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Cannot Delete Pevious Owner/Administrator Due To File Open In Another
For several weeks now I have been trying various methods in trying to delete the former owner/administrator that came with my HP8460p Win Pro 7 64 bit laptop computer.
I followed the tutorial in Security and would like to know if I might have chosen the incorrect options somewhere along the way.
FYI - my account is CAG and the account that came with the computer is hp.
You may have seen my posts on this before.
This is what happened:
I went to Users/Properties/Securities.
The options to check were,
1. Everyone, 2. System, 3.Administrators (CAG-NB) Administrators and 4. Users (CAG-NB -Users).
I selected option, 3.
That brought me to "Change Permissions" where I clicked on, "Edit."
I checked all but one option which were, 1. Read and Execute, 2. List Folder Contacts, 3. Read/Write, 4. Special Permissions.
Number 4, Special Permissions would not let me check it.
So, I next went on to Advanced where it said I must be an administrator user with permission to view the object's security properties.
I clicked and filled in "Change Owner" to CAG (CAG-NB(CAG).
The other choice was Administrators (CAG-NB)/Administrators.
Then I clicked on, Replace all child objects permissions with inheritable permissions from this object.
The last two options were either to replace or include all inheritable permissions from this object's [aren't.
I tried both options and was given the message that an error occurred and I don't have permission because the file is running in another program.
The other program, I am guessing, is the original owner/administrator, hp, which I have been trying to delete.
Can someone tell me if I missed something by checking the wrong option along the way?
This has really got me stumped and I would like to know if it something I did or did not do.
All thought would be very welcome!
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