Old Guy with Access permissions after Win7 Upgrade

[lakeharry]

I have ONE lil computer. No Guests, Administrators. Administrator, users or Everyone. I don't know about owners, special permissions, child stuff,inherited permissions, Who is System Anyway? I don't have 3 hard drives or 4 operating systems. I have ONE lil gimlet Puter that tells me I need to ask someone for permission to look at stuff and change it. I need to explain to my computer that I am the TOP DOG .. A/K/A The man in charge.

This YOU DON"T HAVE PERMISSION STUFF is making me ITCH. I want to run my computer and have it do what I want it to do. When I'm am denied permissions and I'm the ONLY one running this thing .... WHO, pray tell, do I look to for permission to access all files and folders on my 'puter??

Please explain to this computer that I can & will pitch it in the lake!!!

I'm an Albatross to anyone offering help.

Where is the "I'm The BOSS" button???

Stop laughing... this is a real problem to me.

 

[richc46]

Sorry that you are not happy with the settings that you currently have, maybe this will help

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/299-user-account-control-uac-change-notification-settings.html

If your computer is still not satisfactory, just post,again. We can try other steps.

Good Luck

 

[karlsnooks]

The procedure given in the attached file will help.

 

[lakeharry]

Thank you for the Instant Response. All the sites U offered mentioned Vista. This 'puter hasn't had Vista. I went from XP to Win7 Home Premium. Regardless, I explored UAC. Slider is one up from the bottom.

Documents & Settings Folder shows All Users (No Permission to access), default, default user (no Permission to access) Harry and public. Four of five of those are of no use to me.

Can't I be the only one there? Grrrrrr

Thanks again for your lightening fast response.

 

[richc46]

Vista and Windows 7 is the same with the UAC, which was my only suggestion. Dont know about the rest.

 

[lakeharry]

Thank you for your information and time.

 

[karlsnooks]

The security fanatics will scream but go ahead and put that slider down at the bottom to make your life simpler. Here I'm assuming you don't visit nefarious sites, porn sites and the likes thereof, don't respond to those junk spam messages.

 

[lakeharry]

I mentioned "old guy". I think I have seen enough of "that stuff".
I'll throw caution to the wind and bottom out my slider.
One guy on his One Computer isn't supposed to need Default User, User, Harry and public.

I wonder, if after lowering my slider .... If I can delete some of these non-existant users?

Thanks for your help.... I may never be seen again. How-some-ever I am happy to throw caution to the wind to be able to access the files on my OWN COMPUTER.

 

[karlsnooks]

Have you had an opportunity to follow the procedure in the .docx file I attached in a previous post?

 

[lakeharry]

I follow the procedure. It stopped the Adm approval messages.

Windows Explorer still shows the Crowd of peeps that don't apply to me. The same lil blue arrow on the above listed users still are the same.

I'm a hopeless case, methinks. I warned U that I was an Albatross

 

[arkhi]

Those users you see that aren't you are logically "virtual users".

Your computer is like a virtual reality that is settled in the very wild forest. So that not just anyone, or anthing, can simply change your important files and ultimately destroy your PC, your computer has those users.

SYSTEM is basically your own computer. Specifically, Windows.
Guests is everyone not registered to your computer and it also incldes the Guest Account.
Administrators include administrator accounts which may also include you.
Administrator includes the one and only boss account which is hidden by default. It is also referred as the true administrator.
Users include ALL user accounts you have created.
Everyone- this is self explanatory.

Now you might be asking yourself "I'm an administrator, why the hell does it ask me for permission?!"

Well, the reason for this is viruses can trick you so they would run under your name which can be devastating if you have full rights. So to be safe, you're treated as an ordinary user. The UAC prompt just basically confirms that you want to do what you think you want to do.

Note: The Windows and System32 folders are very well protected and is basically locked down from any modifications. There is no reason for you to modify these files.

I'm not one of thsoe security fanatics, but I would highly suggest you keep UAC on.

 

[karlsnooks]

Glad to hear that we got rid of one problem.

I don't quite understand the others. Let's hope someone else does. If not, then use the Snipping Tool to include a pic of your problem in one of your posts.

To use the Snipping Tool:

Tap the WIN key
type Snipping Tool
Click on Snipping Tool in the resulting list.

You might want to add the Snipping Tool to your start menu and/or your Taskbar.
When you've got Snipping Tool displayed in that list, then right-click on it and you will see options to pin the program to the Start Menu and to the Taskbar

WIN denotes that key with the funny looking wavy flag on it.

 

[arkhi]

I want to add- Meddling with security profiles is not a good idea if you don't know what you're doing. Unless the security settings are affecting your work efficiency, or if it is causing system problems, please don't meddle with it. More so if the "users" listed are simply annoying you.

 

[lakeharry]

I sincerely want to thank u both for your advice and suggestions. I have returned the "Slider" to it's default position.

I just want to Access ALL the Folders and files on my computer. Some I wanna delete, Some I wanna view. The "ACCESS DENIED" pisses me off. That's what I'm trying to get around.

I don't wanna disable security but I DO wanna manipulate my files at will.

 

[arkhi]

Which folder are you trying to manipulate exactly?

On my experience, the only folder that gave me that red "ACCESS DENIED" error straight to my face was System Volume Information, which contains system restore points.

 

[lakeharry]

Windows Explorer .. Under Documents & Settings ... shows All Users, Default, Default User, Harry, Public. Only All Users and Default User have lil Blue arrows (Access Denied).
When I click Harry .... App data, cookies, Local settings, my documents, net hood, print hood, send to, start menu and templates are all BLUE ARROW (access denied).

Eliminating that "access denied" is my only goal.

Sorry to flood the help site. That wasn't my intention. I DO see a bunch of folks reading the posts, though. Maybe I'm not alone with my delima.

 

[alwinwinjoe]

Hello there! I think I can help. Try this:

Taking Ownership of file - Vista Forums

Hope I helped!

 

[robnich]

The procedure given in the attached file will help.

This does not work in Windows 7 Home Premium, which is what the OP has (and what I have.) That file is not accessible

 

[karlsnooks]

Using the same procedure you used with SECPOL.MSC, then

run LUSRMGR.MSC , expand Users and tell us what users are listed.

I've attached a copy of what I see on one of my computers to help explain what you will be looking at.

After you list what LUSRMGR show for users, then I'll make some specific recommendations.

 

[robnich]

LUSRMGR.MSC is also not accessible in Home Premium. The advanced security options that are available in Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate are not available in Windows 7 Home Premium and Basic.