Can't access my folders after installing windows updates (Oct 20,

[Guest Savvoulidis Iordanis]

I recently bought a HP notebook with Windows vista home edition. I dowloaded

Windows updates and even though I didn't change any of my account name or

password (I'm the administrator), I'm denied access on more than half the

folders. I tried changing the ownership on a great deal of folders but even

though I checked the otions for the subfolders, it didn't work. It's

impossible to change each folders owner, manualy, but even if I do how do I

know that the next time I download updatew I won't have the same problem?

[Guest Malke]

Savvoulidis Iordanis wrote:

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> I recently bought a HP notebook with Windows vista home edition. I

> dowloaded Windows updates and even though I didn't change any of my

> account name or password (I'm the administrator), I'm denied access on

> more than half the folders. I tried changing the ownership on a great deal

> of folders but even though I checked the otions for the subfolders, it

> didn't work. It's impossible to change each folders owner, manualy, but

> even if I do how do I know that the next time I download updatew I won't

> have the same problem?</span>

 

I haven't heard about this happening before, but do a System Restore to

before the updates.

 

Then set your Windows Updates from Automatic to "download and notify". Then

do a custom install of the updates, selecting only one at a time and

testing after each update to see if in fact one of the updates is causing

your issue.

 

You might also like to post this in the Windows Update newsgroup where

you'll get the attention of the WU experts. One of them may have seen this

behavior before.

 

microsoft.public.windowsupdate

 

Malke

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MS-MVP

Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!

FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

[Guest Beoweolf]

I would also suggest that you review Windows Update > select 'view update

history... view the history for the date(s) you download/installed and

possibly capture the log. Searching Microsoft based on the KB #, you should

be able to review any unintended consequences that are noted.

 

Definitions for Windows Defender or Security Updates would be my 1st choice

for research and/or review.

 

"Malke" <malke@invalid.invalid> wrote in message

news:uBgPzZ4MJHA.3496@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...<span style="color:blue">

> Savvoulidis Iordanis wrote:

><span style="color:green">

>> I recently bought a HP notebook with Windows vista home edition. I

>> dowloaded Windows updates and even though I didn't change any of my

>> account name or password (I'm the administrator), I'm denied access on

>> more than half the folders. I tried changing the ownership on a great

>> deal

>> of folders but even though I checked the otions for the subfolders, it

>> didn't work. It's impossible to change each folders owner, manualy, but

>> even if I do how do I know that the next time I download updatew I won't

>> have the same problem?</span>

>

> I haven't heard about this happening before, but do a System Restore to

> before the updates.

>

> Then set your Windows Updates from Automatic to "download and notify".

> Then

> do a custom install of the updates, selecting only one at a time and

> testing after each update to see if in fact one of the updates is causing

> your issue.

>

> You might also like to post this in the Windows Update newsgroup where

> you'll get the attention of the WU experts. One of them may have seen this

> behavior before.

>

> microsoft.public.windowsupdate

>

> Malke

> --

> MS-MVP

> Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!

> FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

> </span>

[Guest Ollis]

"Savvoulidis Iordanis" wrote:

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> I recently bought a HP notebook with Windows vista home edition. I dowloaded

> Windows updates and even though I didn't change any of my account name or

> password (I'm the administrator), I'm denied access on more than half the

> folders. I tried changing the ownership on a great deal of folders but even

> though I checked the otions for the subfolders, it didn't work. It's

> impossible to change each folders owner, manualy, but even if I do how do I

> know that the next time I download updatew I won't have the same problem?</span>

 

So, you are saying that you changed ownership on folders so that you could

own them as admin, and after you ran the update, the ownership was changed to

something else?

 

Was ownership changed to TrustedInstaller?

 

So maybe Vista or Windows Update set folders to the the TrustedInstaller

account, so that Windows Update would be successful.

 

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa382540(VS.85).aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa382503.aspx

[Guest huhansen318@hotmail.com]

Oh, quite strange.

I've never met that before. It does not make any sense.

 

"Savvoulidis Iordanis" <SavvoulidisIordanis@discussions.microsoft.com> 写入消æ¯ news:2278F003-1299-4D12-AEAB-C10C653C316A@microsoft.com...<span style="color:blue">

> I recently bought a HP notebook with Windows vista home edition. I

> dowloaded

> Windows updates and even though I didn't change any of my account name or

> password (I'm the administrator), I'm denied access on more than half the

> folders. I tried changing the ownership on a great deal of folders but

> even

> though I checked the otions for the subfolders, it didn't work. It's

> impossible to change each folders owner, manualy, but even if I do how do

> I

> know that the next time I download updatew I won't have the same problem? </span>