I guess I'm a bit dense, I'm in the Philippines and can't seem to find a
manual on WindowsXP. I need to add a user and protect most of my drives and
some files on C drive from access by the new user.... how to do?

george_james68 wrote:
>> I guess I'm a bit dense, I'm in the Philippines and can't seem to
>> find a manual on WindowsXP. I need to add a user and protect most of
>> my drives and some files on C drive from access by the new user....
>> how to do?

WindowsXP Home or Pro?

george_james68 wrote:

> I guess I'm a bit dense, I'm in the Philippines and can't seem to find
> a manual on WindowsXP. I need to add a user and protect most of my
> drives and some files on C drive from access by the new user.... how
> to do?

It depends on whether you have Pro or Home. In the meantime:

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".

Also, to restrict users if you have Pro you can use the Group Policy
Editor. For questions about Group Policy, post here:
microsoft.public.windows.group_policy

To restrict users if you have Home, look at either Doug Knox's Security
Console or the MS Shared Computer Toolkit:

http://www.dougknox.com/
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/s...s/default.mspx

Malke
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