Dual Boot Documents Folder

Yes there is. Don't be frightened to take ownership of any folder anywhere
on a multi or dual boot whether from Vista desktop accessing XP or vice
versa or on either.

Remember the Preisdent that the goofey decider compares himself to often
said:

"The only thing you have to fear is fear itself."

CH



"marco" <marcop@iinetdotnet.au> wrote in message
news:F5823CAE-D5AB-442F-ADD2-3BAA5BC1DC7E@microsoft.com...

>I have "My Documents" on a third drive in my PC. Originally only XPPro used
>this but now I have a dual boot situation and I would like to use this
>folder whichever OS I boot to. Is ther a way to do this easily? I'm
>frightened to Take Ownership in Vista in case I screw things up for XP Pro.

> Yes there is. Don't be frightened to take ownership of any folder

> anywhere on a multi or dual boot whether from Vista desktop accessing XP
> or vice versa or on either.

Actually, one shouldn't mess around with ownership when dual booting, as it
could cause access problems. If you are being denied access to folders from
other operating systems, simply adding a permission on the folder that gives
your username full control should be sufficient and should not require you
to change ownership.


--
- JB

Windows Vista Support Faq
http://www.jimmah.com/vista/

Problem here is that I can't do anything to the permissions unless I take
ownership...and windows warns about the dangers of that right there.

I have the same username and password on both OS's but that is obviously not
enough!

I thought about removing the security from My documents under XP but I'd
rather have My documents private.
Actually, I have problems with other data folders created in XP from Vista
unless I take ownership, even ones that were accessible to anyone under XP.
Seems like Vista is a lot more security conscious than XP but some things
sure take some working out!



"Jimmy Brush" <JimmyBrush@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:eBCe4$nEHHA.3768@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>> Yes there is. Don't be frightened to take ownership of any folder
>> anywhere on a multi or dual boot whether from Vista desktop accessing XP
>> or vice versa or on either.

>
> Actually, one shouldn't mess around with ownership when dual booting, as
> it could cause access problems. If you are being denied access to folders
> from other operating systems, simply adding a permission on the folder
> that gives your username full control should be sufficient and should not
> require you to change ownership.
>
>
> --
> - JB
>
> Windows Vista Support Faq
> http://www.jimmah.com/vista/

> Problem here is that I can't do anything to the permissions unless I take

> ownership...and windows warns about the dangers of that right there.

This is highly unusual, as in Windows XP administrators are usually granted
permission to change permissions on user profile folders, and Windows Vista
can use this as well (even tho the permissions were applied by Windows XP,
"administrators" is generic between the two, so they carry over).

If you have to take ownership, then do it, but give the administrators group
ownership, not your specific username - as long as you are an administrator
in the other operating system, this should allow things to keep working .

Once you take ownership, grant your vista user full control by adding a
permission in the security tab.

Then, if you want, you can reboot back to XP, and take ownership from XP
giving ownership to your username in XP, and that should set things back to
the way things were, except you now have access to the folder from Vista
thanks to the permission you added earlier.

> I have the same username and password on both OS's but that is obviously
> not enough!

Correct, it goes by your user accounts, where are represented by a number
that is generated. Even though your user names are the same in Vista and XP,
they have different numbers, so the permissions do not apply accross
operating systems. The only expcetions are the well-known groups, such as
Administrators - they have similar enough numbers to make them communicable.

> I thought about removing the security from My documents under XP but I'd
> rather have My documents private.

Good idea.

> Actually, I have problems with other data folders created in XP from Vista
> unless I take ownership, even ones that were accessible to anyone under
> XP.

Yes, this makes sense - however, in the majority of cases, taking ownership
should not be necessary, as it should let you change the permissions on the
folders without forcing you to take ownership.

> Seems like Vista is a lot more security conscious than XP but some things
> sure take some working out!

Actually, XP is just as security conscious; it's just that running as an
admin in XP bypasses all this security, whereas this is not the case in
Vista

--
- JB

Windows Vista Support Faq
http://www.jimmah.com/vista/

Ah Ha! That works I now have a common My Documents folder...Thanks so much.

Now if you could just pop over to the network sharing folder and answer my
VPN Issue (Marco) Questions I'd be a really happy chappie ....... For Now!


"Jimmy Brush" <JimmyBrush@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:23946BFF-3906-42B7-A0A6-164455DE0A38@microsoft.com...

>> Problem here is that I can't do anything to the permissions unless I take
>> ownership...and windows warns about the dangers of that right there.

>
> This is highly unusual, as in Windows XP administrators are usually
> granted permission to change permissions on user profile folders, and
> Windows Vista can use this as well (even tho the permissions were applied
> by Windows XP, "administrators" is generic between the two, so they carry
> over).
>
> If you have to take ownership, then do it, but give the administrators
> group ownership, not your specific username - as long as you are an
> administrator in the other operating system, this should allow things to
> keep working .
>
> Once you take ownership, grant your vista user full control by adding a
> permission in the security tab.
>
> Then, if you want, you can reboot back to XP, and take ownership from XP
> giving ownership to your username in XP, and that should set things back
> to the way things were, except you now have access to the folder from
> Vista thanks to the permission you added earlier.
>

>> I have the same username and password on both OS's but that is obviously
>> not enough!

>
> Correct, it goes by your user accounts, where are represented by a number
> that is generated. Even though your user names are the same in Vista and
> XP, they have different numbers, so the permissions do not apply accross
> operating systems. The only expcetions are the well-known groups, such as
> Administrators - they have similar enough numbers to make them
> communicable.
>

>> I thought about removing the security from My documents under XP but I'd
>> rather have My documents private.

>
> Good idea.
>

>> Actually, I have problems with other data folders created in XP from
>> Vista unless I take ownership, even ones that were accessible to anyone
>> under XP.

>
> Yes, this makes sense - however, in the majority of cases, taking
> ownership should not be necessary, as it should let you change the
> permissions on the folders without forcing you to take ownership.
>

>> Seems like Vista is a lot more security conscious than XP but some things
>> sure take some working out!

>
> Actually, XP is just as security conscious; it's just that running as an
> admin in XP bypasses all this security, whereas this is not the case in
> Vista
>
> --
> - JB
>
> Windows Vista Support Faq
> http://www.jimmah.com/vista/
>