Re: Folder Access Restriction

Shrikant wrote:

I am using the term folder guard in a generic sense to indicate folder
security in general and not to any product in particular.
I went to site ...307874 and did as indicated. However, my folders
continue to remain accessable to other user accounts. (I have not yet
restarted my computer....may be that will help ?)
The site ...308418 is "Currently Not Available".
I do not know what file system I am using ... NTFS or FAT32. I am using
Windoes XP Professional. I understand that NTFS is better system. How to
install it ?

Again, you set permissions by:

1. Creating user accounts and allowing only desired users to access
resources.

2. In XP Pro, you can set fine-grained permissions. This KB article covers
it quite well:

How to configure file sharing in Windows XP (includes information about
permissions)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304040

You can set some users to have no access to certain folders with this
method.

3. Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Computer Management>Disk Management to
see if you are using the NTFS file system. If not and you wish to convert:

http://aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm - Converting FAT32 to NTFS by Alex
Nichol

Malke
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