Take the ownership

[Scott]

We have a computer that was installed for an ex-staff. The ex-staff is now
replaced by a new one. We added a new account as a member of the company
domain. However, the new user cannot access some old files on the C drive
and all files on D drive although he has administrator right. Can someone
advise how to take up all the ownership of ex-staff by the new staff and get
rid of the old staff completely on the computer. Your advice is
appreciated.

Thanks,

Scott

 

[RBot]

Open My Computer, right click the C: drive and click Properties.
Click the Security tab and click the Advanced button. Click the Owner
tab and select the new employee's username from the list below (Oh
yeah, the user has to be a member of the LOCAL administrator-if you
need help with that re-post) While new employee's username is
selected, check the box that says Replace owner on subcontainers and
objects. Click Apply and then OK. Ok out of all other boxes when
process has been completed.

 

[Brian A.]

We have a computer that was installed for an ex-staff. The ex-staff is now
replaced by a new one. We added a new account as a member of the company domain.
However, the new user cannot access some old files on the C drive and all files on
D drive although he has administrator right. Can someone advise how to take up all
the ownership of ex-staff by the new staff and get rid of the old staff completely
on the computer. Your advice is appreciated.

Thanks,

Scott

How to set, view, change, or remove file and folder permissions in Windows XP
(Pro/Home)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308418

HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP (Pro/Home)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421

How to set, view, change, or remove special permissions for files and folders in
Windows XP -
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308419



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[John John]

SubInacl. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/288292

or

subinacl /subdirectories c:\* /replace=Domain\olduser=Domain\newuser

or

subinacl /outputlog=c:\mytest2.log /subdirec=directoriesonly C:\*.*
/replace=SomeUser=SomeOtherUser /ifchangecontinue /noverbose /display
/testmode

The /testmode switch allows you to do a "test" run without making
changes, you can verify the outputlog to see what changes might be made
before actually proceeding and commiting to the changes.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...56-d8fe-4a91-93cf-ed6985e3927b&DisplayLang=en
http://www.analogduck.com/main/subinacl

John