Damn Permissions!!!!

[Guest]

Installed a new drive recently and copied lots of material to it. Made a huge
mistake when I right clicked properties on the partition most important to me
and removed 'everyone' from the permissions box.

Now, I should say, I AM THE SOLE OWNER OF MY PC AND AS ADMINSTRATOR SHOULD
BE ABLE TO DO WHAT I WANT WITHOUT JUMPING THROUGH A MILLION HOOPS!!!! Well I
cant delete or rename folders in the partitions subfolders anymore despite it
saying in the permissions box that as adminstrator I have "full control".

SECURITY DOES NOT MEAN EXCLUDING ME FROM MY PC!!! I'm on the verge of
re-formatting this drive and throwing my Vista DVD out the window. Maybe I
can fix it if I read through 2 thousand pages of material in a hundred
categories re special permissions, ownerships, etc but I DO NOT HAVE THE
PATIENCE NOR TIME!

Am on my spare PC (for sanity's sake) at the moment until some kind soul
tells me how to fix this. Thanks.

 

[Guest]

I just google "vista permissions problem" and got over 2.6 million hits. I
hope this can serve as a clue to whomever designed this that its pissed off a
lot of people.

 

[Chad Harris]

Right click the folder you want to move to>Security tab>choose your user
profile name>add>user profile>allow all permissions. You could also do this
temporarily to get done what you want to do, and although it is an
inconvenience of some proportion to run UAC I wouldn't run this way
permanatly.

You can right click the folder you want to modify>properties>security
tab>edit>add>type users in the box headed "Enter the object name you want to
select">okay>then highlight users in the list>check all the permission
boxes>okay>close.

You might want to protect your security by putting back the default
configuration of the checkboxes after you move the folder.

You also might accomplish this alternatively by turning off UAC
*temporarily*--I'm not advising to keep it turned off.

Type msconfig in the run box>Tools tab>Turn off UAC>. When you finish
transferring your file or folder, copying it or renaming it, turn it back
on.

I suspect you're familiar with the Apple commerical with Jon Stewart
contributor Jon Hodgman that pokes fun of UAC, MSFT's purportedly biggest
selling point for enterprises to adopt/migrate to Vista:

http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/the_daily_show/news_team/contributors/john_hodgman.jhtml

Select Security (you may have to click next to view it)
http://www.apple.com/getamac/ads/

Good luck,

CH

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your response. I already had UAC off from the very beginning.
Thing that p'd me off as well was that I thought I pretty much knew my way
around the permission tabs and ownerships thing, but despite re-inputting
"everyone" as having "full control" it still wouldnt let me name, create or
delete files/folders. I suspect something messed up there because it gave me
warning of some sort. Anyway, I managed to fix it by creating a "Full admin
account" and where it then seemed to be more responsive to my input. Thanks.

 

[Free Phones]

Installed a new drive recently and copied lots of material to it. Made a
huge
mistake when I right clicked properties on the partition most important to
me
and removed 'everyone' from the permissions box.

Now, I should say, I AM THE SOLE OWNER OF MY PC AND AS ADMINSTRATOR SHOULD
BE ABLE TO DO WHAT I WANT WITHOUT JUMPING THROUGH A MILLION HOOPS!!!! Well
I
cant delete or rename folders in the partitions subfolders anymore despite
it
saying in the permissions box that as adminstrator I have "full control".

SECURITY DOES NOT MEAN EXCLUDING ME FROM MY PC!!! I'm on the verge of
re-formatting this drive and throwing my Vista DVD out the window. Maybe I
can fix it if I read through 2 thousand pages of material in a hundred
categories re special permissions, ownerships, etc but I DO NOT HAVE THE
PATIENCE NOR TIME!

Am on my spare PC (for sanity's sake) at the moment until some kind soul
tells me how to fix this. Thanks.

This is just Bill Gates reminding you who owns your data. Now that he has
your money and forced you to spend an additional average $300 on upgrades,
his intention is to piss you off and make you know it! Go to:
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/how-to-delete-a-system-file-in-windows-vista/
and it will likely solve your problem.

Floyd



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[Bruce Chambers]

Installed a new drive recently and copied lots of material to it. Made a huge
mistake when I right clicked properties on the partition most important to me
and removed 'everyone' from the permissions box.

Now, I should say, I AM THE SOLE OWNER OF MY PC AND AS ADMINSTRATOR SHOULD
BE ABLE TO DO WHAT I WANT WITHOUT JUMPING THROUGH A MILLION HOOPS!!!!

But you removed Everyone. How could you expect otherwise?

SECURITY DOES NOT MEAN EXCLUDING ME FROM MY PC!!!

You excluded yourself.




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[Guest]

Wrong. I removed "everyone" but still had my adminstration account with "full
control" in the permissions box.

amenx

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[Bruce Chambers]

Wrong. I removed "everyone" but still had my adminstration account with "full
control" in the permissions box.

What part of "every" do you not quite grasp? *Every* account on the
computer is a member of the *Everyone* group. Hence the name
*Everyone*. Any changes to that group affects every user account on the
computer. That's it's purpose.


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[Adam Albright]

What part of "every" do you not quite grasp? *Every* account on the
computer is a member of the *Everyone* group. Hence the name
*Everyone*. Any changes to that group affects every user account on the
computer. That's it's purpose.

Completely incorrect. You don't even need a "user" called everyone.
You do need at least one user which can be a single user (of any name)
in Group or User names under the Security tab.

Further if you do have a "everyone" user that does not mean other user
permissions can't supercede it.