Administrator account vs limited account

G

Guest

hi, Im running Windows XP on my laptop and at the moment I have 3 users set
up: user 1 (administrator account), user 2 (limited account),user 3 - guest
(very
limited account). I'm trying to configure my machine so that only the
administrator can have access to the C: drive and the other 2 users' files.
As it is at the moment even though the other 2 users have limited accounts,
they can still access the C: drive and the administrator files (their
accounts being limited only in terms on installing/uninstalling
software/hardware). I know one way of resolving the issue of gaining access
to files would be to password-protect them but what I am really trying to
achieve is two level of users, one with full control of the machine
and the other 2 with no access whatsoever to the C: drive and the other
users's files...
Many thanks
 
P

peterk

This brings to mind the question.......if they have NO access to the C drive
what would they run??
XP is usually on the C drive,IE is on the C drive,Outlook Express is on the
C drive
Most programs install to the C drive.................do you have another
drive??
peterk
 
G

Guest

No, I dont have any other drive...

When I said no access I meant moe like them no having access to the 2 other
users desktops, files, etc ( i.e. C:\Documents and Settings\Guest\Desktop)
rather than applications (i.e. C:\Program Files). Basically if I could even
just passowrd-protect specific folders, it would be good (can't password
protect file by file, simply too many of them)
 

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