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Old July 15th, 2003, 08:22 AM
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sharing drives with users
Hello,

Ive got XP with 2 users and 1 doesnt want the other to see drive H (partition). is it possible in XP PRO as the administrator to restrict access for other users?? and if so how?

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Old July 15th, 2003, 12:34 PM
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Right-click, "Sharing and Security" maybe?
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eerrr no, i have had a good look around in XP but ive got to say i hate it, doesnt look lke it can be done..

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Yes, you can!
This is one of the advantages of XP Pro vs the "Home" edition. Probably you need to disable this before you can see it:
Extras / Folder Options / View (the second tab) / simple sharing (recommended)

Now you can set individual permissions for each folder. You have to use ntfs though.
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