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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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