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(System is Windows 7 x64)
I wanted to restrict access of other people in a certain drive of my computer (Harddisk 1 is partitioned to C & D; I want to restrict Drive D). What I did was go to the Security Tab (under Drive Properties) and remove the All Users entry. My account is an administrator account. I left only Systems and Administrator on the list. However, when I tried to access drive D, I got an Access Denied error, and Security Tab is already missing.
I tried to edit Local Group Policy; it does not work. Take Ownership is not available for the Drive as well, but I see it enabled if I select files / folders.
Please help. Thanks.
Also, I am wondering why, as an Administrator, have my access to that drive denied.
Hi MainMa, Yes, Security Tab is there for Drive C. I'm pretty sure I do not have a malware that caused this, as this tab was there prior to my action (described in my post).
Before, I have something like the following in my Security Tab: System Administrator All Users
I deleted All Users, then I clicked ok. I did this for Drive D, not for the folders inside Drive D. Then, when I clicked on Drive D, I got access denied. When I checked on the drive properties, Security Tab is gone. – darkstar13 – 2010-07-26T02:22:06.913
I read something that I should change Local Group policy settings to Disable 'No Security Tab', and I did, but the tab is still missing after several boots.
I tried booting into Safe Mode, and I can't seem to, no matter how I press F8 right after BIOS post. – darkstar13 – 2010-07-26T02:22:31.343
As for File sharing, I did not change anything under Sharing Tab. – darkstar13 – 2010-07-26T02:23:30.907
Create a new folder (on another drive). Create a file inside. Remove every permission on this folder (removing permissions inheritance when need). What happens? Can you see the Security tab? – Arseni Mourzenko – 2010-07-26T03:41:46.430
Also, have you tried to disable UAC? Don't really see how it could help, but since it is another crappy thing which makes things worse and since it is related to the security, maybe there is a link to make. – Arseni Mourzenko – 2010-07-26T03:44:12.587
Thanks, what I did was run system recovery using Windows & disk, and everything was back to normal :D – darkstar13 – 2010-08-02T22:25:04.150