Safe Mode fails to start
Simsample:
On XP Home, you cannot take ownership of a folder unless you are in safemode. On XP Pro you can do this on an admin account at any time. I guess you must have had XP Home, too. It's not an 'Uber Admin' account, it's just that certain functions aren't available on XP Home under normal circumstances.
morriganrant:
Quote from: Simsample on 2008 December 28, 20:32:47
On XP Home, you cannot take ownership of a folder unless you are in safemode. On XP Pro you can do this on an admin account at any time. I guess you must have had XP Home, too. It's not an 'Uber Admin' account, it's just that certain functions aren't available on XP Home under normal circumstances.
No I do not have that MS home. I had to fix a friend of mines computer with that OS and was not impressed to say the least. I have Media center edition.
Edit: to fix stupid error.
witch:
If you have a logon page showing, you can Ctrl Alt Del twice and bring up a logon box where you can logon as Administrator. Well, if you know the password. I have XP Professional and I'm not at all sure the Home Edition has that facility, don't see why not though.
You should be able to right click on a folder and go to Permissions and reset those.
Quote from: morriganrant on 2008 December 28, 20:48:21
I have Media center addition.
Edition?
It might still work, I dunno.
morriganrant:
Quote from: witch on 2008 December 28, 20:51:40
If you have a logon page showing, you can Ctrl Alt Del twice and bring up a logon box where you can logon as Administrator. Well, if you know the password. I have XP Professional and I'm not at all sure the Home Edition has that facility, don't see why not though.
You should be able to right click on a folder and go to Permissions and reset those.
Home edition requires you to be in safe mode before allowing you to be uber Admin. Stupid if you ask me.
Quote from: witch on 2008 December 28, 20:51:40
Quote from: morriganrant on 2008 December 28, 20:48:21
I have Media center addition.
Edition?
It might still work, I dunno.
I just found out that I should be able to do a registry tweak and have it visible always. I believe that I will try that.
I had half assed known about the other admin account, but that was the first time that I had ever needed to use the thing. Plus the first time in a long time that I had needed safemode at all. Thus my confusion on the whole matter.
jolrei:
This sounds ridiculously stupid. If it was me, I would now be totally fed up with it. I would arrr a copy of XP Pro and rebuild the system anyway. Aten't no flippin OS gonna tell me I'm not worthy to change the system.
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