Ok I restored an acronis image and something went wrong with the rights ( I dont have the old image so I need to solve it here, and reinstall is NO option) I couldn't un-install a certain program saying I didn't have rights I fiddled around with the rights to the point I messed it up I think? I restored most of it to default I think (I looked at my 2nd pc's ntfs rights and copied it). These are the problems: 1: I get lock icon on c:\programdata and when I add users it goes away but during applying half of the files say acces denied not sure if it matters? I have also seen ACL corrupt errors in that folder and I tried running the command which I googled but the CMD told me i needed to use another command which is newer version or something anyway couldn't figure it out. 2: C:\recovery has lock icon, my 2nd pc doesn't have this. Well I can add users to it.. but my 2nd pc doesn't have user and no lock!! I want it like my 2nd pc. I feel this might also be the problem why I can't use Universal Restore with Acronis since the image can't acces boot in the right way maybe.. 3. Administrator account red cross, if I add administrator account to some folder it will have a red cross, I assume this isn't healthy!! how to solve this? 4.System volume information also has a lock icon, for same reasons as nr 2 I want to solve this. I googled and found a certain command which supposeidly fix all security rights, I did this and looked at the log file, and I got acces denied -_- How can I fix all correct ntfs,security,ownerships and whatever to default ?

Ok I restored an acronis image and something went wrong with the rights ( I dont have the old image so I need to solve it here, and reinstall is NO option) I couldn't un-install a certain program saying I didn't have rights I fiddled around with the rights to the point I messed it up I think? I restored most of it to default I think (I looked at my 2nd pc's ntfs rights and copied it). These are the problems: 1: I get lock icon on c:\programdata and when I add users it goes away but during applying half of the files say acces denied not sure if it matters? I have also seen ACL corrupt errors in that folder and I tried running the command which I googled but the CMD told me i needed to use another command which is newer version or something anyway couldn't figure it out. 2: C:\recovery has lock icon, my 2nd pc doesn't have this. Well I can add users to it.. but my 2nd pc doesn't have user and no lock!! I want it like my 2nd pc. I feel this might also be the problem why I can't use Universal Restore with Acronis since the image can't acces boot in the right way maybe.. 3. Administrator account red cross, if I add administrator account to some folder it will have a red cross, I assume this isn't healthy!! how to solve this? 4.System volume information also has a lock icon, for same reasons as nr 2 I want to solve this. I googled and found a certain command which supposeidly fix all security rights, I did this and looked at the log file, and I got acces denied -_- How can I fix all correct ntfs,security,ownerships and whatever to default ?

No one..? :( I don't know where to go with this problem.

Hi, You may try the steps as below and check if the issue gets fixed, "How do I restore security settings to the default settings?" http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313222 If the above provided link doesn’t resolve the issue then you need to follow the below provided step to Fix the corrupted user profile and check for the issue. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Fix-a-corrupted-user-profile Furthermore, if you have the installation disc, you can also perform an in-place upgrade to fix the issue: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2255099 Hope that helps. Regards, Leo Huang Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Thank you for your reply!! As you may have read at the end of my post, I said I tried a certain command which was the one you referred me too...secedit /configure /cfg %windir%\inf\defltbase.inf /db defltbase.sdb /verbose The command gives me lots of errors in the log file saying stuff like this: ----Configure 64-bit Registry Keys... Configure users\.default. Configure machine\software. Configure machine\software\classes. Warning 5: Access is denied. Error setting security on machine\software\classes. Warning 5: Access is denied. Error setting security on machine\software\classes. I tried making a new user profile(with admin ofcourse) and executing the command same result.. same as logging directly into the administrator account. So that would mean my account isn't corrupt correct? As for your other suggestion... you mean upgrading windows 7 with itself;windows 7? How will that go for my registry will it keep settings? Will my 200 PC games I have installed still work after this upgrade? Much Aprreciated Chris

Hi, In-place upgrade is performing a repair installation and it will not damage files and applications that are currently installed on your computer. So it will not damage the games on your PC. Regards, Leo Huang TechNet Subscriber Support in forum. If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.com Please remember to click “Mark as Answer” on the post that helps you, and to click “Unmark as Answer” if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.