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03-17-2003, 09:58 PM
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Private Partitions
I was thinking of getting a new hard drive and I was going to partitions it how I have my main folders. Like I will put a music partition, my documents, ect. With my setup now I have the mentions folders set as private folders. Will I be able to do this or can anyone access those drives?
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03-17-2003, 10:11 PM
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Do you mean not-shared or password protected?
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03-18-2003, 09:43 AM
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You have XP Pro, so you can password protect, lock out, or even make invisible the folders/partitions, unless you log in as Administrator, and unhide them.
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03-18-2003, 11:09 AM
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03-18-2003, 12:18 PM
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I think you can set which users have access to certain drives with XP. Haven't toyed with that, though.
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03-18-2003, 12:29 PM
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when I make my folders private, I look at the properties and click the sharing tab and check make foler private. I read that it only works for folders in my profile. I uncheked 'Use simple file sharing', and I saw some things that might be what I need, but I'm not sure.
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03-18-2003, 01:31 PM
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Since you have XP Pro, you have as much control over folders as you want. I think it is only with XP Home that you can't use much access control on folders outside of your C:\Documents and Settings\username folder.
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03-18-2003, 01:35 PM
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can you explain how I can do it?
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03-18-2003, 01:54 PM
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Go into Admin Tools, Computer management, Local users and groups, and you can set up anything you want.
Be VERY careful what you do here, or you can even lock out the Administrator, and it's next to impossible to get it back. |
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03-18-2003, 02:51 PM
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I don't understand what to do when I'm in there
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03-18-2003, 03:08 PM
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Time to read the help files then. A discourse on setting file and folder permissions for users is WAY too long to post here.
Search the MSKB for plenty more on how to do this. Basically, each section in there has a properties screen, where you can allow permissions for each group, or user. Once you've set that stuff up right, then go to Start > Run > and type in: gpedit.msc Again, be VERY careful what you do here, or you'll lock yourself out of Windows. |
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03-18-2003, 04:01 PM
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IT would be a good idea to have an admin account set up as a back up and and then fool around with limiting another user.
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