ownership

Ok, I am going to buy a new pc and i am wondering if i still have to buy windows again? i have it on my old pc, but i dont really wana buy it again, i aleready own windows so it would just be stupid if i hade to buy it again. so if there are any way for me to use my windows i curently use.

Hi, I have Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. I have used Windows Backup to back up my files to an external hard drive and create a system image. When I click on the backup folder on the external drive and then dig down to a particular file which I try to open, I get a message to say I have been...

I just found a huge Windows 10 flaw and it has impact on File History, too. All us previous Windows users that login with a Microsoft Account have all noticed how Windows 10 names our user accounts after our Microsoft Account. I just noticed this flaw in File History. In previous Windows...

A Windows Forum user, ussnorway, posted the following curious statement: "Correct... did you know there are folders on a Windows 10 system that you as the owner of that computer don't have the legal right to look at... nevermind change (under US law)?" Would someone be kind enough to point me...

When I go to Control Panel and click on User Accounts there is a user named CAG, but when I go to drive C and click on Users CAG does not appear. However there is an account named Owner that appears to contain all of CAG's sub-accounts. Therefore, I tried to rename the Owner account to CAG but...

When I tried to install the Java Unlimited Strength Files... /Java/jdk1.7.0_79/lib/ (when dragging and dropping the files) it says that "Permission is denied". I made my account on Windows 7 owner of the files and that didn't work. Gave full access (or whatever you want to call it) to my...

Any way to delete Windows 7 Ultimate bloatware? There are loads of files and applications that I do not use, and getting rid of these unnecessary files would give in a nicer feel. A removal method would be good for Windows 7 or Windows 8.1. Any suggestions? I've tried the "Take ownership" method...

Computer has taken control of folder that I created. So here’s the situation. I’m trying to install a backdoor workaround that Adobe has put out to fix issues with their Creative Suite 2 because glitches they had with their activation server. So anyway the new file / install fails miserably so...

Hi there, I need to delete a Windows folder (which is not in use and not on the C-drive) but every time I try to do this I am informed that I do not have permission to do so. I have tried changing the owner of the folder to Administrators/my user name in explorer, but then when I try to delete...

the screen comes up most usualy when trying to play a game or video. I didnt include the dump file as it is showing locked and needs permission i amd the owner nd admin i dont know how to get it here

Made an account just for this. I randomly got a BSOD while my computer was on, but I was not using. I restarted the computer (as prompted) and attempted to access the dmp file; however, upon doing so, I am told that access is denied and I do not have permission to retrieve the file. I went into...

Hi guys I just reinstalled my Win 7, 2 days ago, only to find that now all my other partitions are Read Only. NP I thought, just untick the box and reset them, but some partitions are proving rather stubborn to my efforts. I've used Taken Ownership to undertake the process, and then unticked...

I was able to access my flash drive last Friday, 2/28/14, and any day prior to that without any problems however Monday, 3/3/14, I get the following error when attempting to access my drive, "You don't currently have permission to access this folder. Click Continue to permanently get access to...

when i connect remotely to w2k8 server, i have to change the settings in the printer to "print directly to spooler" but this option is grayed out and i cannot change it, i try to take ownership in the security tab but each time i log off and log on the ownership disappear and i have to put it...

Alright, here's the story. My original hard drive died a few days ago in which I just replaced. Once everything was back up to what it was before, I found that my external hard drive had some issues to permissions. I couldn't access any files on it and so I went in and tried some things...

I am unable to change any permission for any folder . every option that supposed to be available for setting the permission is gray out!! , for some of my files I see the owner is "unable to display the current owner". The problem is the same for every single folder and file. I checked other...

Just got a new pc that has W8, came from XP. I have a popcorn hour NMT with an internal HDD that I have networked and was working fine with my old pc. The drive is mapped and is visible in windows explorer and I can even upload files to it with Filezilla. When I try to modify a file through w...

How do i take ownership of my secondary drives, i cant even get a proper right click menu which allows me to create notepads and stuff, i got windows 7 home

Hi, Drive D is not accessible. Access denied. I have tried taking ownership, full control give to everyone, etc Nothing worked. But Drive D can be accessible as normal in safe mode. Lenovo Thinkpad Edge Windows 7 Professional SP1 Link RemovedLink RemovedLink RemovedLink Removed

I am now a proud & happy owner of a Nokia Lumia 920 Windows Phone 8. Darn nice unit & what it can do. Wanted one & glad to have one. :) Cheers, Drew Link Removed