Privileges on MY Home Comp....

[Flash Gordon]

Hi,

Occasionally I get the following message when trying to do something....like
change a driver or update a file, etc.

The current logged on user does not have ownership privileges on
the file (or folder) "C:\Windows\System32\drivers\".

It is on my desktop machine at home...running Vista Ultimate.

It is MY Machine and I am the Administrator....supposedly.

How do I ensure that this is the case ensuring I am the
Owner/Administrator - to stop these messages from cropping up again???

Any help would be appreciated

cheers

FG

 

[Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM]

Hi,

Occasionally I get the following message when trying to do
something....like
change a driver or update a file, etc.

The current logged on user does not have ownership privileges on
the file (or folder) "C:\Windows\System32\drivers\".

It is on my desktop machine at home...running Vista Ultimate.

It is MY Machine and I am the Administrator....supposedly.

How do I ensure that this is the case ensuring I am the
Owner/Administrator - to stop these messages from cropping up again???

Any help would be appreciated

cheers

FG

Right click whatever program you want to use and select Run as
administrator.

 

[Guest]

Take Ownership/Permissions
Even running as Administrator may leave you without permissions to modify
some files or folders, even ones that you have downloaded and installed. To
access or modify (copy, delete, rename) files or folders you can take
Ownership of (in your Username) and grant yourself Full Control permissions
of the files or folders in question described in the following tutorial.

To avoid having to do this individually for hundreds of files, Take
Ownership of large branches like Program Files folder or Users folder, and
grant yourself Full Control of the folder, all subfolders and files contained
in the folder. In the case of Program Files, you would have full access to
all your programs. In the case of Users folder, you would have full access
to your Music, Pictures, Videos, Documents, etc.

Windows Explorer Run As Administrator
Another way to gain access to modify files and folders includes going to the
Start button, typing in Windows Explorer, right-clicking on this and
selecting Run As Administrator. You should then have "elevated privileges"
to do whatever you wish to files in Windows Explorer.

Unlocker Program
There is also a program called Unlocker that you can use to gain access to
modify files and folders.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67717-take-ownership-file.html

http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/

 

[Leo]

Step by step instruction on how to take ownership of a folder



Run CMD (as administrator) and type: takeown [path] /f <filename or folder>

OR

- Right-click the file/folder you want to own, click properties

- Click Security Tab

- Click Advanced

- Click the Owner Tab

- Click Edit

- Select the Administrators group from the list

- Click OK

- Click OK

- Click OK

You have now taken 'Ownership' of the file and you can close the property

Windows



Now again



1) Right-click on the file

2) Select Properties

3) Go to the Security tab again, click the Advanced button

4) Now Press Edit, then double-click 'Administrators' in the list and tick

the 'allow' box for 'Full control'



You have now taken 'Full control' of file

 

[mayayana]

I'm not certain I've got this straight, but as I
understand it, if you want to have actually
admin rights you have to do the following:

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1) Open the command prompt with Administrative privileges by opening the
Start Menu, typing cmd in the search box. Then press CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER to
open cmd with admin rights.

2) Type the following in the command prompt and then press Enter:

net user administrator /active:yes

You must type it in just as it appears above.

3) Restart the computer and then log in as Administrator.
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Perhaps someone could correct my post if it's
wrong, but from what I've been able to gather,
the admin account is not, and anyone who wants
to stop all the restrictions and warnings needs to
discover the "secret password". One thing I'm not
clear on, though, is whether the above method
will stick or whether things will revert to the default
bogus admin on reboot.