Greetings,

A shared folder in my computer can be accessed (Read Only) by all
computers in our small office local network, how can i protect my files in
this shared folder from being copied?!!!

Thanks in advance

Hi there WiseMan,

Check out the below MS kbase article:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q307874

Also see here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...308418&sd=tech

HTH
Venkatesh [MS India Community Star]
"WiseMan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:#(E-Mail Removed)...
> Greetings,
>
> A shared folder in my computer can be accessed (Read Only) by all
> computers in our small office local network, how can i protect my files
in
> this shared folder from being copied?!!!
>
> Thanks in advance
>
>

little paranoid aren't we...
well, anyway...burn them to a cd or dvd...don't keep them on the HD....
hey, think you could find anymore newsgroups to post this in.....



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WiseMan wrote:

> A shared folder in my computer can be accessed (Read Only) by all
> computers in our small office local network, how can i protect my files in
> this shared folder from being copied?!!!

Hi

Sorry, you cannot (I assume that all the users is supposed to
have read access to the shared folder). If a file can be read,
it can be copied as well...


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Hello Mr. Torgeir Bakken

Greetings,

You wrote:

> Sorry, you cannot

Not at all :-))

> (I assume that all the users is supposed to have read access to the shared
folder)

Smart assumption ;-)

> If a file can be read, it can be copied as well...

Simple but Valuable fact :-O

Yes, you are right, i doubted it from the begining!!

Thank you for being smart enough to understand what i exactly needed,
your clear, direct, honest statment, your smart assumptions! and for your
respecting people's intelligence.

Thank you

You can encrypt the folder containing your files. Only you can access data
that you encrypted, whether locally or over the network. This is an NTFS
feature. HD has to be formatted NTFS.
right click folder > properties > Advanced > "enable"

"WiseMan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello Mr. Torgeir Bakken
>
> Greetings,
>
> You wrote:
>
> > Sorry, you cannot
>
> Not at all :-))
>
> > (I assume that all the users is supposed to have read access to the
shared
> folder)
>
> Smart assumption ;-)
>
> > If a file can be read, it can be copied as well...
>
> Simple but Valuable fact :-O
>
> Yes, you are right, i doubted it from the begining!!
>
> Thank you for being smart enough to understand what i exactly needed,
> your clear, direct, honest statment, your smart assumptions! and for your
> respecting people's intelligence.
>
> Thank you
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

"WiseMan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Greetings,
>
> A shared folder in my computer can be accessed (Read Only) by all
> computers in our small office local network, how can i protect my files
in
> this shared folder from being copied?!!!
>
> Thanks in advance
>
>

If it's a MS suite DOC such as word, excel, you can password protect your
document. This will probably also work in other suite packages as well.
Now you also say it's shared on your computer. Is it shared meaning the
files exist on a remote server and everyone has access to it, or is it local
on your system?

If you have no contol over your share and you don't want users to access
your files, perhaps putting them in another location local on your system
that's not shared or encrypt your files.

Greetings,
obviously, no one in here understood me except Mr. Torgeir Bakken! i think
its my fault, perhaps it's because of my weak english or maybe i didn't
clarify things!!!
all what you said gentlemen is great and i appreciate it but it's for
beginners, and i'm not one of them (i suppose!!!) i know every thing about
NTFS encryption, protecting MS-Office files by passwords etc etc..
my question simply was:
i want to let that folder remain shared, i want my clients to remain seeing
the
folder, accessing all it's contents (but Read Only sharing)
The only thing i do NOT want is i don't want them
to COPY any of the contents of that folder to their storage medias!!!
haven't i made my self clear? i hope so lol

Regards

If you can see it, you can copy it by some means, perhaps
you print to a file and then open the file.

What you want and can do is prevent them from editing the
content on your computer. The read only sharing will do
that.

You could make copying a little more difficult by making
your objects images with layers, place a transparent image
on top layer and if they right click to copy they will get
only the transparent image layer.


"WiseMan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
| Greetings,
| obviously, no one in here understood me except Mr. Torgeir
Bakken! i think
| its my fault, perhaps it's because of my weak english or
maybe i didn't
| clarify things!!!
| all what you said gentlemen is great and i appreciate it
but it's for
| beginners, and i'm not one of them (i suppose!!!) i know
every thing about
| NTFS encryption, protecting MS-Office files by passwords
etc etc..
| my question simply was:
| i want to let that folder remain shared, i want my clients
to remain seeing
| the
| folder, accessing all it's contents (but Read Only
sharing)
| The only thing i do NOT want is i don't want them
| to COPY any of the contents of that folder to their
storage medias!!!
| haven't i made my self clear? i hope so lol
|
| Regards
|
|
|
|

On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 17:39:14 +0200, WiseMan wrote:

> all what you said gentlemen is great and i appreciate it but it's for
> beginners

Hello. Some answers addressed the question on a basic level because you
cross-posted the question to windowsxp.basics. The meaning of "basics" can
mean different things to different folks and perhaps it is a poor title for
the topics the newsgroup usually covers.

Torgier is amazing and I'm glad that he was able to help you find the
answer you were seeking.

--
Sharon F
MS MVP - Windows XP Shell/User