I will try to make a brief explanation of the ownership issue. Windows 7, unlike XP and even Vista, has a lot of security built in to the operating system.
For one, the admin account in Win 7, even the hidden admin account, is not a wide open, total control account that XP had. This was done on purpose. The MS programmers realized that most users run in the admin account all the time so they deliberately limited admin rights.
You can do everything as an admin in Win 7 that you could as an admin in XP - if you know how. This requires an in depth understanding of Win 7 that one did not need in XP. Some examples of this are ownership of files and files that you cannot access even if you take ownership which was done through permissions. This is done to protect the system. This is the way Win 7 designed.
Oh. Ok... so what I'm seeing is 'normal' then.
Yes, perfectly normal as designed.
There is no "built in" take ownership in Win 7
...this is confusing...
Then, what is the stuff I've been describing, and was also found with Google?
And the system considers the minidump files to be vital?
That seems very odd.
I thought they were just reports.
The files, reports, were generated by the system; therefore the system owns them. Just as when you create a file, you own that file. If another user account creates a file, that user account owns that file.
Anything you do to take ownership is a work around of some sort. You can do it by advanced changing permissions; but if you do not know what you are doing, you don't want to mess with permissions.
Accept that Win 7 is designed to keep you from messing with the system unless you are knowledgeable enough to understand how to work around things. The work around to take ownership that is safe and does not make your system vulnerable is the take ownership shortcut designed by Brink. He has the knowledge of Win 7 to come up with this simple, safe work around that does not leave your system vulnerable nor unstable. It is easy, it is safe, and it works.
Thank you for explaining.
I should further explain that changing permissions and/or changing sharing sharing also modifies the registry
I was serious when I suggested that you purchase a good Win 7 manual from Amazon if you want to understand how Win 7 is designed and operates.
If you have any websites that you could recommend, that would be much better. Purchases are too expensive.
there are a number of websites in which you can learn some of this. The problem is that the information is not all in one place as it is in a book. You would have to dig deep and through multiple websites. And you would not have the logical flow that you get in a book.
I agree; books are expensive. But that is the best way to learn.
In reviewing it all, I did notice something that I'd like to find out if it is normal too:
When I 'take ownership' using Windows via the Properties menu, if I change the file's owner to "Administrators", then check the current owner, it shows "Unable to display current owner."
Is this too, normal?
If I am understanding correctly, yes, because you did not enter the specific administrator account.
F) /T
