Vista Permissions bafflement.

[Derik]

Vista is driving me batty with it's permissions. Want to delete a
file? Ooh you don't have permission! Want to click on a shortcut?
Not enough permission! I can go int hem and change permissions
manually, one-at-a-time, or SOMETIMES I can change the folder
ownership and that fixes things... but other times not.

And invariably what I see is the ADMINISTRATOR has full permissions
over this file, but MY user account doesn't.

MY USER ACCOUNT **IS*** ADMINISTRATOR-LEVEL!!!

*head in hands*

....help? Please? It's killing my will to live. And I'm barely
exaggerating in saying that.

-Derik

 

[Bob]

Add "Take Ownership" to right-click menu in Vista
http://www.petri.co.il/add-take-ownership-context-menu-vista.htm
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[On the Bridge!]

here is the info, but not advised to do this for permenant use

http://www.computerworld.com/action...ewArticleBasic&articleId=9015738&pageNumber=2

2. Unlock the supersecret Administrator account

Deep inside the bowels of Windows Vista, there's a secret Administrator
account, and it's different from the normal administrator account you most
likely have set up on your PC. This Administrator account is not part of the
Administrator group. (Confused yet? You should be.) It's a kind of
superadministrator, akin to the root account in Unix, and by default it's
turned off and hidden. (In describing this hack, we'll always use the
capital "A" for the secret Administrator account, and a lowercase "a" for a
normal administrator account.)

In versions of Windows before Windows Vista, the Administrator account
wasn't hidden, and many people used it as their main or only account. This
Administrator account had full rights over the computer.

In Windows Vista, Microsoft changed that. In Vista, the Administrator
account is not subject to UAC, but normal administrator accounts are. So the
Administrator can make any changes to the system and will see no UAC
prompts.

Turning on the Administrator account is straightforward. First, open an
elevated command prompt by typing cmd into the Search box on the Start menu,
right-clicking the command prompt icon that appears at the top of the Start
menu, then selecting Run as administrator -- or just use the shortcut you
created in the previous hack.

Then enter this command and press Enter:

Net user administrator /active:yes

From now on, the Administrator account will appear as an option on the
Welcome screen, along with any user accounts you may have set up. Use it
like any other account. Be aware that it won't have a password yet, so it's
a good idea to set a password for it.

If you want to disable the account and hide it, enter this command at an
elevated command prompt and press Enter:

Net user administrator /active:no

 

[Mr. Arnold]

Vista is driving me batty with it's permissions. Want to delete a
file? Ooh you don't have permission! Want to click on a shortcut?
Not enough permission! I can go int hem and change permissions
manually, one-at-a-time, or SOMETIMES I can change the folder
ownership and that fixes things... but other times not.

And invariably what I see is the ADMINISTRATOR has full permissions
over this file, but MY user account doesn't.

MY USER ACCOUNT **IS*** ADMINISTRATOR-LEVEL!!!

*head in hands*

...help? Please? It's killing my will to live. And I'm barely
exaggerating in saying that.

http://vistasupport.mvps.org/run_as_administrator.htm