i have a laptop i bought from a friend and i cannot get his name and info off the computer. How do i remove his name in the hardware info and when the computer first starts and change system name
I recently took ownership of the explorer.exe file so that I could modify my Windows 7 start orb. Everything went well and my new orb looks great. I am now trying to give ownership back to TrustedInstaller using NT SERVICETrustedInstaller. It appears that ownership does in fact change to TrustedInstaller, however, I'm still able to change and modify the explorer.exe file, even though I'm not the owner anymore. I've gone into permissions but I can't "allow" any control on the administrator account. (it's all grayed out) I can only "deny" control. I remember seeing a warning about inherited permissions on that file but when I unchecked it, the only account remaining in the accounts list was TrustedInstaller.
Ive just bought secondhand laptop hp mini 210-2000 with windows starter, am complete beginner but need to get rid of registered owners name throuout the system without complete system restore, have tried everything I can find on internet, but nothing comes up like what people are saying, or it just refuses to change name!
I have a Windows 7 Home Presmium 64-Bir stand-alone computer. When I start it up I get a screen asking me to click on either owner or administrator. Is there a way this can automatically bypass and take me directly to my desktop?
I am accessing another computer by read/write rights to specific folders.Today, I was at the host computer and I saw a file, that I deleted before, still there.When I was permanently deleting it, it was going off; but when I refresh, it was coming back.When I tried to just delete - recycle - it, it told me that I didn't have the rights to do it.When I checked the security options from the properties, it showed the owner as "Unable to display current owner" and didn't let me to change the owner or delete the file.What can I do in these kind of situations when current owner cannot be displayed or changed?(I understand the file can come from/to host computer, remote computer, and one of the external drives which may have a different owner -remote computer controls all the external drives, just some of the external drives has a creator owner in permissions also)
I tried running a program or bot on my Windows 7 Installation a few days ago. I assumed that the program would actually own the credentials of me since I was running it, but sadly that was not right as the program proceeded to tell me that it couldn't write to files. Which I found odd as I myself could both open then, read, add and then save with the changes remaining.
I had to actually add myself to the folder with "Full Control" before the program could run without any error. Now is it I ask, Why is that even required?. I thought it was implied that if I can access the folder, read and write to and from it, that any programs I run can do the same.
At least thats how it worked under XP, but yes I am aware that security has been tightened in both Vista and Windows 7. But seems rather useless having to assign myself to a folder I got access to already, before a program I run can access it.
I have 200 folders in the C:/user/owner/local with names similar to {4BAD3A78-8A70-44D6-AD84-CF42571B0CD6}. All of them show 0 bytes, 0 files, 0 folders. What the heck are these?
I get an access denied error when I try to open my CDocuments and Settings. Although I am the owner of the computer I was denied permissions to open the folder. So, I changed the owner of Documents and Settings from SYSTEM to Fasih(HP-PCHP) and this is me. Still I cant access. Also, I wanna revert the owner back to SYSTEM, just in case to prevent anything stupid. So I retraced the steps and now.. I cant change the owner back to SYSTEM (strange).
I have just purchased this new computer via Ebay, I have changed the name of the administrator to my own, however I still see the previous owners name on documents and files Anthony, that name is no longer on any user accounts, how can I get that name off and mine in its place,
System Info Utility version 1.0.0.1 OS Version: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional , Service Pack 1, 32 bit Processor: Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU: E5400 @ 2.70GHz, x64 Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 10 Processor Count: 2 RAM: 2013 Mb Graphics Card: Intel(R) G41 Express Chipset, 782 Mb Hard Drives: C: Total - 299774 MB, Free - 279942 MB; D: Total - 3411 MB, Free - 346 MB; Motherboard: FOXCONN, 2A8Ch, 1.0, Antivirus: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 2011, Updated and Enabled
I just tried to install the latest iTunes update, but keep getting an error when it tries to access the C:Program FilesiPod folder.When I try to access the iPod folder directly through Windows Explorer, I get "Access is denied".The same happens when logged in with the system administrator account.When I right-click the folder and choose Properties > Security, the Current owner field shows "Unable to display current owner." And it won't allow either of the listed administrator accounts to take ownership.When I choose Properties > Security > Advanced > Owner, the Current owner field also shows "Unable to display current owner." And it won't allow me to Edit it either.I've tried opening the Command Prompt as the administrator, and deleting the folder, but it won't allow me to do that either.
1.) How can I find out EXACTLY (presumably with with CACLS or ICACLS) all files or folders in a directory tree which have an owner which contains the pattern "aaa"?
2.) How can I find out EXACTLY (presumably with CACLS or ICACLS) all files or folders in a directory tree which have NOT an owner which contains the pattern "aaa"?
I see as owner all entries on the "Security" tab of the Properties page of a file/folder
I bought a used computer & changed the old name to my name & deleted the old log-in names. The old name still shows under C:\Users file, along with other names, such as All Users, Default, Default User, and Public, but my name does not show up anywhere except under Libraries. Also, all the names in the C:\Users files has a lock on them except for Default and Public. How to I completely remove the former owner's name from my files? And, why do the other files show a lock on them?
I want to play a game called ace of spades, But when i try and start it, it says that it doesnt work with the version of something that i have, and it says that i need to figure out wether or not my computer is a 64bit or a 32 bit. It's a 64 bit. but my brother has the same game and it works on his computer, and we have the same computer. HE says, the game works on 32 bit computers. SO i need to find out how to change my 64 bit computer to a 32 bit compter.
I am disable Administrtor accaunt and now I has Standard user, I can't change some settings on my computer now...How to I enable windows bild-accaunt Administrator and to my user be Administrator and than disable administrator accaunt
i run win 7 ultimate 64 and in Network ID, when i change the initial setting (this computer is part of a business network) to: this is a home computer, and prompts me to restart, the system reverts to the first setting (business network). I ve done this procedure many times, even in safe mode but the problem persists.
how to change my new email address over to the old computer ..the older computer still has the previous email address on it Now that server has closed so I need to rid the old computer of the old email address?
I'm totally new to these forums but I wanted my pinned windows explorer shortcut on my taskbar to open Computer instead of Libraries.
So I've figured it out and wrote a application for it.
It will open anything you select from the list. (Thanks Brink for the list)
Program is attached.
It'd be nice to see some replies regarding this.
P.S App is written in C# for those who wonder...
W7ExplorerShortcut is the console application that only allows you to set it to open My Computer. 7Tweaker is the GUI application that gives you a list of options.