Re: Making files private

From: David (docsmiley3@attbi.com)
Date: 06/06/02 

From: "David" <docsmiley3@attbi.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2002 05:10:36 -0700

The folders I am attempting to make private are My
Documents and subfolders. I thought that when it
upgraded from ME to XP it changed all files to NTFS. How
do I check? If they are FAT, how do I change them? This
sounds like you may have identified the problem.

The unseen profile was renamed. It was "Brooke" and was
renamed to "Brooke and Chase". There is not folder
option in My Computer for either "Brooke's Documents"
or "Brooke and Chase's Documents". But when logged in
as "Brooke and Chase" you can see the My Documents for
their profile. Does this still sound like it was renamed
when they were logged on? If so, is their a way to
correct that?

Thanks for the response!
>-----Original Message-----
>Make private cannot be done to everything, only some
folders,
>and it requires NTFS rather than FAT.
>
>The profiles you do / do not see can be explained if an
account
>has been renamed. If acctX is renamed acctY, and acctX
had
>logged in before the rename, then acctY will continue to
use
>the profile in folder named acctX
>
>I am not sure why you say you see accounts Administrator
and
>adminB "but they appear linked", and when you log in as
>Administrator you are actually AdminB. Why do you think
so?
>
>--
>Roger Abell
>MVP (Windows Platform) Associate Expert
>The Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>
>"David" <docsmiley3@attbi.com> wrote in message
>news:aa3f01c20d15$85b8f2c0$37ef2ecf@TKMSFTNGXA13...
>> I have recently upgraded from ME to XP Home. I have
four
>> accounts set up. I am the administrator. The other
>> three are limited users. When I run Control
>> userpasswords2, I can see another administrator which
was
>> the default admin when it was setup but my account
>> appears to be linked to it. When I manually log on to
>> it, it brings up my account.
>> The problem I am experiencing is when right clicking
on a
>> file and selecting sharing and security and the sharing
>> tab, the "make this folder private" line is grayed out
>> and will not let me check it. I've logged in to the
>> other accounts and they respond the same way.
>>
>> A second issue...when opening Windows Explorer, I can
see
>> the User1 Documents, User3 Documents, User4 Documents
and
>> Shared Documents folders under My Computer, but User2
is
>> non-existent. When I am in their profile I can see it
as
>> My Documents but still not under My Computer.
>>
>> Any user can access anyones folders and programs.
Kinda
>> defeats the purpose of having administrator settings.
>> Any ideas anyone?
>
>
>.
>

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