Re: 'Everyone' permissions on C Drive

From: Kent W. England [MVP] (kwe@mvps.org)
Date: 10/07/02 

From: "Kent W. England [MVP]" <kwe@mvps.org>
Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2002 17:26:56 -0700

What happens if you "convert" from FAT32 to NTFS? Doesn't XP leave the
disk wide open? My XP Pro w/ NTFS allows everyone "read" and "execute"
permission on C:, but further down, restrictions prevent everyone and
limited accounts (user group) from accessing all system folders. 

--
Kent W. England, MS MVP for Windows XP
(Please respond only in the newsgroup)
Roger Abell [MVP] <mvpNOSPAM@asu.edu> wrote:
> Well, it is interesting that your install, using NTFS, does not
> seem to have had the default permissions applied.

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