Need to "unshare" drive

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Running Vista Home Premium on a desktop into which I've just installed
a new drive . . . and I'm trying to restrict access to that drive to
just one user. (There are two user accounts, the one for which I'm
trying to restrict access is a Standard account.)

First, I successfully hid this drive following the instructions here:
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/hide-drives-from-your-computer-in-windows-vista/

Second, I changed sharing ("right click"|Properties|Sharing|Advanced
Sharing|Permissions) to deny access to the standard account . . . and
from this account I still have full access. I also tried adding Deny
permissions to folders on this drive; I still have access to these
from this Standard account.

I do need to share this drive across a router-based network with an XP
computer. What must I do to maintain access on the older computer,
yet restrict access to the one user on the newer computer?

Thanks -
 
Running Vista Home Premium on a desktop into which I've just installed
a new drive . . . and I'm trying to restrict access to that drive to
just one user. (There are two user accounts, the one for which I'm
trying to restrict access is a Standard account.)

First, I successfully hid this drive following the instructions here:
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/hide-drives-from-your-computer-in-windows-vista/

Second, I changed sharing ("right click"|Properties|Sharing|Advanced
Sharing|Permissions) to deny access to the standard account . . . and
from this account I still have full access. I also tried adding Deny
permissions to folders on this drive; I still have access to these
from this Standard account.

I do need to share this drive across a router-based network with an XP
computer. What must I do to maintain access on the older computer,
yet restrict access to the one user on the newer computer?

Thanks -
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The instructions that you followed don't restrict access. Any user
who knows the drive's letter can access the drive.

Sharing permissions have no effect on other users of the same
computer. They only apply to users who access the drive from another
computer on the network.

To define permissions for another user on the same computer,
right-click the drive and go to Properties > Security.
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The instructions that you followed don't restrict access.  Any user
who knows the drive's letter can access the drive.

Sharing permissions have no effect on other users of the same
computer.  They only apply to users who access the drive from another
computer on the network.
Click to expand...

I'd not realized this, but then I'm not particularly adept in
Vista . . . .
To define permissions for another user on the same computer,
right-click the drive and go to Properties > Security.
Click to expand...

I should have known better . . . this is a little more like XP was.
Thanks for the help!
 
I'd not realized this, but then I'm not particularly adept in
Vista . . . .


I should have known better . . . this is a little more like XP was.
Thanks for the help!
Click to expand...

You're welcome! Please let us know how it goes, or come back with
more questions.
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
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