samwise_spirk said:
Recently my window's system files were damaged and I had to reinstall to
windows sp1. In the process I lost my user accounts including one account
that had administrative access and several protected folders. The folders
are still there but I am unable to access them, does anyone know if there is
anyway I can restore the user account or gain access to these folders again?
Thanks
You can't restore the old user accounts, unless you have a full-system
back-up or partition image. Instead, simply re-assign the access
privileges for those folders to new user accounts.
If you hadn't encrypted the data files (which could not have been
done with WinXP Home), you may be facing nothing more than a simple
permissions issue. Have you tried taking ownership of the old folders?
HOW TO Take Ownership of a File or Folder in WinXP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q308421
HOW TO Create and Configure User Accounts in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;279783
HOW TO Set, View, Change, or Remove File and Folder Permissions
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q308418
HOW TO Set, View, Change, or Remove Special Permissions for Files and
Folders
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];Q308419
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