If you have XP pro, you can boot into safe mode. Once in safe mode navigate to the documents and settings folder and right click the folder and choose properties.
You will then find an option to change the owner of those files. You need to change the owner to your current user. This is referred to as "Yanking" permissions because you are in theory changing the owner to you.
I don't remember the exact steps, I just know how to do it. If you need more help with it though let me know.
I have a Compaq Presario 5625LA, but suddenly the power source crashed, and replacing it is very expensive, so I decided to mount the HDD on another PC as a slave or secondary HD, but everything is fine, I can access my files and all the stuff. But the problem arises when I try to access the Documents and Settings folder of that HD, it shows a message where a security issue avoids accessing the files. So I want to know if there is any way or software to jump this security lock and access my files, because I have important data that I need to backup, and I dont want to format the disk because those files are useful.
I only know that the problem was generated, because when I installed Windows XP on the Compaq 5625LA I selected the maximum security level for personal folders, and avoid accessing it between users. But know that i have that HDD as slave I get that security message. If anyone knows how to solve this please let me know.
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