Locked out of drive C

[Guest]

I have a strong suspicion that my pc was hacked into recently. In an act of desperation I disabled file sharing on my drive c (I left it enabled under Administrator - or so I thought). Now I am unable to access the drive. I get 'access denied.' If I right-click the drive, the system freezes for a long time. If I try System Restore, I get an error message. I tried all the various Administrative Tools (in control panel) with no success. I've tried all these things logged on to the Administrator account and in Safe mode, and am still denied access to the drive. I tried the 'revert to last known good configuration' option after hitting F8 but again no luck. I'm certain there must exist an option that will allow me to re-enable file sharing on my drive but I have searched the web and have come up with absolutely nothing. I am at my wits end at this point and would most definitely appreciate any suggestions. Please reply here or you may email me at (e-mail address removed)

Majorwest was the often bold and sometimes wreckless co-pilot of the Jupiter 2.

 

[Steven Umbach]

What exactly did you do to "disable file sharing" on your drive. Sharing
normally refers to network access which does not affect local access. Are you
sure you changed sharing permissions and not "security" ntfs permissions. If
your computer has been hacked or infected, that may explain the strange
behavior. If you can access the command prompt try running the secedit command
as shown in the KB link below and append " /areas filestore " to the end of the
command to see if it helps. Look in Event Viewer for any error messages that may
be helpful. If all fails look at doing a upgrade install that will require the
install cd, product key, and require you to first install the service pack
[unless your install disk has SP1] and then all critical updates at no more than
say five at a time being sure not to connect to the internet until you have
enabled at least the built in ICF firewall. Of course since you suspect your
computer has been compromised, you need to scan for viruses/worms/trojans. See
the links below for more info. --- Steve

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;313222
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315341
https://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

I have a strong suspicion that my pc was hacked into recently. In an act of

desperation I disabled file sharing on my drive c (I left it enabled under
Administrator - or so I thought). Now I am unable to access the drive. I get
'access denied.' If I right-click the drive, the system freezes for a long
time. If I try System Restore, I get an error message. I tried all the various
Administrative Tools (in control panel) with no success. I've tried all these
things logged on to the Administrator account and in Safe mode, and am still
denied access to the drive. I tried the 'revert to last known good
configuration' option after hitting F8 but again no luck. I'm certain there
must exist an option that will allow me to re-enable file sharing on my drive
but I have searched the web and have come up with absolutely nothing. I am at
my wits end at this point and would most definitely appreciate any suggestions.
Please reply here or you may email me at (e-mail address removed).

Majorwest was the often bold and sometimes wreckless co-pilot of the Jupiter

2.

 

[Guest]

Hi. Actually, yes it was the security ntfs permissions. I did a right-click and selected the 'sharing and security' tab. This displayed a list of all user accounts. I disabled all but the administrator account. But as I mentioned my administrator account (even in safe mode) was affected as well

I am going to try your suggestions below and will try to report back here my results

I failed to mention that I'm using WinXP Pro. Does the Pro disc have an option for 'upgrade' or 'reinstall?

Thank

----- Steven Umbach wrote: ----

What exactly did you do to "disable file sharing" on your drive. Sharin
normally refers to network access which does not affect local access. Are yo
sure you changed sharing permissions and not "security" ntfs permissions. I
your computer has been hacked or infected, that may explain the strang
behavior. If you can access the command prompt try running the secedit comman
as shown in the KB link below and append " /areas filestore " to the end of th
command to see if it helps. Look in Event Viewer for any error messages that ma
be helpful. If all fails look at doing a upgrade install that will require th
install cd, product key, and require you to first install the service pac
[unless your install disk has SP1] and then all critical updates at no more tha
say five at a time being sure not to connect to the internet until you hav
enabled at least the built in ICF firewall. Of course since you suspect you
computer has been compromised, you need to scan for viruses/worms/trojans. Se
the links below for more info. --- Stev

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;31322
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;31534
https://www.microsoft.com/security/protect

I have a strong suspicion that my pc was hacked into recently. In an act o

desperation I disabled file sharing on my drive c (I left it enabled unde
Administrator - or so I thought). Now I am unable to access the drive. I ge
'access denied.' If I right-click the drive, the system freezes for a lon
time. If I try System Restore, I get an error message. I tried all the variou
Administrative Tools (in control panel) with no success. I've tried all thes
things logged on to the Administrator account and in Safe mode, and am stil
denied access to the drive. I tried the 'revert to last known goo
configuration' option after hitting F8 but again no luck. I'm certain ther
must exist an option that will allow me to re-enable file sharing on my driv
but I have searched the web and have come up with absolutely nothing. I am a
my wits end at this point and would most definitely appreciate any suggestions
Please reply here or you may email me at (e-mail address removed)2

 

[Steven L Umbach]

Yes, an upgrade install can be easily done. You should still be able to access the
drive as an administrator so I am wondering if something else is going on. Try taking
ownership as administrator and giving back permissions to the appropriate groups as
described below. --- Steve

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421

Hi. Actually, yes it was the security ntfs permissions. I did a right-click and

selected the 'sharing and security' tab. This displayed a list of all user accounts.
I disabled all but the administrator account. But as I mentioned my administrator
account (even in safe mode) was affected as well.

I am going to try your suggestions below and will try to report back here my results.

I failed to mention that I'm using WinXP Pro. Does the Pro disc have an option for 'upgrade' or 'reinstall?'

Thanks

----- Steven Umbach wrote: -----

What exactly did you do to "disable file sharing" on your drive. Sharing
normally refers to network access which does not affect local access. Are you
sure you changed sharing permissions and not "security" ntfs permissions. If
your computer has been hacked or infected, that may explain the strange
behavior. If you can access the command prompt try running the secedit command
as shown in the KB link below and append " /areas filestore " to the end of the
command to see if it helps. Look in Event Viewer for any error messages that may
be helpful. If all fails look at doing a upgrade install that will require the
install cd, product key, and require you to first install the service pack
[unless your install disk has SP1] and then all critical updates at no more than
say five at a time being sure not to connect to the internet until you have
enabled at least the built in ICF firewall. Of course since you suspect your
computer has been compromised, you need to scan for viruses/worms/trojans. See
the links below for more info. --- Steve

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;313222
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315341
https://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

I have a strong suspicion that my pc was hacked into recently. In an act of

desperation I disabled file sharing on my drive c (I left it enabled under
Administrator - or so I thought). Now I am unable to access the drive. I get
'access denied.' If I right-click the drive, the system freezes for a long
time. If I try System Restore, I get an error message. I tried all the various
Administrative Tools (in control panel) with no success. I've tried all these
things logged on to the Administrator account and in Safe mode, and am still
denied access to the drive. I tried the 'revert to last known good
configuration' option after hitting F8 but again no luck. I'm certain there
must exist an option that will allow me to re-enable file sharing on my drive
but I have searched the web and have come up with absolutely nothing. I am at
my wits end at this point and would most definitely appreciate any suggestions.
Please reply here or you may email me at (e-mail address removed). Jupiter
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