Assume I have a huge directory tree with lots of files and folders.
Some of them belong to (simplified) user "karl" (or unknown user "S-1-5-21-107808153") others not.
When I execute now a command like
takeown /f * /a /r /d y
then ALL files+folders get the "Administrators" account as owner.
I...
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When I inspect my file system some of my "normal" (=non system) folders then I can see owners like
"S-1-5-21-15185678....." or "S-1-5-21-107808153
Why do only approx 30% of all folders have "S-1-5-21-151..." as owner and all others "Administrator"?
I dislike these "S-1-5-21-......" owners and...
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