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Windows Server 2008 Mass Ownership Reassignment

A directory with a multitude of subdirectories at a client's office need to have ownership changed to a single Administrator account. Instead of changing the security settings for each and every ...
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Cannot remove a file after its transfer was interrupted (on Windows Web Server 2008 R2 SP1)

I was copying files from linux to windows (via COPSSH) using a command like (from linux shell): scp -pr dir administrator@win:/cygdrive/c/dest/ (dir was a directory with files and subdirectories) ...
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Windows Server 2008 Administrator can't take Ownership of file

I'm trying to edit the hosts file on Windows Server 2008. I right clicked on Notepad and Ran as Administrator, then opened the hosts file, but when I try to save it I get the following error message: ...
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Change the permissions and take ownership of shared files

I have domain controller (windows server 2008) with shared folders. I am logged in as administrator. I try to take ownership of a shared folder using the command takeown /f <File name> /a /r. ...