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thanks for the replies. I was unable to take ownership of the c drive. BEST BUY and windows 8 suck. just saying.

Also, thank you for your time and expertise. How may I return the 'favor'?

Hmm i am running a BestBuy pre-installed win 8.1 64 bir with BING....

didn't work. I am trying to edit my hosts file :)

GIVING this remedy a shot. so far its working as directed. I am taking ownership of the c:\windows folder, from the factory 'trustedinstaller' AKA best buy....so I can edit files in the systems32 folder. or change permissions. Thanks Brink.

Attempting to change READ ONLY PERMISSIONS on c drive/windows folders REASON to EDIT HOSTS file in c/windows/system32/drivers/etc folder windows folder is READ ONLY FAILED TO CHANGE PERMISSIONS with Default ADMIN acct. DISCOVERED that the C: Drive was owned by the factory default installer...