Folders locked on former networked machine


  1. soundu
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    win7 pro
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    Folders locked on former networked machine


    I have a dell optiplex 760 i bought at a auction that was formerly on a network. I got into the machine
    and set up my own account. The problem im having is some of the folders are locked and i cannot
    access them. Certain folders will have a little box with a up facing arrow on them. These folders
    are locked and i cannot put files in them. I assume these were former network shares on the
    machines former network. How do i remove these restrictions on the folders? This machine is a non
    networked machine now.
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  3. oscer1
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    win 10
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    Hi welcome to the forum

    since this was a used computer with the os intact i would wipe the drive clean and start fresh with a new install of os.
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