I want my prons back

[Silvermane]

Hello there, I am writing to you today because vista hates me and my HDD which has XP on it will not let me take the smut off of it. I am unable to view anything. The message I get is "Access to x is denied" I have full permissions, I have it shared, I even took off user controls Halp plz

[Silvermane]

Bump cause this has to do with alot more than just porn....

[Dwnwrd_sprl]

Are you sure you actually have permissions? There shouldn't be any issue if you have physically taken control of the drive...

Just for fun, run through the process of giving yourself full permissions again.

Right Click the drive -> Properties -> Security Tab -> Advanced -> (Select your account) -> Edit -> (Accept Vista's UAC prompt if it's enabled) -> (Select your account again) -> Edit (again) -> Check "Full Control" and allow it to run through the process.

Alternate solution...

Use a linux live cd like Ubuntu.

[Silvermane]

Well, it half worked

[WereDragon]

Run your anti~virus my friend had a very simalar problem turns out a virus went in took his acces and deleted the registry entrys for turning it back on.

[Silvermane]

Run your anti~virus my friend had a very simalar problem turns out a virus went in took his acces and deleted the registry entrys for turning it back on.

Ran 3 0f them nothing found Avg Avast A-Squared Then I ran Malwarebytes

[blackbeardlion]

just dl ubuntu and transfer everything you need in live mode. pclinux is good too since it's smaller and therefor shorter to DL. that 's what i do and it's SO much easier then dealing with xp or vista

[JonnSoothsayer]

What I usually look for is the "Owner" tab and set the owner to be me (as long as your not going to need to have ownership on your xp account)...

to get to that follow similar instructions:
(pics taken on Windows7 but mostly the same interface iirc)

1) right-click on whatever you want to take control of (doesn't have to be the whole drive)
2) click "Properties" and select the "Security" tab.
3) click on "Advanced" then choose the "Owner" tab.
4) click on "Edit"
5) select your name
6) check the box to apply to sub-folders/files
7) click "Ok" or "Apply"

Edit: suppose I should add you have to be an administrator or logged in as THE administrator to do this depending on your version of windows (XP you have to be on THE administrator account)

[Silvermane]

Thank you so much ~kisses~

Message me for your reward ^_~

[JonnSoothsayer]

just curious ... which solution was THE solution :p


and hah i beat you :p it says im worth "$2,596,270"

[Silvermane]

1) right-click on whatever you want to take control of (doesn't have to be the whole drive)
2) click "Properties" and select the "Security" tab.
3) click on "Advanced" then choose the "Owner" tab.
4) click on "Edit"
5) select your name
6) check the box to apply to sub-folders/files
7) click "Ok" or "Apply"

That one =3

And I just posted that for fun =/