How do I remove padlock icon from all my files?

On one of my drives, every single file has a little padlock icon superimposed over the file icon. I recall when I did a clean install of windows 7 RC over my Vista install, I wasn't getting write access to the drive so I had to take ownership of the drive and mess with the security settings before it started working normally.
I have to admit, I find the security settings in all versions of NT mystifying... For instance, although my account is in the administrators group, having full access to administrators never seems to work. I always have to add my individual user account and explicitly give it full access.
In any case, I can't remember exactly what it took, but after messing around with the security settings for a while, I eventually was able to have full access to the drive and have no problems reading/writing/deleting files and folders, but there's the padlock icon still on everything.
Can anyone explain how to get rid of it, and/or maybe point me to a good, clear, understandable guide on how to properly set NTFS permissions.
Thanks!

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<textarea cols="100" rows="20" name="body"><blockquote> <p>Hi,</p> <p>This is a new feature of Windows 7 RC. If a folder's ownership is SYSTEM, the icon would be appears.</p> <p>To
remove the icon, please change the ownership of the folders. You may refer the following website.</p> <p><a href="http://www.vista4beginners.com/Change-permissions-take-ownership">Change the permissions and take ownership of your
files and folders&nbsp; Windows Vista for Beginners</a>&nbsp;</p> <p>Important Note: Microsoft provides third-party contact information to help you find technical support. This contact information may change without notice. Microsoft
does not guarantee the accuracy of this third-party contact information.</p> <hr> Arthur Xie - MSFT</blockquote> <p>You may call this a feature but I call it rediculous. The security and ownership system deployed in win 7 is beyond
belief and horribly BAD!</p> <p>I have files which have disappeared from view under start / all programs which are clearly on my system. They can be seen by an administrator only account but not by a users acccount which has administrator privs.
That really makes great since!</p> &nbsp;Returning to Win XP looks like a good option to me. Anyone who changes the ownership of an entire drive is asking for latent problems when various areas within windows needs ownership of SYSTEM or Trustedinstaller
and others which were overwritten with the change.</textarea>
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