How Can I Restrict User From Accessing External Hardrive in WinXP?

dmcgibbodmcgibbo
edited April 2004 in Science & Tech
hello,
i have two usernames on Windows XP - my main one that is an admin account and then a guest account with limited access. i have everything configured for the accounts as i want it, but i have an external hard drive attached to my computer and want to limit access to the guest account.

i looked for a way to make certain folders in the removable storage private (like you can do with my documents) but cannot find any option anywhere to limit access to the external hard drive.

i have a backup of my drive on the external drive and some other personal files that i'd like to block access to but then i also have a music folder that i'd like the guest account to be able to access. how can i set permissions or do this? if it sn't possible to restrict certain folders, i can move the music folder back onto my main hard drive but then i still need to know how to block the guest from being able to use the external hard drive at all. how can I do this???

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  • rapturerapture
    edited April 2004
    To enable Win2k style security settings go to Folder Options then View, look for "Use simple file sharing" and untick. After you right click your folder/drive you will see the security tab like 2000 has and you can configure access there.
  • dmcgibbodmcgibbo
    edited April 2004
    rapture wrote:
    To enable Win2k style security settings go to Folder Options then View, look for "Use simple file sharing" and untick. After you right click your folder/drive you will see the security tab like 2000 has and you can configure access there.

    thanks. i'm now in the security tab and i am trying to remove or limit access but don't see the guest account. also, there are duplicate entries such as Administrators and then my user name, etc. and then the computer's name slash Users so if i try to modify one of them or deny access it says that it is inheriting permissions from it's parent and i have to remove that first. lets say my computer name is DMC. If I remove permission for DMC/Users that would also remove permission for my admin account and my username that I use right? I just want to remove access for the guest account for certain folders...

    and when i click on advanced and click deny for a certain group the PC just starts thinking and then the window stops responding...

    i'm going to try adding the user guest to the permissions and then clicking on DENY full control for everything and see what happens. i dont know why it thinks so hard and is crashing, possibly b/c it is writing permissions for all that data and subfolders which is a lot of gigs?
  • rapturerapture
    edited April 2004
    I think by disabling the simple shares you lock out everybody other than those on your list. You can then add the guest account (or any others) and configure access.

    All of those different names are there for a reason, local accounts, domain users, workgroup users and so on, depending if you use a network and how its set up. They all have their meaning, as long as you have at least one moderator in there so you can configure your access you shouldnt have any problems.

    If it doesnt work have a look around gpedit.msc for the security settings relating to the guest account.
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