Windows XP access denied - even as root administrator login ???

[thedeliman]

hi guys,

I recently had a major ordeal with system ram (which I've since solved). When I first swapped in different ram and loaded windows XP in safe mode, I decided to log in as Administrator to backup my documents. However, when I opened up My Computer, I was shocked to find that I couldn't open c:\Documents and Settings\Karl (!!!)

It said "Access is Denied", although I logged in as administrator in safe mode...

My question is, how do I regain access to the entire system as an Administrator?


Thanks for all the help, guys!
-karl

 

[NogginBoink]

This is totally expected behavior.

Look at the permissions on the folder. Only Karl has read access to c:\documents and settings\karl.

As administrator, however, you can give yourself permissions to this folder.