Transcript Access Control in Windows

Access Control in Windows
Windows 7, Vista, XP
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Disabling Windows Account in (Windows 7)
• Open Control Panel.
• Under User Account and Family settings click on the "Add or
remove user account".
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Disabling Windows Account in (Windows 7)
• Click on one of the user accounts, for example you can use the
Guest account.
• Under the user account click on the "Go to the main User
Account page" link.
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Disabling Windows Account in (Windows 7)
• Under "Make changes to your user account" click on the
"Change security settings" link.
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Disabling Windows Account in (Windows 7)
• In the "Turn on User Account Control (UAC) to make your
computer more secure" click to unselect the "Use User
Account Control (UAC) to help protect your computer".
• Click on the Ok button.
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Disabling Windows Account in (Windows 7)
• You will be prompted to reboot your computer. Do so when
ready.
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Taking Ownership
• navigate to that specific folder
• right click on it and select Properties.
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Taking Ownership
• go to the Security tab and click on Advanced.
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Taking Ownership
• go to the Owner tab.(you will see the current owner of the folder)
• If your user is not the owner, click on Edit.
• If you have User Account Control enabled, press on OK.
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Taking Ownership
• In the Owner window, click on Other users or groups.
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Taking Ownership
• Now you need to type the user name or the group of users that
will take ownership of the selected folder.
• If you type "Administrators" you will give ownership to all the
users that are administrators on your PC.
• If you want to give ownership only to your user, then type your
user name.
• After that, press on Check Names.
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Taking Ownership
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Taking Ownership
• If the user or group was found on your computer, you will see
that the text you typed was changed to [Your PC Name]\[User] or
[Your PC Name]\[Group].
• If so, press on OK.
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Taking Ownership
• If the user/group was not found you will receive a Name Not
Found error window.
• Make the necessary corrections and try again.
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Taking Ownership
• In the Owner window, select the user/group you just added,
select Replace owner on subcontainers and objects and press OK.
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Taking Ownership
• Now you will receive the confirmation that you have taken
ownership of the folder. Press on OK and that's it.
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Changing Permissions
• In the Properties window for the last folder go to the Security tab
and click on Edit.
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Changing Permissions
• If you are not on the list of users or groups that have permissions
defined, you should click on Add.
• If your user or group is on that list, select it, click on Allow Full
Control and then press OK.
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Changing Permissions
• Now you need to type the user name or the group of
users for which you want to change the permissions.
• If you type "Administrators" you will give permissions
to all the users that are administrators on your PC.
• If you want to give permissions only to your user, then
type your user name. After that, press on Check Names
and then on OK.
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Changing Permissions
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Changing Permissions
• If the user/group was not found you will receive a Name
Not Found error window.
• Make the necessary corrections and try again.
• In the Security window, select the user/group you just
added and then click on Allow Full Control.
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Changing Permissions
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