Limiting Acess To Whole Folders On An Account

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Limiting Acess To Whole Folders On An Account

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shakey0012002 View Member Profile	Apr 5 2007, 02:22 PM Post #1
New Member Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 5-April 07 Member No.: 122,341	i have 3 young children using an account on my pc, which runs vista. i have the parental controls set to only allow certain sites and certain programs, but i need to know how or if i can make it where they cant go in to the my computer screen and get into the hard drive and alter any of the folders there, like the windows folder or the programs folder. preferable all of them. is this possible and how?

Nebon View Member Profile	Apr 5 2007, 04:29 PM Post #2
Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 164 Joined: 29-March 07 From: Rayleigh, Essex, England Member No.: 120,725	Windows usually hides system and protected files by default. I suppose what you could do is set windows not to show hidden files and folders and then hide all the contents of your harddrive?

Mr Alpha View Member Profile	Apr 5 2007, 06:31 PM Post #3
Forum Addict Group: BC Advisor Posts: 1,875 Joined: 25-November 04 From: Finland Member No.: 5,870	Limited users don't have modify privileges to the Windows and Program Files folders by default in Vista. You can change the privileges by right-clicking and choosing propeties on a folder. There under the security tab you should find the permissions. -------------------- "Anyone who cannot form a community with others, or who does not need to because he is self-sufficient [...] is either a beast or a god." Aristotle AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ \| ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe \| 2GB Corsair TWINX2048-3500LLPRO \| Gigabyte GeForce 8800GTX \| Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS \| ASUS PhysX P1 \| Logitech G15 \| Logitech MX Revolution \| LG Flatron L2000C \| Logitech Z-5500 Digital Stubborn attempts to think clearly

usasma View Member Profile	Apr 5 2007, 09:35 PM Post #4
Visually handicapped, hence the avatar :0) Group: Moderator Posts: 13,899 Joined: 2-October 05 From: Southeastern CT, USA Member No.: 35,824	In the Permissions tab you can DENY permission to do certain things to each file or folder - you'll be able to deny write permission, or deny any control to them there. -------------------- - John If you need a more detailed explanation, please ask for it. I have the Knack.

shakey0012002 View Member Profile	Apr 6 2007, 08:10 AM Post #5
New Member Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 5-April 07 Member No.: 122,341	there are only two accounts on this pc, mine and theirs. when i try to change any of this stuff for their account, it affects mine too. their account name wasnt origanaly on the list that comes up, but i went in and try to add it, then made the changes, but it still affected my account. i'm stumped.

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