After posting my message for help, I did a search over all the Vista Forums
instead of just the security for8um and found the following:
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/co...-15AF7EC6783B&dglist=&ptlist=&exp=&sloc=en-us
To make a long story short, I followed the instructions given in the post at
the above URL and I WAS ABLE TO GAIN ACCRESS TO MY DRIVE. For purposes of
completness in one location the proceddure is copied below:
AAD213 wrote:
Success! I can't believe it but I was able to take back full ownership of my
C: drive and got all 37gb of my stuff back. I thank those that tried to help
me and gave me clues to fix the problem. Below are the steps as to how I made
It work for my retail version of Vista Ultimate.
These steps might help some else with a similar UAC/ACL complete root
"Access Denied" issues to the point where even if you are logged into your
Admin account it still doesn't let you create accounts or modify any
important settings/permissions etc.
Step 1:
Clicked: Start Menu
Click: Run
Type: net user administrator /active:yes
Close All Other Applications And Reboot Your System.
Step 2:
Click/Login To The Administrator Account.
Clicked: Start Menu
Click: Run
Type: Regedit
Go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Policies\System
Right Click On: EnableLUA
Click: Modify
Change: Value Data To A 0
Click: OK
Step 3:
Go Back To The Root Folders In The Registry Editor.
Right Click On: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
Click: Permissions
Click: CREATOR OWNER
Check: All Allow Boxes
Click: Apply
Click: SYSTEM
Check: All Allow Boxes
Click: Apply
Click: Administrators
Check: All Allow Boxes
Click: Apply
Click On Users
Click: Remove
Click: Your Account Name If It Shows
Click: Remove
Click: OK
Step 4:
Right Click On: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Click: Permissions
Click: SYSTEM
Check: All Allow Boxes
Click: Apply
Click: Administrators
Check: All Allow Boxes
Click: Apply
Click: OK
Step 5:
Right Click On: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Click: Permissions
Click: Everyone
Check: All Allow Boxes
Click: Apply
Click: RESTRICTED
Check: All Allow Boxes
Click: Apply
Click: SYSTEM
Check: All Allow Boxes
Click: Apply
Click: Administrators
Check: All Allow Boxes
Click: Apply
Click: OK
Step 6:
Right Click On: HKEY_USERS
Click: Permissions
Click: Everyone
Check: All Allow Boxes
Click: Apply
Click: RESTRICTED
Check: All Allow Boxes
Click: Apply
Click: SYSTEM
Check: All Allow Boxes
Click: Apply
Click: Administrators
Check: All Allow Boxes
Click: Apply
Click On Users If It Shows
Click: Remove
Click: Your Account Name If It Shows
Click: Remove
Click: OK
Step 7:
Right Click On: HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG
Click: Permissions
Click: CREATOR OWNER
Check: All Allow Boxes
Click: Apply
Click: Administrators
Check: All Allow Boxes
Click: Apply
Click: OK
Close Registry Editor And All Other Applications And Reboot Your System.
Step 8:
Click/Login To The Available Regular/Owner Account.
Clicked: Start Menu
Click: Control Panel
Click: Add Or Remove User Acounts
Create A New User Account And Logoff.
Close Registry Editor And All Other Applications And Reboot Your System.
Step 9:
Click/Login To Your New Created Account.
Right Click On The Drive Or Directory You Lost Access To.
Click: Properties
Click: Security
Click: Advance
At The Permissions Tab.
Click: Edit
Click: Add
Type The Name Of The Recently New Created Account.
Click: Check Names
Your New Account Name Should Fully Show Up.
Click: OK
A Permission Screen Should Show Up.
Click On The Allow Box Where It Says Full Control.
Where It Says "Apply To:" Choose The "This Folder, Subfolders And Files"
Option.
Click: OK
Again At The Permissions Tab Click On Your New Created Account.
Click: Apply
Click Yes On The Security Popup To Change Your Allow Permissions.
If An Errors Occur Just Click Continue.
Once The Process Finishes, Reboot Your System And Login To Your New Account.
You Should Now Have Access Back Into Your Hard Drive Or Directory.
Note: There Maybe Better/Shorter Ways Out There To Do This But In My
Situation They Were Not Working. The Above Steps Are What Worked For Me But
May Not Work For You. Please Make Sure You Are Having Similar Issues To Mine
Before Trying The Above Steps...
My thanks go out to AAD213 and I hope this post will be helpful to others
who expereince this challenge.
Richard L. Miga
PS: I should point out that the sysytem still has some issues, but at least
I am able to backup the c drive prior to restoring the OS.
