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| Re: I'm almost afraid to go............ [message #59528 is a reply to message #59526] |
Mon, 24 October 2005 22:33   |
Tom Bruhl
 Messages: 1368 Registered: June 2007
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ry instance.
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>> What am I doing wrong?
>I just found a folder, My Documents, that allows privacy so I dragged a
set of folders to it. Seems to keep the User account safe from accessing
it. Haven't quite figured out the finer details, like program permissions.
jef knight wrote:
> Sorry 'bout that....xp pro/ntfs
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> Jeff hoover wrote:
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>> XP pro or Home?
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>> You need pro to do file level security (kind of, home allows a little
>> but nor full control). Also need the drive formatted NTFS instead of
>> FAT32. If it's not you'll have to convert it.
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>> JH
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>> jef knight wrote:
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>>> I know some of you guys are really gurus and I can't seem to find
>>> the info I need by googling, and my winhelp seems to be missing...
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>>> I have a laptop that I'm (sigh) forced to share with a couple of
>>> other people here at the studio. Problem is, I use this sucker for
>>> everything including financial stuff, which I'd like to keep private.
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>>> So, I've set up a user account without a password for the other
>>> guys. Now I want to hide my E: drive from them, so they can only
>>> access C: and D:
>>> I'd also like to stop them from using some programs, as some info
>>> will be viewable.
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>>> I right-clicked and went to "sharing and security" but the do not
>>> share box is greyed out in every instance.
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>>> What am I doing wrong?
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>>Yeh...it allows that by default...pro will allow complete control of
permissions on NTFS. Try right clicking on the E drive and go to
security through that. If the permissions button is blocked out, it
doesn't believe it is NTFS.
JH
jef knight wrote:
> I just found a folder, My Documents, that allows privacy so I dragged a
> set of folders to it. Seems to keep the User account safe from accessing
> it. Haven't quite figured out the finer details, like program permissions.
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> jef knight wrote:
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>> Sorry 'bout that....xp pro/ntfs
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>> Jeff hoover wrote:
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>>> XP pro or Home?
>>>
>>> You need pro to do file level security (kind of, home allows a little
>>> but nor full control). Also need the drive formatted NTFS instead of
>>> FAT32. If it's not you'll have to convert it.
>>>
>>> JH
>>>
>>> jef knight wrote:
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>>>> I know some of you guys are really gurus and I can't seem to find
>>>> the info I need by googling, and my winhelp seems to be missing...
>>>>
>>>> I have a laptop that I'm (sigh) forced to share with a couple of
>>>> other people here at the studio. Problem is, I use this sucker for
>>>> everything including financial stuff, which I'd like to keep private.
>>>>
>>>> So, I've set up a user account without a password for the other
>>>> guys. Now I want to hide my E: drive from them, s
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