Pc Help

[Al J]

the link is for settin up locked files for different users, cant unlock locked files without original admin.

i thought they were just hidden files but they must have been locked to admin aswell, shes found out now and isnt as bothered as i thought shed be, just wants to go back on holiday to take more pics now!!!

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Well that's a solution of sorts!

[scionic]

dunno norm might know, i'll ask him

as for scionic..................................

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[Matthew_McNally]

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  <_< Thats gonna help him isnt it

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Scionic - this is a discussion forum.

where we discuss things (dictionary entry for discussion)

you may want to google for "useless **** smiley forum" - and just spam smileys in there?

Or - you could just not post if you have nothing useful to contribute

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dunno norm might know, i'll ask him

as for scionic..................................

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I actually linked to the dictionary definition of discussion.

which part are you having trouble understanding?

[scionic]

Sorry. I forgot no one has a sense of humor here. Won't happen again.

[Matthew_McNally]

Sorry. I forgot no one has a sense of humor here. Won't happen again.

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ooh - we have a sense of humour

it just wasnt funny

[GIDDLEPIN]

Sorry. I forgot no one has a sense of humor here. Won't happen again.

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Course we've got a sense of humour--------We read your posts ;)

[seveer unaek]

I thought files shown as green in explorer were encrypted?

if so - and you've re-installed windows, you may want to sit down.  :(

when you encrpyt a file using XP, it uses your personal security certificate to encrpyt it.

if you change user, or re-install windows etc  -then the file will be locked, and unrecoverable.

This is not a bug or a flaw - you have deliberately setup the file so that only the original user who encrypted the file may subsequently decrpyt it

:(

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Beat me to it! Sorry matey, but it's a gonner! Give Bill Gates a ring... im sure he can help!

Sorry. I forgot no one has a sense of humor here. Won't happen again.

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ooh - we have a sense of humour

it just wasnt funny

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Sorry. I forgot no one has a sense of humor here. Won't happen again.

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Course we've got a sense of humour--------We read your posts ;)

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Cracking me up.... har de har!

[dicey2k]

Why were they hidden in the 1st place? Hidden files serve 2 purposes as far as i'm concerned...

1) Teenager hiding porno on mummy's pc.

2) College IT technician hiding files from :censor: hole students who think they are the Dog's but aint.

Have you tried putting the 2nd hard drive into another PC and accessing the files, or copying them off the drive onto another machine over a network or something? Also, you might want to get a copy of SLAX (linux which boots from cd) and use it to get at the files as it has an NTFS plugin. That's what i used at work when i had fallings out with a staff laptop and the permissions went screwy!

Also, did you have any encryption software running on your PC before you formatted? Or maybe some internet protection software that you maybe haven't reinstalled? I get the same problem at work when students have flash drives with encryption software on and don't know how to use it... I'm sure the filenames go green in that instance too...

Just a thought.

[opelfruit]

ah yes the joys of NTFS.

I can't be ubikd to read any of the links.

select the file/folder, right click and select "properties"

at the botton you will have "attributes" in this section of the box you will have 2 check boxes "Read only" and "Hidden" you will also have a button called "advanced"

click on advanced.

from here check and see if that check box "encrypt contents to secure data"

if it is then deselect it. (there is a button next to this box titled "details" if the box is checked then you can access this button, it allows you to take ownership of files and a few other things that I can't remeber of the top of my head)

As the file/folder titles are green it means that they are encrypted.

If the check box is not selected then I don't know :)

[houston]

ah yes the joys of NTFS.

I can't be ubikd to read any of the links.

select the file/folder, right click and select "properties"

at the botton you will have "attributes" in this section of the box you will have 2 check boxes "Read only" and "Hidden" you will also have a button called "advanced"

click on advanced.

from here check and see if that check box "encrypt contents to secure data"

if it is then deselect it. (there is a button next to this box titled "details" if the box is checked then you can access this button, it allows you to take ownership of files and a few other things that I can't remeber of the top of my head)

As the file/folder titles are green it means that they are encrypted.

If the check box is not selected then I don't know :)

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first thing i tried but i get an access is denied error message. i ve been picking minds of everyone at work on this one and theyre stumped as well

[houston]

Why were they hidden in the 1st place?  Hidden files serve 2 purposes as far as i'm concerned...

1) Teenager hiding porno on mummy's pc.

2) College IT technician hiding files from  :censor: hole students who think they are the Dog's but aint.

Have you tried putting the 2nd hard drive into another PC and accessing the files, or copying them off the drive onto another machine over a network or something?  Also, you might want to get a copy of SLAX (linux which boots from cd) and use it to get at the files as it has an NTFS plugin.  That's what i used at work when i had fallings out with a staff laptop and the permissions went screwy!

Also, did you have any encryption software running on your PC before you formatted? Or maybe some internet protection software that you maybe haven't reinstalled?  I get the same problem at work when students have flash drives with encryption software on and don't know how to use it... I'm sure the filenames go green in that instance too...

Just a thought.

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sort of no 1, my mates use my pc sometimes and i didnt want some of these pics to fall into the wrong hands.

where can i get SLAX from, ive never used linux before, bout time i gave it a shot

[scionic]

where can i get SLAX from, ive never used linux before, bout time i gave it a shot

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http://www.budgetlinuxcds.com/

While you're there you might think about getting a Linux distro like Slackware or Fedora Core 2 and just forgetting Windows on your PC altogether.

[Big Neil]

Some of the programms on here may be of use to you, have used some in the past when I lost important data.

http://www.handyarchive.com/free/recover-hard-disk/

[dicey2k]

Its not like the data has been lost though, more just made inaccessible...