Blocking access to computer on network

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Don Sepanski

Hello,

I've read various posts here, and as much as I can absorb from the Help
available in Windows. I can't seem to find the answers to some network
questions I have.

We use a cable modem and wired router to share an internet connection. And
we have a home network setup using Windows XP with three computers attached.
I use one of the computers and my son uses two. My son, who lives in the
house with me, is the one who set up our network, as he has more computer
skills than I do.

I'm assuming my son is the network administrator, so as to be able to manage
problems that occur with our network setup. And I don't have any problem
with this under certain circumstances.

My questions are, if he is network administrator, does this mean he has
access to all the drives, folders, and files on my computer?

Or is this only possible if sharing of files and folders on my computer is
allowed?

To the best of my knowledge my computer is not set up to allow files and
folders sharing, but I am unclear on how to verify this. The help files
don't seem to be clear on how to verify that your computer drives, folders,
and files aren't available for sharing.

Thanks,
Don Sepanski
 
If he is the administrator of the network or your computer, he can do whatever he would like to do. For example, he can enable the file sharing or he can access you C drive using use net C$ command without file sharing enabled.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
Hello,

I've read various posts here, and as much as I can absorb from the Help
available in Windows. I can't seem to find the answers to some network
questions I have.

We use a cable modem and wired router to share an internet connection. And
we have a home network setup using Windows XP with three computers attached.
I use one of the computers and my son uses two. My son, who lives in the
house with me, is the one who set up our network, as he has more computer
skills than I do.

I'm assuming my son is the network administrator, so as to be able to manage
problems that occur with our network setup. And I don't have any problem
with this under certain circumstances.

My questions are, if he is network administrator, does this mean he has
access to all the drives, folders, and files on my computer?

Or is this only possible if sharing of files and folders on my computer is
allowed?

To the best of my knowledge my computer is not set up to allow files and
folders sharing, but I am unclear on how to verify this. The help files
don't seem to be clear on how to verify that your computer drives, folders,
and files aren't available for sharing.

Thanks,
Don Sepanski
 
Robert said:
If he is the administrator of the network or your computer, he can do whatever he would like to do. For example, he can enable the file sharing or he can access you C drive using use net C$ command without file sharing enabled.
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If you wish to protect folders or individual files you can encrypt just
those folders and their contents or just selected files. There are a
number of encryption programs available both free and for a fee. Just
Google "file encryption". I use "Folder Lock" locally and on removable
drives. You would just encrypt and then un-encrypt when you need to.
He would not be able to obtain your user and password unless a key
logger was used. You can check to see if this has been done.
Dennis
MS Partner
 
DbMstr said:
If you wish to protect folders or individual files you can encrypt just
those folders and their contents or just selected files. There are a
number of encryption programs available both free and for a fee. Just
Google "file encryption". I use "Folder Lock" locally and on removable
drives. You would just encrypt and then un-encrypt when you need to.
He would not be able to obtain your user and password unless a key
logger was used. You can check to see if this has been done.
Dennis
MS Partner
Click to expand...

And I'm guessing I know the answer to this question. I use a password in
Windows to lock my computer. It also activates when the screen saver starts
up.

Would the network administrator still have access to the computer even if
that computer uses a password to lock the computer?

Don
 
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