Administrator Documents and Setting file access denied

[Pamela Thalacker]

I am logged on as a computer administrator, but when I select the
Administrator folder in Documents I get a File Access Denied error message.
I get the same message when I try to change the permissions, rights or
security settings on the folder. How can I give myself access to this
folder?

pamela

 

[Thorsten Matzner]

I am logged on as a computer administrator, but when I select the
Administrator folder in Documents I get a File Access Denied error message.
I get the same message when I try to change the permissions, rights or
security settings on the folder. How can I give myself access to this
folder?

See "How to Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP"
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421). Even Administrators do
not have access to other users's files and folders if these accounts
are password-protected and the files/folders are not shared.