Re: Managing media center extenders
- From: "Doug Knox MS-MVP" <dknox@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 08:15:42 -0400
The user accounts for Extenders get names like MCX1, MCX2 and etc. Use file and folder permissions to restrict what these user accounts can access. To do this, you must be running NTFS as your file system on the drive in question. If your hard disk/partition is not NTFS you will need to convert it. To do this, open a Command Prompt window and enter the following command:
CONVERT X: /FS:NTFS
Where X: is the drive letter you wish to convert. You may also want to see http://www.aumha.org/a/ntfscvt.htm to ensure that you're getting the optimal conversion.
After this step is completed and you've rebooted the computer, if necessary:
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.
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
As for removing features, such the ability to change Live TV Channels, you would have to remove the My TV Menu. You can only block access, as far as I know, to the top level menus, and even then, only some and the change applies to all users of the computer. This is done through
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Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display\Security
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
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Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
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"dj29926" <dj29926@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:FE8BAA22-27CF-4371-9109-A430F2634BEC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I have 3 media center extenders ( 1 HP and 2 Linksys) connected to my Media
> Center PC 2005 rollup 2 with hotfixes. Is there any way to easily manage
> these extenders to restrict access to various media files? I also want to
> disable certain functions such as live TV etc. I don't want certain other
> members of the household to have the ability to change channels on my MCE
> tuners remotely.
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