shpraine Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 Yo I am a administrator, but however I can't rewrite any file in the System32 folder. And to top that, I don't know how to change my special permissions... It says "TrustedInstaller" as the only permitted person to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Snrub Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 The TrustedInstaller account is used by the Windows Installer service and now "owns" many of the components of Windows since Vista.As all other users only have list contents, read & execute they are able to use most of binaries, but permission to make changes to those files is reserved for TrustedInstaller (so changes are transactional and trackable).You can use takeown to take ownership of the folder and then grant yourself permission to write in there, but I would strongly recommend against this (you are reducing the system's security and there is no way to determine what the effects of doing this at a later date might be).What is it that you need to write/replace under this folder?Have you tried using a command prompt when booting from the Windows 7 DVD to do the file copy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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