Article ID: 298312
Article Last Modified on 11/9/2001
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition
This article was previously published under Q298312
SYMPTOMS
After you upgrade a computer to Windows XP from Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me) or from Microsoft Windows 98 or Windows 98 Second Edition, a guest (or any restricted user) can delete files and folders that reside on the All Users desktop.
CAUSE
This behavior can occur because of limitations of the FAT (file allocation table) and FAT32 file systems.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this behavior, use the Convert.exe utility to update the computer's file system to NTFS.
For detailed information about how to covert the system to NTFS, refer to the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:
214579 How to Use Convert.exe to Convert a Partition to NTFS
237399 Default NTFS Permissions Not Applied to Converted Boot Partition
156560 Free Space Required to Convert FAT to NTFS
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
MORE INFORMATION
By default, security is set so that guests do not have Delete access to NTFS volumes.
For a description of the FAT and FAT32 file systems, refer to the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
154997 Description of the FAT32 File System
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