Administrators are treated as Users for file permissions

From: Qui-Gon Jinn (none@none.none)
Date: 02/23/03 

From: none@none.none (Qui-Gon Jinn)
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 00:41:16 GMT

I have WinXP Pro, using NTFS and simple file sharing turned off. I
want to set permissions that prevent users that are part of the Users
group from accessing a folder. I've clicked Deny for all permissions
for the Users group . The problem is, after doing that, even the
administrators can't access the folder. At first, I thought it was
because my admin account was a member of Users (XP by default made it
like that). So I removed the Member Of Users entry from my admin
account. But my admin still doesn't have access.

I looked at the Users group properties; it's members lists
"Authenticated Users" and "Interactive". Am I right in assuming that
"Authenticated Users" includes admins? So do I need to create a new
group called "Restricted Users" and assign all the users to that
group?

BTW, I checked the Effective Permissions for my admin account on that
folder; it says I have full control but I still can't access it.

I've checked on Google groups but didn't find anything related; the
Knowledge Base was equally unhelpful. I'd really appreciate it if
someone can help me. Thanks.

Please post your replies to the group - I want all useful replies to
be available to the everyone.

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