System Volume Information owner and permission

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I changed the SVI owner and permission to get inside the folder and now I forget the default owner and permission so I changed the owner to TrustedInstaller for the SVI folder and everything inside it and now I will keep getting access denied message when create a restore point. Can someone please tell me the default owner and permission for files/folders inside SVI:

1)System Volume Information folder itself
2)SPP
3)SystemRestore
4)WindowsImageBackup
5)IndexerVolumeGuid
6)MountPointManagerRemoteDatabase
7)tracking.log

Thx.;)
 

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It is not advisable to change ownership for the system folder. And since you've already done it, the easiest way to fix it is to download:
Slacko Puppy Linux release
Put it in a USB stick and boot up from there, Open the C: Drive and delete it (System Volume Information) then reboot. Windows will re-create this folder with appropriate ownership.

EDIT: All restore points will be deleted so after booting, create a new restore point.
 

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But can you just tell me your owner and permissions of the files/folder above in your PC?
 

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Can someone please give me the owner and permissions for the above files/folders or just I set the owner and permissions all files/folders to just SYSTEM for full control then it is OK?
 

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Just set the ownership to "Administrators" and access permissions to SYSTEM and it should work.
If this does not work add "everyone" to the group and replace child permissions.

I can't enter this folder either because only SYSTEM is allowed.
 

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Thank you, but you can actually enter the SVI folder.
Open elevated cmd then type following: cacls "C:\System Volume Information" /E /G username:F, so you will have full control to the folder, see the permissions for the files/folder I say above no need to enter the subfolder just view permissions.
After you can type this cacls "C:\System Volume Information" /E /R username ​to remove permissions for you.
 

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Hello everyone or I just set owner and permissions all to only SYSTEM with full control?

Or can I delete SVI folder at boot and restart PC to make windows recreate? Or this will just cause my PC unbootable?
 

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Mine---

screenshot_263.jpg
 

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Thank. But it seem to have only SYSTEM have permission to the folder and all its subfolders, nevermind I will set it to have only SYSTEM and delete TrustedInstaller and try if I can create a restore point.
 

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Thank. But it seem to have only SYSTEM have permission to the folder and all its subfolders, nevermind I will set it to have only SYSTEM and delete TrustedInstaller and try if I can create a restore point.

Wrong.
Look at the picture.
It has 5 groups not 1.
 

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    CPU
    AMD K140 Cores 2 Threads 2 Name AMD K140 Package Socket FT1 BGA Technology 40nm
    Motherboard
    Manufacturer Gateway Model SX2110G (P0)
    Memory
    Type DDR3 Size 8192 MBytes DRAM Frequency 532.3 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI AMD Radeon HD 7310 Graphics
    Sound Card
    AMD High Definition Audio Device Realtek High Definition Audio USB Audio Device
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Name 1950W on AMD Radeon HD 7310 Graphics Current Resolution 1366x768 pixels Work Resolution 1366x76
    Screen Resolution
    Current Resolution 1366x768 pixels Work Resolution 1366x768 pixels
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    AMD K140
    Cores 2
    Threads 2
    Name AMD K140
    Package Socket FT1 BGA
    Technology 40nm
    Specification AMD E1-1200 APU with Radeon HD Graphics
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    Extended Family 14
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Ok thank you much. I think only SYSTEM have permissions because many webpages say and I need to take owner each time I get in it so now I know users have full control.
 

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Full control---

screenshot_263.jpg
 

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    Gateway
    CPU
    AMD K140 Cores 2 Threads 2 Name AMD K140 Package Socket FT1 BGA Technology 40nm
    Motherboard
    Manufacturer Gateway Model SX2110G (P0)
    Memory
    Type DDR3 Size 8192 MBytes DRAM Frequency 532.3 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI AMD Radeon HD 7310 Graphics
    Sound Card
    AMD High Definition Audio Device Realtek High Definition Audio USB Audio Device
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Name 1950W on AMD Radeon HD 7310 Graphics Current Resolution 1366x768 pixels Work Resolution 1366x76
    Screen Resolution
    Current Resolution 1366x768 pixels Work Resolution 1366x768 pixels
    Hard Drives
    AMD K140
    Cores 2
    Threads 2
    Name AMD K140
    Package Socket FT1 BGA
    Technology 40nm
    Specification AMD E1-1200 APU with Radeon HD Graphics
    Family F
    Extended Family 14
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    Extended Model 2
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Oh I forget, can you give me the permissions for the files/folders inside it that I need in post #1? (No need screenshot just tell me)thank.:D
 

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Oh I forget, can you give me the permissions for the files/folders inside it that I need in post #1? (No need screenshot just tell me)thank.:D

A screenshot anyways---

screenshot_263.jpg

The full control implies full control of ALL subfolders contained in the folder.

