Re: user accounts

From: Dave (im_a_user_th@hatesspam.com)
Date: 10/16/02 

From: "Dave" <im_a_user_th@hatesspam.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 20:33:38 GMT

"bob" <smith594@charter.net> wrote in message
news:46d601c27551$c82b0ae0$2ae2c90a@phx.gbl...
> I need help When you have more than one user you set up
> usser accounts I did this. However you are supposed to
> beable to have private documents. Here is he problem.
> Users can access anyones documents by going to the start
> menu and going into the my computer then into the c drive
> and access anything they want from there including what
> everyone else saves in the private folders. I don't mind
> if the admistater can do this but how do I stop any other
> user from doing this. Thanks

How about this?

To make your folders private

  1.. Open My Computer.
  2.. Double-click the drive where Windows is installed (usually drive (C:),
unless you have more than one drive on your computer).
  If the contents of the drive are hidden, under System Tasks, click Show
the contents of this drive.

  3.. Double-click the Documents and Settings folder.
  4.. Double-click your user folder.
  5.. Right-click any folder in your user profile, and then click
Properties.
  6.. On the Sharing tab, select the Make this folder private so that only I
have access to it check box.
 Notes

  a.. To open My Computer, click Start, and then click My Computer.
  b.. This option is only available for folders included in your user
profile. Folders in your user profile include My Documents and its
subfolders, Desktop, Start Menu, Cookies, and Favorites. If you do not make
these folders private, they are available to everyone who uses your
computer.
  c.. When you make a folder private, all of its subfolders are private as
well. For example, when you make My Documents private, you also make My
Music and My Pictures private. When you share a folder, you also share all
of its subfolders unless you make them private.
  d.. You cannot make your folders private if your drive is not formatted as
NTFS. For information about converting your drive to NTFS, click Related
Topics.

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