user profile issue

[Guest]

good day every body I have a friend with win XP pro he his user name and
other users on his pc but he has an administration right.
what happend for some reason he sets hi profile user folder in the security
tab
to make private.
a month later one of his users get some kind virus or any thing
so he can boot to win xp any more
he install xp on his other partition
to find out that he has no access to his document folder any more
is there a way to solve this problem
so he can get his files back
thank you

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

He needs to take ownership of them. Right-click the folder, select
properties. Go to the security tab and click advanced. You can take control
of the folders on the owner tab. For the security tab to appear in a WinXP
Pro system, you must disable simple file sharing in the control panel/folder
options/view tab. For a WinXP Home system, you must restart in safe mode and
logon as administrator. More details here:

HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP [Q308421]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421

An additional note for WinXP Pro users: This procedure will not help you
recover data if the files are encrypted. All you will be able to do is
delete them. To recover encrypted files you will need the original
encryption certificate or a Recovery Agent from the installation under which
they were encrypted. Without one of these, the files are not recoverable.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org