jpruessner
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I am having a problem getting full control of files on a computer on our wireless network at my job. My desktop computer is Win 8.1 and the computer I am trying to access is Win 7. It will give me read-only access, but not full control. I am pretty certain that it isn’t permissions etc set on the computer I am trying to access. This morning I brought in my personal laptop which also runs Win 8.1 and was able to get full control access of all the files in the folder I need to access.
When my desktop computer was set up, my boss put in his name and email address as the login. In having the problem I then created another user account with my name and email address at the login. It worked! I was able to get full access of the files. However the downside of doing this was that it cluttered up my machine and wanted me to go through full windows set up as it does when you add a new user, you know, desktop, settings, email, etc. So after that I deleted the new user account I created with my login and changed the login of the original account my boss created to my name and email address. It still won’t work. I am pretty confident that somewhere in the system there is still a link to my boss’ email address that he used when he set up my machine. This happens to be the same email address that he uses as the login on his machine, which houses the files I need to get full control of.
As another aside, we are both linked on a Homegroup. When I go through Explorer and access the Homegroup, I am able to open the files with full control.
So what gives? Does anybody have any idea what is doing this? Is his email address still hidden somewhere in the system? I have a feeling it is because when I look at the network locations listed under My Computer and under Multimedia Devices in Devices and Printers on my personal laptop, I can see my work computer listed but it still has his email address listed with my computer name in parenthesis.
I am thinking that his email address is still in the system somewhere and that’s what’s causing my desktop to open files read-only and not with full control. So, how do I change that?
Thanks!
When my desktop computer was set up, my boss put in his name and email address as the login. In having the problem I then created another user account with my name and email address at the login. It worked! I was able to get full access of the files. However the downside of doing this was that it cluttered up my machine and wanted me to go through full windows set up as it does when you add a new user, you know, desktop, settings, email, etc. So after that I deleted the new user account I created with my login and changed the login of the original account my boss created to my name and email address. It still won’t work. I am pretty confident that somewhere in the system there is still a link to my boss’ email address that he used when he set up my machine. This happens to be the same email address that he uses as the login on his machine, which houses the files I need to get full control of.
As another aside, we are both linked on a Homegroup. When I go through Explorer and access the Homegroup, I am able to open the files with full control.
So what gives? Does anybody have any idea what is doing this? Is his email address still hidden somewhere in the system? I have a feeling it is because when I look at the network locations listed under My Computer and under Multimedia Devices in Devices and Printers on my personal laptop, I can see my work computer listed but it still has his email address listed with my computer name in parenthesis.
I am thinking that his email address is still in the system somewhere and that’s what’s causing my desktop to open files read-only and not with full control. So, how do I change that?
Thanks!
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windoes 8.1