Permissions tab---Click Apply button before moving on to Auditing tab---

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Auditing tab--- Change it too---

screenshot_263.jpg

Effective Access tab---

screenshot_263.jpg
 

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    CPU
    AMD K140 Cores 2 Threads 2 Name AMD K140 Package Socket FT1 BGA Technology 40nm
    Motherboard
    Manufacturer Gateway Model SX2110G (P0)
    Memory
    Type DDR3 Size 8192 MBytes DRAM Frequency 532.3 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI AMD Radeon HD 7310 Graphics
    Sound Card
    AMD High Definition Audio Device Realtek High Definition Audio USB Audio Device
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Name 1950W on AMD Radeon HD 7310 Graphics Current Resolution 1366x768 pixels Work Resolution 1366x76
    Screen Resolution
    Current Resolution 1366x768 pixels Work Resolution 1366x768 pixels
    Hard Drives
    AMD K140
    Cores 2
    Threads 2
    Name AMD K140
    Package Socket FT1 BGA
    Technology 40nm
    Specification AMD E1-1200 APU with Radeon HD Graphics
    Family F
    Extended Family 14
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    Extended Model 2
    Stepping 0
    Revision ON-C0
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    Browser
    Opera 24.0
    Antivirus
    Avast Internet Security

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1.1 Pro with Media Center
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Gateway
    CPU
    AMD K140 Cores 2 Threads 2 Name AMD K140 Package Socket FT1 BGA Technology 40nm
    Motherboard
    Manufacturer Gateway Model SX2110G (P0)
    Memory
    Type DDR3 Size 8192 MBytes DRAM Frequency 532.3 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI AMD Radeon HD 7310 Graphics
    Sound Card
    AMD High Definition Audio Device Realtek High Definition Audio USB Audio Device
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Name 1950W on AMD Radeon HD 7310 Graphics Current Resolution 1366x768 pixels Work Resolution 1366x76
    Screen Resolution
    Current Resolution 1366x768 pixels Work Resolution 1366x768 pixels
    Hard Drives
    AMD K140
    Cores 2
    Threads 2
    Name AMD K140
    Package Socket FT1 BGA
    Technology 40nm
    Specification AMD E1-1200 APU with Radeon HD Graphics
    Family F
    Extended Family 14
    Model 2
    Extended Model 2
    Stepping 0
    Revision ON-C0
    Instruction
    Browser
    Opera 24.0
    Antivirus
    Avast Internet Security
Thank. When I change I see something in the permissions called "inherited from" what it mean?
 

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Look at the picture.
It has 5 groups not 1.

That's weird,
I never changed any permissions for this folder and it looks like so: ( no problems of any kind )

Capture.PNG

Thank. When I change I see something in the permissions called "inherited from" what it mean?
It means security permissions inherited from parent folder(s).
 

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  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Enterprise
Look at the picture.
It has 5 groups not 1.

That's weird,
I never changed any permissions for this folder and it looks like so: ( no problems of any kind )

View attachment 61355

Thank. When I change I see something in the permissions called "inherited from" what it mean?
It means security permissions inherited from parent folder(s).
@Addictive Gamer
You are absolutely correct. The owner of this folder should be: Administrators only and SYSTEM is the only user to have full access. That's why even Administrators group is the ownner but can't even access this folder.

@David,
No offend but What's you have shown there is incorrect and I know in the past you did Take over the ownership of this folder but this is wrong and open a big security hole that virus can sneak in there and infect it.

@OP
You don't need to take ownership in order to look into this folder. Just download a portable Treesize (No installation needed) and right click to run as Administrator then you can see what inside "System Volume Information", right click on any item under it->Properties then you can see it. And by the way, cacls is now deprecated in Windows 8, you should use Icacls instead.

This problem should have been fixed earlier if you took my suggestion. Since you started changing ownership/permission and now the Folder might be corrupted and not allowing you to create restore point. Simple way to get back this folder is to delete and let Windows re-create it with appropriate owners and permissions and believe me, I have deleted this folder many times and it would not cause the Windows to become unbootable.

Hope this helps. Cheers !!!
 
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    I7 4970K OC'ed @4.7 GHz
    Motherboard
    MSI-Z97
    Memory
    16 GB G-Skill Trident X @2400MHZ
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
    Sound Card
    X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual HP-W2408
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1200
    Hard Drives
    256 GB M2 sm951, (2) 500GB 850EVO, 5TB, 2 TB Seagate
    PSU
    Antec 850W
    Case
    Antec 1200
    Cooling
    Danger Den H20
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    Logitech
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    Logitech Performance Mouse MX
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    35/12mbps
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