Disable inheriting permissions in Vista Home Premium 32bit?

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 3:27 am

Hello, I have upgraded to Vista and found some files on my games drive will not let me change security permissions. How to resolve this?

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Windows Security
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You can't remove Account Unknown(S-1-5-21-839522115-630328440-2147104195-1004) because this object is inheriting permissions from its parent. To remove Account Unknown(S-1-5-21-839522115-630328440-2147104195-1004), you must prevent this object from inheriting permissions. Turn off the option for inheriting permissions, and then try removing Account Unknown(S-1-5-21-839522115-630328440-2147104195-1004) again.
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funkyass · Post by **funkyass** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 3:37 am

take ownership of the items in question.

I guess Vista's upgrade isn't that much different from a clean install...

Post by **odditude** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 3:54 am

the other question is "how was the upgrade performed?"

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 4:26 am

Clean Install, the files in question remain from the XP install on a separate partition. How do I stop permissions from inheriting? I searched windows help on it, but no luck on this...

MisterJones · Post by **MisterJones** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 4:55 am

As specified, take ownership. If vista is anything like xp and 2003 on that, you need to enable advanced file control on the folder options. Then go to permissipns/security/whatever and go advanced. the look at ownership and claimall those files as yours, including subfolders.

gllt · Post by **gllt** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 4:58 am

STAKE YOUR LAND, MAN!

Post by **odditude** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 5:08 am

the permissions mechanism in 6.0 is identical to 5.0/5.1/5.2 - follow misterjones's instructions. you may also need to disable simple file sharing if it's enabled.

and next time, double-check your permissions BEFORE you nuke the host OS. if you used NTFS encryption, you're about to begin regretting it heavily.

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 5:46 am

MisterJones wrote:As specified, take ownership. If vista is anything like xp and 2003 on that, you need to enable advanced file control on the folder options. Then go to permissipns/security/whatever and go advanced. the look at ownership and claimall those files as yours, including subfolders.

Ah, I just had to look in Advanced then Owner, from there it was obvious what to do.

I got to the correct location starting from the file properties, there was nothing like you mentioned in the Folder Options but you did give a hint on what to look for.

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