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RE: Command Line Screw-up

ironhorse99 — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:13:16 GMT

Thanks to All!! I mean that. Thankfully I haden't done too much with the New Machine. I restored the whole thing back to original using the restore disks. This time I'll read up before tinkering. Mike

RE: Command Line Screw-up

Jason — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:02:33 GMT

If you can boot into the admin account (and I'm talking about real admin not the one Vista created, you need to unhide this one) and somehow get to the start menu you can try to run the same command but use the:

/R user
Revoke specified user's access rights (only valid with /E).
To revoke the changes you mad by adding rights to your user account.

You shoulda also read up on how to make system changes in vista you need to use TakeOwn.exe followed by Icalcs.exe in the future.

http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/4c475b4c-e5ee-444c-a730-ccb7a13e03b41033.mspx?mfr=true

RE: Command Line Screw-up

cyclic — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 05:53:52 GMT

The only thing I have been involved in so far with Vista and 'cacls' is that the usage has changed and whilst it is available in Vista the correct one to use is 'icacls' which has a whole different lot of switches, I only suggest that you may want to read up on the differences it might give you a clue on a fix.

Command Line Screw-up

ironhorse99 — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 08:50:50 GMT

Ok Guys.....I really screwed up.(that's what usually happens when you don't know what your doing) I was trying to gain access to my entire drive so I could delete temp files/temp internet files etc. So, after reading a post on another site on how to delete system files I used this in the command prompt: [takeown / C:\ f ] afterwhich it said that my-acer had owership....Cool so far....I think. Then I used the cacls command: [cacls C:\ *.* /G my-acer:F] I was asked if I was sure & answered yes,hit return & it said the process was successful. Now I can't get many things to run at all & if I attempt to use the command line as an admin I get this:"c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe the parameter is incorrect". I get the same sort of message when I try & run other things. I have to also say that when I login to start windows my name is "ironhorse" & the name of the pc is "my-acer". A friend told me I need to give full rights to both of these names if I want to delete certain files as their considered administrators(both me of course). I haven't restarted the machine cause I know it will never restart so I'm trying to get this fixed through the command prompt. I tyred to roll back through system protection but can't get there either. Am I screwed or is this fixable. Mike

I'm liken Vista....But Krazy about Linux!!