Will not allow me to access certain files Vista Security Discuss Will not allow me to access certain files in the Windows Vista forums; I'm not sure if this is normal or not, but Vista will not allow me to access certain files, saying "You'll need to prodive administrator permission to ...

[stevennodalo]

I'm not sure if this is normal or not, but Vista will not allow me to access certain files, saying "You'll need to prodive administrator permission to copy to this folder," although I am the administrator. Other times, which is really annoying, windows will pop up asking for administrative permission. Is there something I can do to stop this or is this normal?

[Seansmit17]

do you have uac on??

[Znod]

You can turn UAC off by going Control Panel > User Accounts > Turn User Access Control On or Off. I am not sure I would do so though; it's a pretty good security feature. Also, once you turn it off you still may have to give yourself full permissions on and take ownership of some folders occasionally.

[stevennodalo]

Haha, man I am glad I joined this forum. Thanks alot!

[Znod]

We are glad you did too, and you are very welcome.

[stevennodalo]

I am trying to delete the windows.old folder. That is possible correct? I turned off the UAC feature, I rebooted, and it still will not allow it.

[crabby]

You have to take ownership of the folder. Right click it... Properties... Security. You can gain ownership from there, then you can delete it.

crabby

[Seansmit17]

if you still have problems read this:

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...windows-vista/

im not sure if that will work for folders tho

[stevennodalo]

Hmm... Can't quite figure out how to do this. Under the "Owner" tab i put administator as owner, but still does not work.

[Znod]

Put your user name.