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wedor Moderator |
posted June 09, 2005 07:21 AM
 
If the only password you are talking about is the Windows password then that is not an issue. Right click on the folders in question, left click "properties", left click the "security" tab, left click the "advanced" button, take ownership of the folder using that page, you will now have total access. IP: Logged |
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arrech Junior Member |
posted June 09, 2005 12:56 AM
I have the password to log on to her account as far as i know that is the only one i will try your sugestions when I am at home next. thank you for your help some of the files I want are priceless to me. family photos and such, and they are the only copies I have so again thank you for putting up with my ignorance (i seem to know enough to get me into trouble when it comes to windows :P ) IP: Logged |
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Josh1 Administrator |
posted June 08, 2005 02:03 PM
I know that, but you are using a hard drive that accounts were setup in another computer, so as far as Windows sees the files on the old hard drive, just as that files. Can you right click the folder of individual file and then go to properties what are the properties of the folder, do they have any permission on them? Can you ask your wife for the password, windows most likely does the password somewhere on the hard drive, but most likely it is so encrypted that one would not be able to decipher it. ------------------
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arrech Junior Member |
posted June 08, 2005 01:05 PM
I am wondering windows must store passwords and user info some where is it possible to move a porfile from one istall to another? like you might do in a game. [This message has been edited by arrech (edited June 08, 2005).] IP: Logged |
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arrech Junior Member |
posted June 08, 2005 11:31 AM
my problem is I cant get into the file folders that get set up by windows every tima a user account is created ie user's documents, user's recent, users start menu etc... IP: Logged |
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Josh1 Administrator |
posted June 07, 2005 08:07 PM
If you can view the files, then you should not be asked to enter a password as long as the file itself is not password protected, or if any NTFS permission were set up with that file or folder. ------------------
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arrech Junior Member |
posted June 07, 2005 06:10 PM
i can acesss som things I had pictures and a resume that were placed on the drive while logged in with wife's account (hers was the only one that was password protected) I have access to everything except for the files found in "\documents and settings\mel" mel being the name of her user account IP: Logged |
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Josh1 Administrator |
posted June 07, 2005 12:30 AM
I do not know how and if you log into the account, because on the fired computer, the accounts were meant to be used with that hard drive, and I do not think you could associate the account information that was on the fired computer to the working one. Can you open the files in my computer; can you copy and paste the files that you want onto the working machine? What kind of files are we talking about, Office files, or what? ------------------
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arrech Junior Member |
posted June 06, 2005 06:38 PM
I need help removing files from a hard drive. I had two computers bothe running xp pro spk2, on motherboard on the newer on fried taking the processor with it, unfortunatly I have files important files on the hard drive from the dead computer, I have placed the hard drive in my othe machine and the folders are intact execpt when I try to open them I get a acsess denied message. I beliee this is because I had multiple user accounts on the dead machine and they were password protected. does any body know how I can acsess the files, either by some how logging into the old accounts, or some other method (I hav tried running the windows install that is on the hard drive from the dead computer but it fails to load (hardware differences) IP: Logged |
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