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Originally Posted by SilverSurfer
Why, when I am the only user/administrator does it apply these locks ? Surley as Admin it should let me do and see everything.
There are no other accounts on the laptop yet, but if I add a new one will they see all these files.
The files in question are located under c:\Program Files\ and then within the directory tree of their representative application.
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As daft as it sounds, a user account which is an Administrator can't get to all files in Vista or 7 systems. Part of this is Microsoft 'protecting' users from making mistakes and deleting system/profile files etc.
In your case, i think its because the new laptop doesn't have a clue about the old files - they'll have their own permissions/ownership settings on them from the old XP system. Windows can be quirky at best with these kind of things, e.g - move a file from one place to another, it retains its permissions. Copy a file from one place to another, and the copy takes the permissions from the destination folder.
To answer your question - yes, if you add another account, they will be able to access these files because you added full control to 'Authenticated Users'. To fix this, go back to the folders, take ownership of them and then set your own account to Full Control. Then delete the Authenticated Users permissions.