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From: Shenan Stanley on 12 Feb 2010 00:29
PaulB108 wrote:
> I do not believe so-so good point! However I was not logged in as
> admin when I made the original change either...

As long as you were logged in as someone with FULL RIGHTS to the file in
question and/or your other account has administrative rights... Same
accomplishment,

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From: sgopus on 14 Feb 2010 18:01
if your not logged in as admin, your not going to be able to take control of
the file as admin, it's not a matter of authority level, it's an account name
matter, (in this case)

"PaulB108" wrote:

> But how is it then that I was able to change the owner in the first place
> without being logged on as an administrator?
>
> "Saucy" wrote:
>
> > Log as the Administrator and take possession then.
> >
> > "PaulB108" <PaulB108(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:FE9DCA82-F08E-4E51-9985-D267AF4E7F4B(a)microsoft.com...
> > > Good afternoon,
> > >
> > > In an effort to protect a particular folder from unwanted changes I
> > > earlier
> > > right clicked on that folder and chose propoerties>security
> > > tab>advanced>owner tab and changed the current owner to myself. I would
> > > like
> > > to go back and change that to "Administrators" again for the time being
> > > but
> > > it will not let me. I get a message box saying:
> > > "Unable to set new owner on ___
> > > This security ID may not be assigned as the owner of this object".
> > >
> > > I am unsure what to do next...could someone please help?
> >
> > .
> >
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