I have a strange problem.
My son was experimenting with system security and managed to lock up system files.
From what I can tell, he went into Properties on the top level C: drive. He went to Security, and individually selected each user besides Administrator (including SYSTEM). He picked Deny for all of them and Applied the changes.
If I try to get to the top level C: drive, I get C:\ Access is Denied. Most things do still run, but I'm not sure what problems it may be causing. One odd thing I've seen is that I can launch cmd from C:\windows\system32. If I try running cmd as Administrator, I get an error that the file does not exist.
Since the admin commands won't run, I don't know what to do next.
Any suggestions would be great. Thanks!
My son was experimenting with system security and managed to lock up system files.
From what I can tell, he went into Properties on the top level C: drive. He went to Security, and individually selected each user besides Administrator (including SYSTEM). He picked Deny for all of them and Applied the changes.
If I try to get to the top level C: drive, I get C:\ Access is Denied. Most things do still run, but I'm not sure what problems it may be causing. One odd thing I've seen is that I can launch cmd from C:\windows\system32. If I try running cmd as Administrator, I get an error that the file does not exist.
Since the admin commands won't run, I don't know what to do next.
Any suggestions would be great. Thanks!
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8
- Computer type
- Laptop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- HP Pavilion TouchSmart 15 Notebook