microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin

You have to have administrative rights on the vista in order to take
ownership using the vista.You are not going to be logging into xp you are
just going to be able to read the file content.But if you have an excel
document that was on your xp harddrive you will have to have excel installed
on the vista in order to read and so forth.

"khill" wrote:

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> Khill
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> "Dennis Dow" wrote:
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> > khill wrote:
> > > My Gateway XP computer was damaged and did not operate.
> > > I removed the hard drive.
> > > I purchased a hard drive enclosure, AirLink 101
> > > I attached my Gateway XP hard drive into the AirLink 101
> > > I plugged the AirLink into my other laptop, a Gateway Vista.
> > > I can read and open the files that were already installed on it when I
> > > purchased it, i.e. the example picture files that are on computers when you
> > > purchase them.
> > > When I try to open files that I created such as MS Excel, MS Word, and
> > > picture files I created, I get the following warning messages:
> > >
> >
> >
> > > I, at some point in the past, set up a user password on the Gateway XP. I
> > > know this password so if that is necessary, I can provide it.
> > >
> > > That's where it stands for now. Please help.
> >
> >
> > Try taking ownership of the files: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421
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> >
> >
> > Dennis
> >
> Hi Dennis,
> I tried taking ownership and still cannot open the files and I get the same
> warning messages. The problem is that I cannot get past the first step in
> taking ownership. The instructions indicate that I must be logged on to the
> computer with an account that has administrative credentials. The computer
> that I am logged on to is the Gateway Vista which I am plugging the XP hard
> drive in to. I cannot figure out how to start and log on using the XP hard
> drive. I am assuming that if I was able to do this, it would act like the XP
> hard drive was the computer rather than the Gateway Vista, and the XP would
> ask me for the user password I previously set up.