I run win 7 6.1 (build7600) and i may have inadvertantly opened file with admin priv' Luckilly i think it is only maybe one possibly two, now i want to change that back to just standard user owner, excuse my ignorance as i am trying to learnAlex MacDonald

I have not understood well what you said. To take ownership of a file / folder, refer to this Microsoft article. If you want to allow /deny a user to access files / folders then check NTFS permissions for this files / folders. If you want to allow a user to access a folder as a share then check your NTFS and share permissions. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees , and confers no rights. Microsoft Student Partner Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator: Security Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer: Security Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuration Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure, Configuration

Hello Alex, For Windows 7 queries pleas post on Windows 7 forum. For Security and NTFS permissions you can check this article. For Taking Ownership. Thanks

Thank you Mr X, will go through it and let you know just saying thanks for inputAlex MacDonald