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Old 07-04-2011, 12:36 AM   #1
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Windows 7 permissions fiasco

My file server is also a shared media PC for the entire house. I needed to set permissions on a particular disk drive, so I set the Users group to DENY figuring that admin accounts could still access it since they were set to ALLOW. Apparently this is not how windows permissions work - every single account is now locked out entirely from accessing this drive. Here is what I've tried
  • taking ownership of the drive (by the main admin account)
  • taking ownership of the drive (with a new admin account)
  • resetting the permissions using icacls

None of the above have worked. It seems like I am totally out of luck. Does anyone have other suggestions?
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Old 07-04-2011, 12:49 AM   #2
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might have just solved my own problem...sorry for the confusion!
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