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If the domain account is a member for the local administrators they should have access to all folders
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Also followed advice from Experts Exchange user withtu (dated 2010-08-07) suggesting changing ownership of folders, assigning to domain user account.<br />
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Thanks to kpoineal and McKnife!
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Windows 7 Professional desktop has a domain user account, configured with Administrator rights. &nbsp;While trying to install software, we discovered this user has no rights to change or modify files on the local C:\ drive other than those that are part of the user profile.<br />
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How do we grant full access to the local hard drive?
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Windows 7 Professional desktop has a domain user account, configured with Administrator rights.  While trying to install software, we discovered this user has no rights to change or modify files on the local C:\ drive other than those that are part of the user profile.

How do we grant full access to the local hard drive?

If the domain account is a member for the local administrators they should have access to all folders

Also followed advice from Experts Exchange user withtu (dated 2010-08-07) suggesting changing ownership of folders, assigning to domain user account.

Thanks to kpoineal and McKnife!

Windows 7 domain user rights to C:\ blocked

Windows 7 is an operating system from Microsoft. Features include multi-touch support, a redesigned Windows Shell with a new taskbar, referred to as the Superbar, a home networking system called HomeGroup, and performance improvements.

Windows 7

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).