I was referring to the individual criteria that you need to meet. Those criteria are user authority or power. If you are an admin user, you can change almost anything in Windows. It includes the ...

I've got a FreeNAS system with some CIFS shares, and while I can get them working basically like I need, I'm still a bit in the dark with respect to how exactly the Windows permissions/ownership work.

New Technology File System (NTFS) permissions are available on every file, folder, registry key, printer, and Active Directory object. First introduced with Windows NT to replace the File Allocation ...

Sometimes Windows throws up a confusing roadblock to your workflow. You go to edit a file in Windows and despite being logged in as an administrator, it tells you the file is restricted. Use this ...

It doesn’t happen often, but either by malware attack or networking snafu (sometimes when computers are removed from a domain), you can lose permissions and ownership of your files. Microsoft Windows’ ...

I have a Server 2003 server that currently hosts files over Windows file sharing. I'd like to upgrade it to Server 2008 R2, but as there is no direct migration path, I'll have to get the files off of ...

Every file and folder on Windows 11/10 has permission attributes. It gives you the authority to edit, read, write, execute, and modify it. It is relatively easy to change file and folder permissions ...