My Documents folders

[WWII]

Is there any way to restrict access to a users "My Documents" folder so
only the user has access in XP Pro? I want to restrict Administrator access
to sensitive files.

Thanks.

W Weldin

 

[Bob I]

If every one is an Administrator, then either EFS or some third party
encryption software will have to be used.

 

[Jim]

Is there any way to restrict access to a users "My Documents" folder so
only the user has access in XP Pro? I want to restrict Administrator
access to sensitive files.

Thanks.

W Weldin

You are wasting your time. A members of the administrators group can do
whatever they want whenever they want. You could set permissions to
restrict access, but all that will do is annoy them.
Jim

 

[Frank]

Is there any way to restrict access to a users "My Documents" folder
so only the user has access in XP Pro? I want to restrict
Administrator access to sensitive files.

Thanks.

W Weldin

Help and support > type make private > follow the yellow brick road....

 

[Paul Johnson]

Is there any way to restrict access to a users "My Documents" folder so
only the user has access in XP Pro? I want to restrict Administrator
access to sensitive files.

Not possible. And you should never run as Administrator unless you
absolutely need Administrator: Running programs like mail clients, web
browsers, etc. as Administrator makes a nice, easy virus/trojan horse/user
error entry vector and makes it exponentially easier to hose your system.
Never run as Administrator unless you need Administrator privs, and even
then, use Run As User... instead.

 

[Bob I]

WWII wrote:




Not possible.

You may want to look up EFS in Windows, Help and Support.

 

[Guest]

It would appear that I have stumbled onto WWII's solution, because my
computer has two accounts, both set to Administrator. My account was the
original Admin account and I do have access to everything. However, when I
logon to my wife's account, she does not have access to any files in TerryD's
Documents, even if trying to navigate to them the long way (i.e. from C:
drive. C:\Documents and Settings\TerryD)

I went back to my account and examined the properties of my folder. Under
the Shared tab there's an option to make the folder private. When I
unclicked that option my wife regained full access.

Jim, is this what you meant by restricting access? Yes it is very
annoying, but also very effective.