Hello Jeff ,

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> Need a basic "jeffproof" step by step on how to take ownership.

- Right-click the file/folder you want to own, click properties
- Click Security Tab
- Click Advanced
- Click the Owner Tab
- Click Edit
- Select the Administrators group from the list
- Click OK
- Click OK
- Click OK

You can now change permissions on that file/folder to whatever suits you.

> Basically, I let Dell write a "system profile execute to my System32
> folder-to find my service tag,
> and now I can't delete it.
> Even after I open explorer with "run as admin">go to security.click on
> me>apply all(read/write/special)
> still says DENIED

I'm not sure I understand what you mean here. Did it add a file/folder to
your system32 folder and you want to delete that file/folder, or did it
change the permissions on your system32 folder and you want to remove that
permission?

In any case, taking ownership of a file/folder will only allow you to change
the permissions for that file/folder - you will need to grant yourself the
additional permissions if you want to do anything else to that file/folder.

Also, once you are done changing your system folder, it is good practice to
remove any additional permissions you gave yourself. This will help keep
malicious programs from being able to use those permissions.

>
> Any help?
>
> (Psst- Jimmy B- a hand here)
>
>
> Jeff


- JB
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User

Windows Vista Support Faq
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