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Massimo
Hello,
On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 11:40:56 -0500, "Jim" <jj.n@nospam.com> wrote:
>
>"Massimo" <och@'tisnietwaar.nl> wrote in message
>news:6njj941u7h0eeb3o3kp7bmohus55728vqk@4ax.com...
>> Hello,
>>
>> On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 10:11:08 -0500, "Jim" <jj.n@nospam.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Massimo" <och@'tisnietwaar.nl> wrote in message
>>>news:ruhi94d23qasbbd3qkmqta67sa2vntn4p8@4ax.com...
>>>> Hello,
[SNIP]
>>>>
>>>> The unknown user seems to come from my old computer form which I have
>>>> taken over some settings via the Vista wizard for that goal.
>>>>
>>><big snip>
>>>That number is a security ID. A user name is merely an alias for the
>>>security ID. In short, the files still belong to the user on the old
>>>computer for whatever reason.
>>>Help & Support has an article about "How to take ownership of Files &
>>>Folders" which is what you need to do.
>>>Jim
>>>
>> Thanks Jim! As it seems this user who has been deleted quite formally
>> from this computer still is there and has ownership of a lot of files.
>> So can we speak here of a fat bug in Vista?
>>
>> Of course I'll read Help & Support article.
>>
>> Massimo
>Deleting a user does not necessarily delete the data. After all, some other
>user may need it.
>No, it is not a bug.
>Jim
>
Well Jim, I chose to delete the account and to preserve its data. The
data of the late account is then preserved in a special map. I later
on deleted the map too. So the account and its data were deleted but
the ownership of the account survived the account. Not exactly what I
would have expected...
Massimo
On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 11:40:56 -0500, "Jim" <jj.n@nospam.com> wrote:
>
>"Massimo" <och@'tisnietwaar.nl> wrote in message
>news:6njj941u7h0eeb3o3kp7bmohus55728vqk@4ax.com...
>> Hello,
>>
>> On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 10:11:08 -0500, "Jim" <jj.n@nospam.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Massimo" <och@'tisnietwaar.nl> wrote in message
>>>news:ruhi94d23qasbbd3qkmqta67sa2vntn4p8@4ax.com...
>>>> Hello,
[SNIP]
>>>>
>>>> The unknown user seems to come from my old computer form which I have
>>>> taken over some settings via the Vista wizard for that goal.
>>>>
>>><big snip>
>>>That number is a security ID. A user name is merely an alias for the
>>>security ID. In short, the files still belong to the user on the old
>>>computer for whatever reason.
>>>Help & Support has an article about "How to take ownership of Files &
>>>Folders" which is what you need to do.
>>>Jim
>>>
>> Thanks Jim! As it seems this user who has been deleted quite formally
>> from this computer still is there and has ownership of a lot of files.
>> So can we speak here of a fat bug in Vista?
>>
>> Of course I'll read Help & Support article.
>>
>> Massimo
>Deleting a user does not necessarily delete the data. After all, some other
>user may need it.
>No, it is not a bug.
>Jim
>
Well Jim, I chose to delete the account and to preserve its data. The
data of the late account is then preserved in a special map. I later
on deleted the map too. So the account and its data were deleted but
the ownership of the account survived the account. Not exactly what I
would have expected...
Massimo