David,
 
When I right click on a folder, choose Sharing and Security, go to the
Sharing tab,  Make This Folder Private is grayed.  So how can I make it
private?
 
Diane Kroeckel
 
On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:45:50 -0800 David Gillett <[log in to unmask]>
writes:
>   What's in the Recycle Bin is not the actual *accounts*, but the 
> profiles 
> for the accounts -- what's in MY Documents and on the Start Menu and 
> so on.
>   Through the Control Panel, you can get at a utility for actually 
> creating, 
> modifying, and deleting accounts.  And if you use NTFS, you can 
> right-click 
> on any file or folder and go to the Security tab and restrict the 
> access to 
> that item that any account has (including the ability to modify such 
> 
> permissions...); in the case of folders, you can set permissions 
> which will 
> normally be "inherited" by files and folders contained in the folder 
> you 
> adjust.
>   So it's possible to block your children's access to folders you 
> don't want 
> them prying into, including the folders within Program Files of 
> applications 
> you don't want them to run.  (Simply not including those 
> applications in the 
> Start Menus of profiles doesn't stop someone from navigating to the 
> folder 
> and double clicking on the name of an .exe, or typing it at the Run 
> prompt 
> (if the account is allowed to use Run.)
> 
> David Gillett
> 
> 
> 

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