Win XP-Home C:\ folders and files shared/visable by all users?

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Relates to Win XP-Homed edition, SP2.
No "File or Priner Sharing" on/or Network access.

No privacy from other 5 Users adding or reading files that show in what
appears to be (Too) common folders and files. An example wold be:

All 5 Users have a C:\Temp file. One of the 5 Users adds a *.jpg to his
login C:\Temp folder, and all 5 Users will be able to login to each of their
individual accounts and view the original *.jpg saved by one User.

Why have individual login accounts if there is no privacy or security of
individual date from being shared/viewed/added to by the other 4 Users??

I can not see any sharing priviledges to disable/reconfigure in XP-Home.

Any Help towards a solution?

Thank you,
Art
 
R.click C: or any hd in my computer,properties,select & edit "sharing tab" &
"quota tab"
 
Art said:
Relates to Win XP-Homed edition, SP2.
No "File or Priner Sharing" on/or Network access.

No privacy from other 5 Users adding or reading files that show in what
appears to be (Too) common folders and files. An example wold be:

All 5 Users have a C:\Temp file. One of the 5 Users adds a *.jpg to his
login C:\Temp folder, and all 5 Users will be able to login to each of their
individual accounts and view the original *.jpg saved by one User.

Why have individual login accounts if there is no privacy or security of
individual date from being shared/viewed/added to by the other 4 Users??

I can not see any sharing priviledges to disable/reconfigure in XP-Home.
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XP Home was not designed to do what you want. Either upgrade to Pro or
use third-party encryption software such as TrueCrypt.


Malke
 
Art said:
Relates to Win XP-Homed edition, SP2.
No "File or Priner Sharing" on/or Network access.

No privacy from other 5 Users adding or reading files that show in what
appears to be (Too) common folders and files. An example wold be:

All 5 Users have a C:\Temp file. One of the 5 Users adds a *.jpg to his
login C:\Temp folder, and all 5 Users will be able to login to each of their
individual accounts and view the original *.jpg saved by one User.
Click to expand...


There is security and privacy available in WinXP Home, assuming that
you're using the NTFS file system. How, when a user deliberately saves
a file into a common, shared area of the hard drive, such as C:\Temp,
then he's explicitly sharing the file. If he doesn't want other users
seeing his data, he needs to save the files in the proper location(s)
within his user profile.

Why have individual login accounts if there is no privacy or security of
individual date from being shared/viewed/added to by the other 4 Users??
Click to expand...


The problem isn't with WinXP Home's security model; the problem is
untrained users.





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