JSI Tip 2109. What are the Windows 2000 default NTFS permissions?

When you install Windows 2000, and indicated that the file system is NTFS, Windows 2000 sets default permissions.

NOTE: If you Convert a drive to NTFS, the default permissions are set to Everyone - Full Control.

Assuming you installed Windows 2000 to the C: drive, the default permissions are:

   C:       Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Change      System - Full Control   C:Program Files and       Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Change      Server Operators - Change      System - Full Control   C:Temp      Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Change      System - Full Control   C:Documents and Settings      Administrators - Special (RWXD)      Everyone - List (RX)      System - Full Control   C:Documents and SettingsAdministrator and       Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Special (RWX)      System - Full Control   C:Documents and SettingsAll Users and       Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Special (RWX)      System - Full Control   C:Documents and SettingsDefault User and       Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Special (RWX)      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%      Administrators- Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Change      Server Operators - Change      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%Addins      Administrators- Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Change      Server Operators - Change   %SystemRoot%Connection Wizard      Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Change      Server Operators - Change      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%Config      Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Change      Server Operators - Change      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%CSC      Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Change      Server Operators - Change      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%CSCD1      Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Change      Server Operators - Change      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%CSCD2      Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Change      Server Operators - Change      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%CSCD3      Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Change      Server Operators - Change      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%CSCD4      Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Change      Server Operators - Change      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%CSCD5      Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Change      Server Operators - Change      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%CSCD6      Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Change      Server Operators - Change      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%CSCD7      Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Change      Server Operators - Change      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%CSCD8      Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Change      Server Operators - Change      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%Cursors      Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Change      Server Operators - Change      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%Debug      Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Change      Server Operators - Change      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%Downloaded Program Files      Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Change      Server Operators - Change      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%Driver Cache      Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Change      Server Operators - Change      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%Driver CacheI386      Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Change      Server Operators - Change      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%Fonts      Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Change      Server Operators - Change      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%Help      Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Change      Server Operators - Change      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%Inf      Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Change      Server Operators - Change      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%Installer      Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Change      Server Operators - Change      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%Java and       Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Change      Server Operators - Change      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%Media      Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Change      Server Operators - Change      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%Mmsagent and subfolders      Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Change      Server Operators - Change      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%Mapps and subfolders      Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Change      Server Operators - Change      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%Mw32 and subfolders      Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Change      Server Operators - Change      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%Offline Web Pages       Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Change      Server Operators - Change      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%Registration      Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Change      Server Operators - Change      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%Repair      Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Read      Server Operators - Full Control      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%Registration      Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Read      Server Operators - Full Control   %SystemRoot%Security and       Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Read      Server Operators - Full Control   %SystemRoot%Speech      Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Change      Server Operators - Change      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%System      Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Change      Server Operators - Change      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%System32      Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Change      Server Operators - Change      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%System32CatRoot      Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Change       Server Operators - Change      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%System32Com       Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Change      Server Operators - Change      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%System32Config      Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control       Everyone - List      Server Operators - List      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%System32Dhcp      Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Read (RX)      Server Operators - Full Control      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%System32Drivers and       Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Read (RX)       Server Operators - Full Control      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%System32DTCLog      Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Read (RX)       Server Operators - Full Control      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%system32export      Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Read (RX)       Server Operators - Full Control      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%System32GroupPolicy and       Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Read (RX)       Server Operators - Full Control      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%System32IAS      Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Read (RX)       Server Operators - Full Control      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%System32Inetsrv       Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Change      Server Operators - Change      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%System32Mui and       Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Change      Server Operators - Change      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%System32Npp      Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Change      Server Operators - Change      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%System32NtmsData      Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Change      Server Operators - Change      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%System32Os2 and       Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Change      Server Operators - Change      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%System32Ras      Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Change (RWXD)      Server Operators - Full Control      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%System32Rocket      Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Read (RX)      Server Operators - Full Control      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%System32Rpcproxy      Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Read (RX)      Replicator- Change (RWXD)      Server Operators - Change (RWXD)      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%System32Setup      Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Read (RX)      Replicator- Change (RWXD)      Server Operators - Change (RWXD)      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%System32ShellExt      Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Read (RX)      Replicator- Change (RWXD)      Server Operators - Change (RWXD)      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%System32Spool and       Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Read (RX)      Print Operators- Full Control      Server Operators - Full Control       System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%System32Wbem and       Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Change      Server Operators - Change      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%System32Wins      Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Change (RWXD)      Server Operators - Change (RWXD)      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%Tasks      Administrators- Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Change      Server Operators - Change      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%Temp      Administrators- Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Change      Server Operators - Change      System - Full Control   %SystemRoot%twain_32      Administrators- Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Change      Server Operators - Change      System - Full Control       %SystemRoot%Web      Administrators- Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Change      Server Operators - Change      System - Full Control   Any other folders      Administrators - Full Control      Creator/Owner - Full Control      Everyone - Change      Server Operators - Change      System - Full Control