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On 03/22/2010 09:04 AM, Andy wrote:
> ~BD~ wrote:
> 
>> drivesmecrazy wrote:
>>> It seems I am a victim of security maniac DRM.
>>> Never touch a running system! Had I only stuck to that! I have finally
>>> accepted to change from WIN 2000 pro to WIN XP pro, fully installed with SP3
>>> and all available updates. My own files reside on partition E, I do daily 1:1
>>> unpacked backups which are stored in M and monthly backups from M to a extern
>>> disk.
>>> I formatted partition C for the change, left E and M untouched and kept the
>>> same user name (with Admin rights).
>>>
>>> After the system change, I could not even open my own main folder! I changed
>>> properly its owner to Administrators/COMPUTERNAME and made it to be inherited
>>> by all subfolders and -files. Now I can read the folders and subfolders and
>>> all the files' names but not open any file, be it doc or xls or jpg or pdf or
>>> any of the CS2 files. Some of the programs don't even tell why and some say:
>>> write-protected.  But when I open the properties of the concerned file there
>>> is nowhere a check mark on write protection.
>>> By the way, some subfolders and files have to be kicked extra because they
>>> won't inherit rights from Daddy or Granddad. But it does not help much. Even
>>> with the whole flock belonging to the Administrators group I cannot open them.
>>> And the worst thing is - the copies behave in the same way, even on my
>>> extern disk.
>>> Some few of the files on my desktop and in my main folder are accessible - I
>>> don't know why.
>>> Is there anybody who can see the problem behind this behaviour?
>>
>>
>> Crossposted to a group with many clever folk (and some idiots!) to see
>> if anyone there can help/advise you!
>>
>> HTH
> 
> Formatting all of the hard drives and starting again seems like the most
> obvious solution.
> 

 Well that [reformatting] would be the easiest, however, that means
losing all those saved files unless a backup of those files was done
prior to the OS change with the proper permissions. Apparently there was
a failure to prepare the W2K system prior to the change-over.

 Instead, it would be better to suggest reviewing the other permission
changes required, AND how to achieve that change.


FOR EXAMPLE:

http://www.google.com/search?q=change+W2K+file+permissions+to+XP

How to set, view, change, or remove special permissions for files and
folders in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308419

How to create and delete hidden or administrative shares on client computers
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q314984

 Of course there are other aspects which may need addressed so these are
merely representative, perhaps others will attend to the specifics.

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