Greyed out "Make this folder private"check box

R

Rick Jones

I have XP home with one admin account, two limited & one guest account. When
I try My Documents/*file*/Sharing & Security, the "Make this folder private"
check box & text are greyed out. All of my files can be accessed by other
account users via My Computer. How do I make selected files secure from
other account users?
 
J

Juan

Log in with an administrator account, in Control Panel\Folder Options\
View\remove check from Simple File Sharing (recommended).
Go into folder properties\Security\Advanced Options\Ownership.
Take ownership of folder and apply special permissions to your account,
then remove other user accounts from security tab.
Restore the simple file sharing (check) go into your folder properties,
to see if it is now private.

HOW TO: Take Ownership of Files and Folders in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421&Product=winxp
KB 308421 Describes how to take ownership of files or folders that you may
not have permissions for, if you are an administrator for that compueter.

HOW TO: Set, view, change, or remove special permissions for files and
folders in
Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308419&Product=winxp


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G

Guest

I did what Juan said,but my folders can still be seen by the others users with limited accounts.I removed the simple file sharing check, and still nothing.I dont have the advanced options,as is the only computer with 4 accounts,not a domain.What can i do?
 
J

Juan

The advanced options button should be present on any computer
to a user with administrative privileges.. If you removed other user
accounts from the security window and they can still see inside your
profile folder it's probably shared and you are not the owner
to stop sharing it, see the following page..

HOW TO: Configure File Sharing in Windows XP Professional and Home Edition
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;304040&Product=winxp
(304040) - Describes the file sharing features in Windows XP and how to
configure permissions for access to your files and folders.

The option to take ownership is within the Advanced Options button... if you
can't see it, it may be that you don't have that privilege.. to recover the
ownership
privilege and hopefully make the advanced options available, go to
Start\Run\type: secpol.msc and hit enter\Local Directives\User rights
assignment\
Take Ownership of Files and Objects... by default only administrators are
included in this directive.. see if no other account is included and if so,
remove it
next try and take ownership from the C:\drive...

If that wont do it, log-in with the Administrator account and if necessary
in safe mode
if you have lost/forgoten the password, restore it according to instructions
in the next
pages....

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290109&Product=winxp

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;327918&Product=winxp#appliesto

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;321305&Product=winxp

Post any results...


-------------Original Message------------
any said:
I did what Juan said,but my folders can still be seen by the others users
with limited accounts.I removed the simple file sharing check, and still
nothing.I dont have the advanced options,as is the only computer with 4
accounts,not a domain.What can i do?
 
G

Guest

Thanks for your time.Maybe the problem is that the hard drive uses FAT32?And the options are limited?That is what i was told.Could be? Any way,nothing works and my folders are very public!
And i noticed,that all users,even with limited accounts,can access to PC/documents and settings,and all that is in PC.Is that suppose to be like that?Any one can delete everything from there?Cause my daughter has a limited account and she can get into there and make a mess!
One more thing,do you speak spanish?It would be easier for me,thanks.
Any
 
J

Juan

Saludos Any:

Efectivamente tener el metodo de archivos FAT32, tiene sus
limitaciones en materia de seguridad... el sistema de archivos
en NTFS es bastante mas seguro e incluso recomendado...
Por ser NTFS el sistema usual Windows XP, no tenia idea que
tuvieras el sistema FAT32... de lo contrario la solucion habria sido
inmediata... es conveniente que conviertas a NTFS y veras la gran
diferencia... con este metodo nadie puede entrar a tu carpeta
personal ni siquiera con privilegios de administrador.
A continuacion estan los vinculos que necesitas para solucionar
tu problema.. Adicionalmente, te recomiento que en el futuro pidas
asistencia en grupos de habla hispana..... los puedes identificar con la
abreviacion "es"...

En el Outlook Express, ve al menu de Tools (Herramientas) y dale click a
News Groups (Grupos de Noticias) y en la casilla superior escribe .es.
verás la cantidad de grupos de soporte en español que existen..

microsoft.public.es.windowsxp.seguridad
microsoft.public.es.windowsxp.aplicaciones
microsoft.public.es.windowsxp.instalacion

Algunos comentarios que encontre por si decides convertir a NTFS

Un sistema de archivos es la estructura general con la que se asigna nombre
a los archivos y se guardan y almacenan. Windows admite tres sistemas de
archivos: FAT, FAT32 y NTFS. Usted elige un sistema de archivos cuando
instala Window, da formato a un volumen existente o instala un disco duro
nuevo. Antes de decidir qué sistema de archivos utilizar, es conveniente
conocer
las ventajas y limitaciones de cada uno de ellos. Cambiar el sistema de
archivos de un volumen existente es una tarea prolongada, por lo que se
recomienda que elija un sistema de archivos que se ajuste a sus necesidades
a largo plazo. Si decide utilizar un sistema de archivos diferente, debe
hacer una copia de seguridad de los datos y, después, volver a dar formato
al volumen con el nuevo sistema de archivos. Sin embargo, puede convertir un
volumen FAT o FAT32 en un volumen NTFS sin necesidad de dar formato al
volumen, aunque también es conveniente en este caso hacer una copia de
seguridad de los datos antes de realizar la conversión.

Como utilizar copia de seguridad para hacer copia de seguridad de archivos

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;es;308422&Product=winxpINT

Como utilizar copia de seguridad para restaurar archivos

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;ES;309340

Como utilizar Convert.exe para convertir una particion al Sistema de
archivos NTFS

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;es-mx;314097&Product=winxp

Como configurar el uso compartido de archivos en Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;es-mx;304040&Product=winxp


--------------Original Message-------------

Thanks for your time.Maybe the problem is that the hard drive uses
FAT32?And the options are limited?That is what i was told.Could be? Any
way,nothing works and my folders are very public!
And i noticed,that all users,even with limited accounts,can access to
PC/documents and settings,and all that is in PC.Is that suppose to be like
that?Any one can delete everything from there?Cause my daughter has a
limited account and she can get into there and make a mess!
 

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