How to take ownership in Windows 7 and Vista?

Taking owner ship of a file is not so simple but very important to make changes with it.Today, Guys I will show you how to take ownership in Windows 7
For windows 7 you have to take the ownership of hosts file for this follow following steps:

1. Select the file or folder whose ownership you want to take and right click of mouse on it and choose "Properties".
2. On the property window navigate to "Security" tab.
3. Click on "Advanced".

4. On the open advanced security option window navigate to "Owner" tab.
5. Now click on "Edit".
6. a new window for advanced security option will be opened.
7. you will find a table asking for "Change owner to". Now select the local user to which you want to take the ownership.
8. Below that you will find an check box "replace owner on sub containers and objects".
9. Just tick the check box.10. Now apply all the modified setting.
11. During apply the changes it will show an message "You do not have the permission to read the file or the contents of the directory. Do you want to change the permission of the file or folder to full control. All permission will be replaced if you press o.k".
12. Just ignore the message and Press o.k.
SEE ALSO:How to add option"TAKE OWNERSHIP" to right click menu of a windows file