Vista blocks me from accessing some files?

[vnf4ultra]

I'm running vista rc1 currently, but notice that it won't let me access certain areas of my computer. For example, if I try to open C:\Documents and Settings, I get an error "C:\Documents and Settings is not accessible, access is denied."

So I figure it must be a vista "feature" to stop noobs from deleting stuff they shouldn't, and I try booting up in safe mode as administrator. This gives me another error. It says the administrator account has been disabled, please contact your system administrator for more information... I then searched around in the vista accounts menu in control panel, but didn't easily find any way to enable an admin account.

It seems like all the places that I can't access are marked in windows explorer with a blue upturned arrow in the bottom left of the icon(just like a shortcut's icon).

Any ideas on how to access these areas, or am I "locked out."

Thanks.

 

[vnf4ultra]

I got it working.

The problem was with folder ownership and permissions. The folders I was trying to access were owned by "system" instead of by me. I changed the owner, and now it works, but only after clicking "continue" on all the warning popups several times.


Both linux and mac have a better security system IMO.