• Attempting to remove an old windows install - says I need permission from myself?
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[img]http://puu.sh/AruT[/img] Crazy.
Sounds like it's requiring permission from the user on your old windows install, or something like that. You can try using the hidden administrator account in Windows 7 [url]http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/enable-the-hidden-administrator-account-on-windows-vista/[/url]
You need to take ownership of it [code]Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\runas] @="Take Ownership" "NoWorkingDirectory"="" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\runas\command] @="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F" "IsolatedCommand"="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\runas] @="Take Ownership" "NoWorkingDirectory"="" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\runas\command] @="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" /r /d y && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F /t" "IsolatedCommand"="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" /r /d y && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F /t"[/code] Put that into a text file, save it as whatever.reg and then run it. right click on the folder and click take ownership
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