Re: Odd File Behavior - Help!

Wally,

Yep, you can change the computername with no problems.

Allan

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"WaIIy" <eIvez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Sun, 7 Oct 2007 11:13:08 -0400, "Allan Smith"
<netsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Wally,

The quickest way to do that is to fiddle with the root folder of the
drive.

Default permissions on the root should be:

Administrators (systemname\Administrators) Full Control <not
inherited>
This folder, subfolders and files
System Full Control <not inherited> This folder, subfolders and files
Creator Owner Full control <not inherited> Subfolder and files only
Users (systemname\Users) Read and execute <not inherited> This
folder,
subfolders, and files
Users (systemname\Users) Create folders/append data <not inherited>
This
folder and subfolders
Users (systemname\Users) Create files/Write data <not inherited>
Subfolders only
Everyone Modify <not inherited> This folder, subfolders and files

The risk above is that the only IDs that can change permissions are those
in
the Administrators group, and Creator/Owner. If you lose the association
for
your userid to the Administrators user-group, you may experience a flavor
of
Catch-22. As a precaution, you can add a full-control permission for your
specific userid:

[userid] (systemname\userid) Full Control <not inherited> This
folder,
subfolders and files
I will, thanks

Allan

Terrific, thanks Allan. I get a little confused because my permissions
read -

Administrators (WALT2\Administrators)
CREATOR OWNER
SYSTEM
Users (WALT2\Users)
Wally\(WALT2\Wally)

I have a standalone WinX Home box. I don't use "Wally" for anything I
recall. Oh, in Control Panel - System I see my computer is registered
to Wally.

My computer name is "Walt2" and I think I did that one when I was
setting up my DSL, either from my phone company dsl stuff, but I think
it might have been when I set up the Login so I can login like I did
with dialup.

My workgroup is MSHOME.

Can I change my computer name and not get into trouble ?



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