Ugh! Ugly Windows XP permissions issue I think

[ErikaT]

I was messing with the permissions on the c: drive because I couldn't get a
script/app to work properly in IIS. Now, I cannot right click on any file
folder and choose properties, nor can I perform a system restore...it just
hangs!

I am logged in as an admin. What can I do to restore permissions to the
defaults? Do you think that is the issue??

Lost,

Ash

[oracleguy]

You were modifying the permissions at the root (C:\) level for IIS? As I guess you find out, that is very dangerous. You should only have to modify the permissions for the folder that IIS points to.

Anyways, you sure you didn't accidently turn on a security policy on for your computer? Things like disabling right clicking is done from there. You can check from Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Local Security Settings Then under Local Policies > Security Options

If not, then you said your logged in as an admin, then that means you might be able to log in via the "Administrator" account. It isn't shown from the welcome screen so you'll have to turn that off so you can manual type a username in. There shouldn't be any password on it. If not, you should be able to reset the password through the Computer Managment snap-in.

Once your logged in as Administrator, if you can access everything, then you can turn the security permissions back on.

[ErikaT]

:( That doesn't seem to be working. I cannot find anything there that seems awry.

What else can I try?

[Dugi]

I think your firewall is blocking some of the IIS's services.
It hapened to me before and that was the problem
Try configuring your firewall and program access

[ErikaT]

I think that very well could've been the issue. Unfortunately, I had thought of that "after" the reformat. lol Nonetheless, things are working ok now...just a couple wasted hours. Thanks for the replies everyone!