Taking Ownership

Monday, January 21st, 2008

“Hi Ma’am, kuya asked if you know how to own a folder or a file” his assistant said over the phone.

“Why? Own? What do you mean? Let me talk to him.” I said.

“He’s busy ma’am. He’s with _____ checking all the new units.” he said.

“What’s that again?” I said.

“He can’t access a certain folder, he said it has something to do with not enough administrative rights” He said

“Ok, I’ll call back him in 20 and tell him to check the box with a smiley sticker, I have something for him there, bye!”

He’s busy? Sino niloloko nya! He calls me when his down. Now he won’t. Is it because they got back together? I called back after 10 minutes.

“Hello?”

“Hi! Thanks for the Windows Vista! Did you buy it?” Boo said. He sounds happy.

“No, it’s a gift from the supplier?” I said.

“Gift? How come? Is it genuine?” He asked.

“Of course, it’s a box version. It’s in the box, isn’t? Did you open it?” I said

“Not yet, I’m staring at it and admiring its beauty. I just can’t believe it! Is it mine or it’s for the agency? ” He said.

“It’s yours. I got mine too!” I said

“How come?” He asked.

“Well, we spent almost 2M for all the new euipments, I told the supplier if I could get 2 box of Vista ultimate for free” I laughed.

“Nice! Anyway, thanks! I have to go. Got a lot of stuff to do”  He said.

“Ok, bye! Wait! How’s your folder problem?”  I asked.

“ I’ve got it. I’ve owned it already! Thanks. bye!” He laughed.

“How?”  I asked. Of course, I knew, just want to prolong the conversation.

“You simply must have administrative rights to it!” He laughed.

I laughed and we said our goodbyes.

Here’s, I supposed, the solution to his problem:

How to take ownership of a folder

Note You must be logged on to the computer with an account that has administrative credentials. If you are running Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, you must start the computer in safe mode, and then log on with an account that has Administrative rights to have access to the Security tab.

If you are using Windows XP Professional, you must disable Simple File Sharing. By default, Windows XP Professional uses Simple File sharing when it is not joined to a domain.

For additional information about how to do this, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 307874. How to disable simplified sharing and set permissions on a shared folder in Windows XP

To take ownership of a folder, follow these steps:

1. Right-click the folder that you want to take ownership of, and then click Properties.

2. Click the Security tab, and then click OK on the Security message (if one appears).

3. Click Advanced, and then click the Owner tab.

4. In the Name list, click your user name, or click Administrator if you are logged in as Administrator, or click the Administrators group. If you want to take ownership of the contents of that folder, select the Replace owner on subcontainers and objects check box.

5. Click OK, and then click Yes when you receive the following message:

   You do not have permission to read the contents of directory folder name. Do you want to replace the directory permissions with permissions granting you Full Control?

   All permissions will be replaced if you press Yes.
   Note folder name is the name of the folder that you want to take ownership of.

6.  Click OK, and then reapply the permissions and security settings that you want for the folder and its contents.

Source: Miscrosoft Support 308421