ng to work with OneCare.

Hope This Is Of Value,

Richard L. Miga
 
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I denied access to my drive C: under the Security Tab in properties and after i reboot the system, i couldn't do anything on the system again. If i try to copy it gives access denied, even i can't open any folder because it'll give "Windows Explorer is restarting" after which will return to desktop.

I also try to click on MY COMPUTER, it says the same thing but i cancelled it and it displays a code:
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if i click okay it will display the normal my computer Box... but each time i tried to access the property to change the Security access it gives:
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and i tried to change the ownership, it gives this
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and also this when i click on edit:
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PLEASE WHAT CAN I DO
i need urgent solution.
Thanks
 

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