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Vista killed my Mouse

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gsoul2soul
gsoul2soul Original post #1
Oct 13, 2007 at 12:58 PM
Well literally... in my anger i smashed my mouse !!

Anyways I need to take anger management... all right now the Thing that drove me nuts is...

I had Win XP and Win Vista (e: drive) in Dual boot.
I formated my C drive and the drive where Vista was !!

And did a clean install of the Win XP... and now i cannot Access my Pictures.
They are like restricted... now what to do ?


HELP!!!

URGENT>... please
Mike :( really hyperventilating !!!
QwertyManiac
Oct 13, 2007 at 1:00 PM
Hmm, go back to your XP. Right click your My Documents, and enable Sharing (There will be some option to make it Private etc, deselect it and hit apply)

Whoops wait, you reformatted? A few seconds please.

Here you go:
*support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421&sd=tech
Krazy_About_Technology
Oct 13, 2007 at 1:17 PM
Hey Relax. This happened beacuse Vista has applied its user rights on your folder. You will first have to take the ownership of your folder. I dont have XP so i cannot tell you how to do it in full detail but the process must be almost same in XP and Vista.

First, Remove Use Simple File Sharing options from Folder Options in windows explorer. Right Click on your folder and open Properties. Goto Security Tab, Add your username in the list by clicking on the button below it.

Now click advance. On the Owner tab select your username. Check the 'Replace owner on subcontainers and Objects' checkbox. and click apply.

Now on the permissions tab, double click on your user name. Check the box Full Control in the windows that opens and click Ok. On the permissions tab, also check both the checkboxes given below the list of users. Click Apply and OK.
Now, you'll have the full permission to use this folder.

Cheers!
gsoul2soul
Oct 14, 2007 at 1:03 AM
Thanksssssssssssss a Zillion Guys !!

:) thanks "Krazy" and "Qwerty"