I Have a 2003 R2 SP2 server standalone install and i removed the permissions by mistake and now i cannot start any services.When i go to services under Extended there is nonthing listedWhen i go to Standers i see them all with only 5 started (Event Log, Plug and Play, VNC Server 4, DCOM Server, and NDS for Novell)to see if i could fix this i set the following from c:\ down through all foldersAdministrator = allAdministrators = allCreator Owner = when i check all it does not savePower User = Read, List and read and ExecuteSystem = allUsers = ReadWhen i start RPC service i get error 5 access deniedmost others are 1068Any ideas what i can do now?

Hi!I guess the best way would be just set the Default NTFS permissions. I though about system restose as one way, but...I googled an found this:http://blogs.technet.com/sdoakes/archive/2006/03/14/422012.aspxIn order to get the permissions reset, we can use the secedit command to reset the NTFS permissions on the server. Open a command prompt. Run the following command where windows is the %systemroot% variable. If the server has been upgraded you would substitute windows for winnt On a domain controller, run secedit /configure /db c:\windows\temp\seceditsv.sdb /cfg "c:\windows\security\templates\DC security.inf" /log c:\windows\temp\seceditsv.log On a non-domain controller, run secedit /configure /db c:\windows\temp\seceditsv.sdb /cfg "c:\windows\security\templates\setup security.inf" /log c:\windows\temp\seceditsv.log Note: I have run the setup security.inf on a domain controller without experiencing any problems. This sets NTFS permissions back to default.I have not tested these, but if you cant make anything else maybe you should give it a try :) Henry Eklf :: Just one random IT-guy more.