{"id":5749,"date":"2021-06-28T10:30:48","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T14:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=5749"},"modified":"2021-06-28T10:30:51","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T14:30:51","slug":"locked-out-of-his-own-pcs-desktop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/28\/locked-out-of-his-own-pcs-desktop\/","title":{"rendered":"Locked out of his own PC\u2019s Desktop!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There\u2019s no such thing as a&nbsp;<em>small<\/em>&nbsp;permissions problem in Windows! 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