What is the SYSTEM Group in W7?
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What is the SYSTEM Group in W7?
I've just clean installed Windows 7 on top of Vista. On a logical drive that contains only data there are some files, which were there before the install and haven't been touched, that I can't delete.
When I look at the permissions I see that there are 3 groups - Everyone, Administrators and SYSTEM. For these files Everyone & Adminstrators have read only access, and SYSTEM has full control. I'm signed on as an adminstrator, but I can't change the permissions as it says I don't have authority.
I also can't delete the files as they are read only for administrators. SYSTEM doesn't seem to exist as a 'real' user, so how can I get access to these files to delete them?
When I look at the permissions I see that there are 3 groups - Everyone, Administrators and SYSTEM. For these files Everyone & Adminstrators have read only access, and SYSTEM has full control. I'm signed on as an adminstrator, but I can't change the permissions as it says I don't have authority.
I also can't delete the files as they are read only for administrators. SYSTEM doesn't seem to exist as a 'real' user, so how can I get access to these files to delete them?
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Sounds like you need to "take Ownership" as administrator.
Windows 7 Take Ownership & Grant Permissions to Access Files & Folder
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Windows 7 Take Ownership & Grant Permissions to Access Files & Folder
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