Hardware Analysis Community Forums http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/72446/ 2009-01-09T02:53:52-05:00 http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/72446/ http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/halogo.gif text/html 2008-09-11T07:31:44-05:00 Joshua Marius http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/72446/#544863 Yeah, it's easier to do in Windows XP Pro since you can disable the Simple File Sharing. RIght click over the folder you would like to take over and go to Properties. Then in the sharing tab look for security, then advanced, then go to the Owner tab. Select yourself and make sure you check the box below like you see here (Replace owner on subcontainers and objects):<br /> <br /> <a class="ext" href="/action/r/http://i38.tinypic.com/nfpr87.png" target="_blank">http://i38.tinypic.com/nfpr87.png</a><br /> <br /> Click apply and then the settings will be applies to all the files for you. text/html 2008-09-08T20:08:50-05:00 ioneabee http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/72446/#544733 I did find a work around ie the settingsin the security tab - however it seems ya gotta clear every single file before they open properly - bugger that... i asked for the passwords<br /> <br /> ps<br /> <br /> thanks for the LMFAO comment - that was really helpful - LOL <img src="http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/smilies/smile6.gif" width="14" height="14" border="0" alt=":~" title=":~"> text/html 2008-09-08T06:33:34-05:00 Roger Tiens http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/72446/#544704 LMAO text/html 2008-09-07T22:33:58-05:00 ioneabee http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/72446/#0 I've had to remove a h'drive for a customer to get at the data to save it, but one of the users is password protected.....so when looking at this drive in explorer, I get a &quot;...not accessible - access denied&quot;.<br /> this is a common scenario and wondered if there was a work around - other than going back to the customer and saying &quot;oy !! plonker, whats ur p/words !!&quot; LOL