changing account access

[Olie]

i wan't to know how to to restrict other accouts on my pc from accessing certain folders/programs

does any 1 know how to stop them from accessing/seeing these folders.

[wuntvor]

off the top of my head I know you can stop them from accessing anything in your profile

when you set yourself a password there's just a check box for it

I was lookin through MMC, I'm sure there's a way to do it in there

[Kheldar]

yeah right click on the folders and remove those users u don't wan't to have access - also make em users not power users and then they won't be able to touch windows etc.

be careful thou if u restrict them too much 2 things will happen

1. they get annoyed at you

2. programes may not run since they can't access the folders they need to (and registry)

[wuntvor]

if they don't know alot, just hide the folder you don't want them to see :D :D

[Mr. C]

Any "sensitive" data should be transferred to a laptop, and then discreetly left in the backseat of a taxi.
That's the method a lot of governments use:rolleyes:

[SileNceR]

firstly you have to goto Tools->Folder Options->View-> and untick simple file sharing

this allows you to see the security tab

secxond the drive u want to restrict access to must be NTFS as FAT based drives just aren't made with the intention of being secure.

then you right click a folder with "sensitive" information in it, and goto security and remove "everyone" (if there) and any users you do not want to be able to access it, making sure yourself and administrator remain in the list (just using the administrators group may be easier for this purpose, provided you demoted the default XP level admin privelages for new users)

[Beefy]

someone's trying to hide his porn collection... :p

[Andy]

someone's trying to hide his porn collection... :p

shhh!!! your letting out the secret ;)

[Olie]

lol

no porn on this pc

all on the other one ;)

tyhanks for the help guys