hi everyone!
i am experiencing a very weird problem: i have 2 accounts - the first originally set to admin. then i created a second one and set that one to admin. now both accounts are "labeled" admin, but whenever i try to change the account setting they are set to "standard". trying to set either one to admin gives me no ok/proceed option. i seem to have no admin at the moment ?
very weird ......
markus
wow that is wierd. Do you still have all your admin permissions other then creating/changing accounts?
ok - i do not understand all this any more. i can really need some help :)
inititally i had only one account (not only labeled admin, but being admin) - then i ran into security problems when w7 suddenly told me that i do not own the rights to open certain folders. so i executed the ownership registry hack and nothing happened.
i created a second account (admin) and suddenly the hack worked as it should.
now, again, i find folders unaccessible. so i create a third admin account - and all works fine ...
unfortunately only in the accounts the changes have been made. going back to my account where everything is set up, amounts to ... folder restrictions.
am i doing something really wrong here?
markus
Notice his specs. not exactly 100% complete. but
OS xp, w7
CPU q6600
Motherboard gigabyte p35 dq6
Memory 2x 4gb kingston 1066, hyperx cl5
Graphics Card x1950pro
so many Questions to ask ,
1. are youbooting back to XP?
2. Ken ask, Are you really Admin or just named Admin?
3. which OS are you using when you do this WEIRD thing?
4. some snip shots would grossy help! ?Win7 or XP
4a. name or file and or folders?
4b. which OS are they relating too?
5. Which Version is Win7? Home, Pro, Ultimate or ?
6. Which Product # -7000, 7100, 7600, or?
7. Which variable x86 or x64?
8. 9. 10. same question only for XP.
thank you for trying to help !!!!!![
quote=Snuffy;233116]Notice his specs. not exactly 100% complete. but
so many Questions to ask ,
1. are you booting back to XP?
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yes, sometimes to collect files and settings i want to transfer to windows 7
well, both accounts i have were originally set to admin. going into the settings now and trying to change the privileges would let me only change to standard. ie: i guess that both accounts are still admin.
windows 7 7100 64bit. however the problems occurr on xp and win7 32bit as well.
will post later today ...
i do not really understand ...
how can i find out?
windows 7 ultimate 64bit
7100
x64
xp 32bit sp3
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let me just jot down some notes on the problem history:
until last week i worked on xp & win7 32bit. the i decided to add more ram to my system and so i fiddled around with the partitions so as to gain space for a win7 64bit partition. i think here something must have gone wrong. because from then on i could not get access to an entire drive even under xp anymore. same problem in win7. after a couple of day i managed to gain ownership in win7 7100 (both32 & 64bit) over certain lost folders. they were suddenly marked with a keylock - however they seemed to be back and working. however yesterday i found that there was another partition i could not access. so i tried to gain ownership with and earlier posted registry hack - unfortunately to no avail. only by creating a new account with admin priviliges i could successfully access the partition. (that makes no sense however, because from my main user account its still locked)
thanks for helping,
markus
ok i found something: when i want to get access to a file i hit (sorry i can only try to translate the steps, because i have a german version) so it goes something like: options->security>users>add users>advanced>search now> then i would add all results (in my case 38 possible names etc) and then add all of them. this would give me access to the file. ok, now i will only have to find out which one among the 38 is repsonsible for it ... any ideas?
WOW, how many ppl have access to your computer. (Sounds like you have been HACKED-> (also possible that) you added a HDD usually, that was not NEW but well USED. and some info on it, from old users, wants permission to control your system.then i would add all results (in my case 38 possible names etc) and then add all of them.
Recommend that you go back to XP, Im sure it is CLEAN.
Format the HDD with Win 7, fix the partitions as you want.... scrub the HDD, reformat again. and when it is CLEAN...
Then your option is reinstall Win 7 - either single boot or dual boot.
Hello, Markus.
Are you sure you have a problem? Let me explain what I mean:
If the account type already is Administrator and you click Change the Account Type, it opens this window:
Notice that because there are only two account types, and because the account already is an Administrator account, Windows thinks you want to change it to Standard. That's why this window offers you Standard User pre-selected, and the Change Account Type button is lit and operational.
If you now choose Administrator, the Change Account Type button is not lit and operational because this account already is an Administrator account and there is no change to be made:
Kari
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