Recent content by JuanTLlibre

re: !> I will emphasise that it is not a bug. Sorry, but not being able to delete windows.old is *certainly* a bug, especially if I can't even format the partition where windows.old is located in. re: !> You must now enable the Global Administrator account to return !> to the same security...

re: !> The Microsoft built in "takeown.exe" only takes ownership of single files. Interesting... re: !> If you had used my attachment, it would take ownership of the folder. <chuckle> I think I wish I'd had it before going through the trouble I did. Your attachment doesn't do anything...

It helps...but it doesn't help enough. See my other replies. Thanks, anyway...

Read my more detailed reply, just posted. It's not enough to just "take ownership". The ACEs on the files must also be changed with icacls or you'll get "access denied" when you attempt to delete the files. Why ? Don't ask. I would have thought that file owners would be able to delete...

re: !> You will still have old folders if you did not format the drive during the clean install Formatting the drive doesn't help because windows.old will still be created and the permissions bug reappears. Re-formatting a drive which already includes the buggy permissions behavior isn't...

Solution to : Why is being a file's owner not enough permissions to delete it? I was finally able to delete the files and directories in windows.old through a very laborious manual process which included the use of both takeown.exe and icacls.exe plus a lot of directory switching and running of...

I wish that were true and that you were correct instead of mistaken. Unfortunately, I *did* select "Custom" (clean) install when setup started. I just tested again, selecting "Custom" install. I just got a dialogue which states, in very clear terms : <quote> The partition you have selected...

That didn't work... Logged in as MachineName\MyAccountName, I took over ownership of the windows.old folder. No problem. I logged off and logged in again as MachineName\MyAccountName, which is the Administrator of this box. Then, tried to delete windows.old. Surprise ! The OS tells me...

This is an authorized RTM from Connect. I participated in the Beta. I also have an RTM downloaded from MSDN. Those two are identical. Well, they are. What can I say ? I can't, as explained. It won't let me change any permissions. I haven't tried that. I'll try it and see what happens...

I created a USB boot disk, per the instructions on this board. That setup shouldn't differ from a "boot from CD", right ? No need to do that, right ? Is setup from a USB boot disk any different than regular setup from a CD ? In any case, whatever happened, happened. Windows 7 RTM runs fine...

I installed RTM (x86), and did a "fresh install". When setup was done, I went to delete Windows.old and Windows.000. Windows.000 deleted OK. Windows.old ( which has /Windows and /Program Files directories in it ) won't delete. The OS keeps telling me I need "Trusted Installer" permission to...