Re: Local File Sharing Disabling
From: Doug Knox MS-MVP (dknox_at_mvps.org)
Date: 11/19/04
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Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 16:27:15 -0500
In addition to Sharon's advice:
XP PRO: In Windows Explorer, go to Tools, Folder Options, View and uncheck Use Simple File Sharing. Now, when you right click on a drive, folder or file (on an NTFS partition) and select Properties, you'll see a Security tab. Here you can assign or deny permissions based on user name or user group membership.
XP Home: By default, you can only make files and folders under My Documents "private". This is done by right clicking a folder or file and selecting Properties, Sharing. To change the permissions on other folders, you need to boot the computer to Safe Mode and log in on the built in Administrator account. In this mode, you'll see the Security tab in Properties, and you can assign permissions based on user name or group membership.
HOW TO: Set, View, Change, or Remove File and Folder Permissions in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308418
HOW TO: Set, View, Change, or Remove Special Permissions for Files and Folders
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;308419
HOW TO: Disable Simplified Sharing and Password-Protect a Shared Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;307874
-- Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes http://www.dougknox.com -------------------------------- Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm -------------------------------- Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Unsolicited e-mail is not answered. "Puzzled" <puzzled@everything.com> wrote in message news:AVond.124$FO2.123@newsfe1-win.ntli.net... I have WinXP Home with SP 2 installed (No problems with it so far) & any updates since then. How can I keep files on a multi user account pc from being accessed by any user. When I go to the "Sharing & Security" option, the "Make this folder private" box is greyed out. I've logged in as Guest to check, & can go into other local drives, some of which I'd prefer to be limited access. I did see another post in one group about going into Admin Tools & going to Local Security, or some such, but that isn't an option on my system. Many thanks for any assistance.
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