Permissions gone

Friend of mine on an Acer laptop with Vista home suddenly found his
permissions disabled. I am at a loss as to how this happened or how
to reset the admin privledges ?

Any thoughts ?

Dave

ProfPsycho wrote:

> Friend of mine on an Acer laptop with Vista home suddenly found his
> permissions disabled. I am at a loss as to how this happened or how
> to reset the admin privledges ?

Sorry, not enough information to help your friend. For instance, what
antivirus/security software does he have? What does "permissions disabled"
actually mean? Please give an example of what happens. If there is an error
message, please quote the message exactly without approximating.

The First Question Of Troubleshooting: what changed between the time things
worked and the time they didn't?

The Second Question of Windows Troubleshooting: what is the malware/virus
status of the machine? If you think it is clean, what programs (and
versions) did you use to determine this?

Be sure the computer is clean:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware

If the machine is clean (or if your friend can't run anything because of the
state the computer is in), can the friend use System Restore to go back to
a point when everything worked?

Malke
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