Okay, had an admin acct. on my XP-Home edition, and we had to re-install
windows. When i made the acct. again, the old file remained and a new
one with a bunch of .HOME-02372 bull was tacked on the end.
anyway.
the old file remains, still with stuff in it if i search for it, but i
cant remove it at all.
there IS no security tab.
you cannot disable simplified sharing on the home edition of windows
XP.

i tried using DOS to delete it, but i cant, access is denied.
when i tried to look in it using cd it said the file wasnt there, but
when i used DIR the file WAS there.

so im pretty angry, and was hoping someone could help me.


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Terry B.

Sounds like you only did a reinstall of the operating system and not a clean
install of Windows. This can sometimes cause problems. If you have all
your critical files and data, like photos, documents and financial
information backed up, I would do a full, clean installation.

"Terry B." <Terry.B..20olmz@pcbanter.net> wrote in message
news:Terry.B..20olmz@pcbanter.net...
>
> Okay, had an admin acct. on my XP-Home edition, and we had to re-install
> windows. When i made the acct. again, the old file remained and a new
> one with a bunch of .HOME-02372 bull was tacked on the end.
> anyway.
> the old file remains, still with stuff in it if i search for it, but i
> cant remove it at all.
> there IS no security tab.
> you cannot disable simplified sharing on the home edition of windows
> XP.
>
> i tried using DOS to delete it, but i cant, access is denied.
> when i tried to look in it using cd it said the file wasnt there, but
> when i used DIR the file WAS there.
>
> so im pretty angry, and was hoping someone could help me.
>
>
> --
> Terry B.

Terry B. wrote:
> Okay, had an admin acct. on my XP-Home edition, and we had to
> re-install windows. When i made the acct. again, the old file
> remained and a new one with a bunch of .HOME-02372 bull was tacked
> on the end.
>
> anyway.
>
> the old file remains, still with stuff in it if i search for it,
> but i cant remove it at all.
>
> there IS no security tab.
>
> you cannot disable simplified sharing on the home edition of windows
> XP.
>
> i tried using DOS to delete it, but i cant, access is denied.
> when i tried to look in it using cd it said the file wasnt there,
> but when i used DIR the file WAS there.
>
> so im pretty angry, and was hoping someone could help me.

Please - in the future if you feel you must place the same post in multiple
groups - do so with a CROSSPOST instead of multi-posting. That way if
someone reads and responds in one group - it is read and responded to in all
groups you posted to (if that is their desire/settings.)

I'll answer same as I did in security_admin..

You should read a little more carefully - if you were reading the article
(s) concerned with taking ownership in Windows XP that is..

How to Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421

How to disable simplified sharing & set permissions
on a shared folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/30787

The first article clearly states..
"Note You must be logged on to the computer with an account that has
administrative credentials. If you are running Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition, you must start the computer in safe mode, and then log on with an
account that has Administrative rights to have access to the Security tab."

Notice the mention of XP Home. Does that get you past the hurdle?

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Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
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