Setting Permissions for Hard Drive

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I've upgraded a computer with two hard drives and three user accounts from
W2K Pro to WXP Pro. The C:\ drive will be accessable to all three users of
that computer, but the second drive (D:\) must be ONLY accessable by one
user. I was able to do this in W2K, but can't figure out how to do it in WXP.
The second hard drive is for a philanthropic foundation, and MUST be
protected against unauthorized access by other users of the computer. The
drive is NOT SHARED, therefore LAN access is not an issue, only the other two
user accounts on the computer.
 
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Rob T said:
I've upgraded a computer with two hard drives and three user
accounts from
W2K Pro to WXP Pro. The C:\ drive will be accessable to all
three users of
that computer, but the second drive (D:\) must be ONLY
accessable by one
user. I was able to do this in W2K, but can't figure out how
to do it in WXP.
The second hard drive is for a philanthropic foundation, and
MUST be
protected against unauthorized access by other users of the
computer. The
drive is NOT SHARED, therefore LAN access is not an issue,
only the other two
user accounts on the computer.
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Note: I'm taking for granted that none of the three accounts in
question are members of the Administrators group and that you
have created an administrative account for yourself other than
the built in Administrator account.

If you used NTFS permissions to restrict access under Win2K,
you can do the same thing with XP Pro. In XP, you will have to
disable simple file sharing in order to have access to the
Security tab of the D drive's properties sheet.

To disable simple file sharing, go to Control Panel and double
click Folder Options.
In Folder Options, click on the View tab.
On the View page, scroll to the bottom of the Advanced Settings
box and remove the check mark from the box next to "Use simple
file sharing (Recommended)".
Click OK.

Next, open My Computer or Windows Explorer and right click on
the D drive.
Select Properties from the menu.
In the Properties sheet for D, click on the Security tab.
Give Full Control permissions to the Administrators group as
well as the lone user you want accessing that drive.
Remove any groups listed that the other two accounts are
members of such as the Users group and the Everyone group.

Here are some articles which you may find helpful.

How to disable simplified sharing and set permissions on a
shared folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307874/

How to set, view, change, or remove file and folder permissions
in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308418

Use access control to restrict who can use your files
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/security/learnmore/accesscontrol.mspx

Good luck

Nepatsfan
 
Thanks a million, that did the trick. I did have the other user set as a
"Power User", and I do have an administrative user, but I was bouncing all
around the solution, and couldn't find it. While I knew about removing the
"Use Simple File Sharing", I was so focused on the "Sharing" tab of the D
drive's property sheet, that I didn't even notice the "Security" tab. Yo
Duh! Talk about tunnel vision. It was 4 or 5 years ago when I originally set
up the security in W2K, so I had forgotten what I did then (that, of course,
is known as a "senior moment", and at my age, I'm entitled).

Well it's all working correctly now, thanks to you. I really do appreciate
it.
 
You're welcome.

Nepatsfan

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Rob T said:
Thanks a million, that did the trick. I did have the other
user set as a
"Power User", and I do have an administrative user, but I
was bouncing all
around the solution, and couldn't find it. While I knew
about removing the
"Use Simple File Sharing", I was so focused on the "Sharing"
tab of the D
drive's property sheet, that I didn't even notice the
"Security" tab. Yo
Duh! Talk about tunnel vision. It was 4 or 5 years ago when
I originally set
up the security in W2K, so I had forgotten what I did then
(that, of course,
is known as a "senior moment", and at my age, I'm entitled).

Well it's all working correctly now, thanks to you. I really
do appreciate
it.
Click to expand...
 
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