"Ringo" <> wrote in message
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> Hi All,
>
> A friend of mine has a Windows XP Pro laptop that she has been using
> for over 4 years. The problem is, the laptop was originally joined
> to
> a domain (not workgroup), thus she had been logging into her laptop
> as
> it if were connected to a Domain Server, even though she uses it as
> independent laptop (not connected to the server).
>
>
> Long story short, I had to do maintenance on the laptop, and ended up
> disjoining the laptop from the domain and making it part of a
> Workgroup called "Workgroup". I logged into the laptop as a local
> admin, and went to the Documents and Settings folder and found her
> Server User Profile. I am able to view/access/copy all her
> files...however,
> when I go to open any files (word docs, pictures, pdfs, etc), I get
> an
> "Access denied" message.
>
>
> Ive checked Permission rights, have taken ownership of the files, but
> still cannot seem to access the files. I even copied the files to a
> USB drive and tried opening up the files on another laptop...I still
> get an access denied message.
>
>
> Does anyone know of the workaround to fix this issue? FYI, she left
> the company with the server 4 years ago, so we do not have access to
> the original server in case we need to rejoin the laptop to the
> domain.
>
>
> Ok, any advice or help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
>
>
> Ringo
The files might be encrypted. Right-clicking them, then clicking Properties,
then Advanced would tell you.
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