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Old 06-02-2007
Jimmy Brush
 

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Re: Accessing files - ownership doesn't help
Hello,

- What folder did you copy your files to?
- Are you familiar with using the command prompt?

- JB

On Fri, 1 Jun 2007 06:36:01 -0700, RuthB
<RuthB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Like everyone here, I've recently installed Vista (or rather - got a new
>computer with Vista on it). I've transferred the files from my old computer,
>and when trying to access them, got the usual 'access privilege' message, so
>I changed ownership, as was suggested by the computer's 'help' , and even
>restarted the computer, just to be sure. But now, even though my (admin)
>account is the owner of all these documents, I still get the same 'user does
>not have access privileges' message (or just - 'cannot access', in case of an
>excel file).
>
>Can anyone help?
>
>Thanks,
>Ruth

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