WinXP users drive & partition access rights

[viky1181]

is it possible to restrict drive or folders access rights to different winxp users logging into the system. can i restrict them from deleting or modifying any files in a specific drive or folder.

 

[IDLE]

depends...what file system are you using? Fat or NTFS?

also you will need to setup user accounts to prevent users accessing a specific foler.

if you dont have a user accounts or dont want to create them you may not be able to do this unless

you get a third party sofware that could possibly password a certain folder....


http://www.softpedia.com/get/Security/Lockdown/Folder-Guard-XP-Edition.shtml

 

[IDLE]

oh and another thing you can do is make the folder hidden. not to secure but can be useful

 

[viky1181]

i have ntfs file system on the partition where xp is installed and user accounts r installed. but any user can access all my drives and partitions. how can i restrict it? is it possible without any third party software

 

[Hipster Doofus]

XP Home or Professional??

 

[viky1181]

ok i finally got it. winxp ntfs partition has a security feature to assign rights to a partition or folder.

 

[xtweaker]

Ya you just need to disable "Simple File Sharing" to se ethe advances security settings. You can get that option in the Folder Options control panel.

Just a hint, if you ever lock yourself out, you can get back access by changing the Ownership back to yourself.