David,
Well, you're gonna love this. I installed a little reg hack called Take
Ownership (see
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=499870) which
is supposed to allow me to recover full access to the selected file /
directory, sub directories and their content after Easy Transfer takes it
away. While I am not able to see the "Take Ownership" contect menu entry in
the Elevated Command Prompt (what's that?), it did seem to eliminate the
shortcuts to My Music, My Documents, etc. that previously I couldn't open.
Most of my data is now accessible.
I feel I've lost control of the upgrade in that I don't know where Easy
Transfer was supposed to put things vs. what it actually did, so I'm just
checking app-by-app and manually copying things when necessary. The security
model in Vista differs from XP in ways I don't fully understand (and were not
even hinted at on the Welcome screens). It will be a gradual learning
process. I figured there was little to lose because I have not yet shifted
over to the Vista box (Kaspersky is on order, I'm not risking exposing an
unprotected machine to the Internet). I already reloaded it from the factory
CD, so I can do that again if needed. Meanwhile the XP box chugs along for
paying bills and doing my email.
I did have more success with Easy Transfer Companion, a beta version that MS
has made available. It transfers programs from one machine to another, which
avoids doing installs, endless Internet updates, and option configurations.
Unlike Easy Transfer, it worked like a charm, and even had explanations of
what it was doing. Plus, it logs its activity and tells me what it could NOT
accomplish. So far everything I've tried to run is working perfectly.
So I'll keep you posted. I may not have to turn off UAC but will definitely
read the article you suggested before I make up my mind. Yesterday I took a
day off the computer hassles to finish grouting my kitchen backsplash to
avoid a domestic disturbance.
Thanks,
Geoff
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