strip permissions

[aggiestudd07]

My dad's old comp died and I am pulling his files off the hdd. It is an old 40gb IDE disk and I am connecting it to my computer using an IDE-USB external enclosure. I am able to access the disk and its contents just fine, but when I try to access his My Documents and my mother's My Documents folders, they must have been set to private when they were setting up their accounts b/c it says I dont have permission to access those folders. I went ahead and changed the permissions in the security tab under the folder options and I now have complete access to both folders and their contents, however it is for my user account only.

Here is my question:
How can I completely remove the required permissions from those folders so I can just mail a DVD with the contents of the drive back to him and he won't have to worry about reassigning ownership of the directories?

I am using Vista Ultimate x64, however he will be using both XP Pro and Vista Home Premium. I want to save him the trouble and trying to explain how to do this, esp since I dont know how to do it in XP.

Thanks for suggestions

 

[Ockie]

add the user "guest" and "Everyone" in there in the permissions.

 

[aggiestudd07]

add the user "guest" and "Everyone" in there in the permissions.

i had to go back to work, but when i get back i will look and see if i am able to do that. i kinda looked for something that briefly, but didnt really find any field where i could put that in.