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Posted by =?Utf-8?B?Y19yaWdkZW4=?= on January 7, 2006, 4:17 pm
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is there a way of setting a password on a 2nd drive so other people using my
pc in other user acounts cant have access
cheers
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Posted by Malke on January 7, 2006, 4:30 pm
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c_rigden wrote:
> is there a way of setting a password on a 2nd drive so other people
> using my pc in other user acounts cant have access
> cheers
You can't password-protect the entire drive as a whole, but you can
restrict access to folders (and therefore all the data) on the drive.
Here's information about that:
XP does not use passwords to protect resources. It uses permissions
instead. Here is information to help you with that:
How to disable Simple Sharing and set permissions on a shared folder in
Windows XP (Pro only)
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307874
HOW TO: Set, View, Change, or Remove File and Folder Permissions in
Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308418
By default in XP Home, you can only make files and folders under My
Documents "private". Otherwise, to see the security tab in WinXP Home,
restart in Safe mode and log on with an account that has administrator
privileges. To get into Safe Mode, repeatedly tap the F8 key as the
computer is starting up. This will get you to the menu where you can
choose Safe Mode.
Note that the file system must be NTFS, not FAT32.
Passwording of folders is not supported unless you zip them. When you do
(right click a folder, then "send to > compressed folder") and then open
the zip file, you will find an option under file>"add a password".
Otherwise, use third-party software. Google "password protect folders".
Malke
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Posted by Roger Abell [MVP] on January 8, 2006, 10:58 am
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set permissions (as in all other versions of the OS) by using the
cacls commandline utility. This avoids the safemode boot for
a Home edition system.
To use NTFS permissions the drive must not be FAT format.
Just start / run cmd and then enter the commandlines therein.
For example, if the "other drive" is F: and the account that
should have access is Account then issuing
cacls f:\ /t /g system:F
cacls f:\ /e /t /g account:F
will allow only the system and that account to have access
to anything on the drive.
One usually would add the Administrators group with
cacls f:\ /e /t /g administrators:F
but this may be inappropriate if, as in many systems, most
accounts are not limited, but are admins.
Note that if this is so, then the admins can get around the
NTFS permissions by changing them, so restricting as
mentioned in all responses to your post so far would be
imperfect as others could alter them, access stuff, and
then set them back as they were to remain unnoticed.
Roger
> is there a way of setting a password on a 2nd drive so other people using
> my
> pc in other user acounts cant have access
> cheers
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