private files

[Guest]

I have been trying to make user files private using the following instructions
To make your folders private
Open My Computer.
Double-click the drive where Windows is installed (usually drive (C, unless you have more than one drive on your computer).
If the contents of the drive are hidden, under System Tasks, click Show the contents of this drive.

Double-click the Documents and Settings folder.
Double-click your user folder.
Right-click any folder in your user profile, and then click Properties.
On the Sharing tab, select the Make this folder private so that only I have access to it check box.
But the box for marking private is grey and will not accept an x. I have tried making the drive NTFS format and that did not work. Any suggestions? I am using a sony laptop

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

See this link:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/Private.htm

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Jupiter Jones [MVP]
An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/setup.asp
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/

I have been trying to make user files private using the following instructions
To make your folders private
Open My Computer.
Double-click the drive where Windows is installed (usually drive

(C, unless you have more than one drive on your computer).

If the contents of the drive are hidden, under System Tasks, click

Show the contents of this drive.

Double-click the Documents and Settings folder.
Double-click your user folder.
Right-click any folder in your user profile, and then click Properties.
On the Sharing tab, select the Make this folder private so that only I have access to it check box.
But the box for marking private is grey and will not accept an x. I

have tried making the drive NTFS format and that did not work. Any
suggestions? I am using a sony laptop

 

[Guest]

I tried that as well. It just does not work. Someone askes that question I guess almost every day and the answere is the same as well every day. But that does not make it work.

I am considering to move away from XP Home. XP Pro or 2K (Pro) works better. Or Linux may be fine as well ;o)

So ... anyone got a really good WORKING idea???

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Is the file in your own profile?
You can not make a file private unless it is in your profile.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/setup.asp
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/

I tried that as well. It just does not work. Someone askes that

question I guess almost every day and the answere is the same as well
every day. But that does not make it work.

I am considering to move away from XP Home. XP Pro or 2K (Pro) works

better. Or Linux may be fine as well ;o)