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More info?)
I believe I know what you're talking about, but I'm on a shared user, not
just a shared computer. The only account on the computer is this user.
There is an administrator account, but it's not been used in so long that
noone knows the password. The user I'm on has all of the administrative
authorities as far as I have seen. I can get in to the security part to set
permissions, but I'm not sure what that would lock me out of. Is there any
way to keep someone else from deleting the TIF?
"Doug Knox MS-MVP" wrote:
> You don't password protect individual folders in XP. You restrict access by assigning permissions to drives, folders and files.
>
> To do this, you must be running NTFS as your file system on the drive in question. If your hard disk/partition is not NTFS you will need to convert it. To do this, open a Command Prompt window and enter the following command:
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> CONVERT X: /FS:NTFS
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> Where X: is the drive letter you wish to convert. You may also want to see
http://www.aumha.org/a/ntfscvt.htm to ensure that you're getting the optimal conversion.
>
> After this step is completed and you've rebooted the computer, if necessary:
>
> XP PRO: In Windows Explorer, go to Tools, Folder Options, View and uncheck Use Simple File Sharing. Now, when you right click on a drive, folder or file (on an NTFS partition) and select Properties, you'll see a Security tab. Here you can assign or deny permissions based on user name or user group membership.
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> XP Home: By default, you can only make files and folders under My Documents "private". This is done by right clicking a folder or file and selecting Properties, Sharing. To change the permissions on other folders, you need to boot the computer to Safe Mode and log in on the built in Administrator account. In this mode, you'll see the Security tab in Properties, and you can assign permissions based on user name or group membership.
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> HOW TO: Set, View, Change, or Remove File and Folder Permissions in Windows XP
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http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308418
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> HOW TO: Set, View, Change, or Remove Special Permissions for Files and Folders
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http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;308419
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> HOW TO: Disable Simplified Sharing and Password-Protect a Shared Folder in Windows XP
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http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;307874
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> In your case, you would want to remove the user's ability to delete files from the TIF. However, this could cause problems as the TIF fills up, since Internet Explorer runs under the user's credentials, it may not be able to delete files to make room for new ones.
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> Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display\Security
> Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
>
http://www.dougknox.com
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> Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
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http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
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> "not so computer savy" <notsocomputersavy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:FD4FAF03-1484-45D2-8159-6974D5BA5BC0@microsoft.com...
> > I'm using a shared computer and others are deleting the temporary internet
> > files. Is there any way to lock that folder with a password so that I know
> > what's been viewed without someone else deleting them?
>
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