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More info?)
Good luck.
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Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
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"Vance McAlister" <v.mcalister@ejgd.com> wrote in message
news:OH9IdjmoEHA.3520@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Great! I will try this and let you know how it goes.
>
> "Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/User)" <user@#notme.com> wrote in
> message news:ekjJBvcoEHA.2864@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> Well, you could try simply making a user a limited account and not
>> install
>> the application in that user account. However, some applications might
>> still be accessible so you'd have to test. The next layer of security
>> you
>> could employ would be to try to use file ownership to keep them from
>> initializing the application.
>>
>> If you understand how to take ownership, you might be able to use the
>> procedure to block ownership by not having the user listed on the
>> security
>> tab but understand, in Home Edition, this is a bit of a convoluted
> procedure
>> as follows:
>>
>> These are the instructions for taking ownership of a file in XP Home
>> Edition:
>>
>> XP-Home
>>
>> Unfortunately, XP Home using NTFS is essentially hard wired for "Simple
> File
>> Sharing" at system level.
>>
>> However, you can set XP Home permissions in Safe Mode. Reboot, and start
>> hitting F8, a menu should eventually appear and one of the
>> options is Safe Mode. Select it. Note, it will ask for the
> administrator's
>> password. This is not your administrator account, rather it is the
>> machine's administrator account for which users are asked to create a
>> password during setup.
>>
>> If you created no such password, when requested, leave blank and press
>> enter.
>>
>> Open Explorer, go to Tools and Folder Options, on the view tab, scroll to
>> the bottom of the list, if it shows "Enable Simple File Sharing" deselect
> it
>> and click apply and ok. If it shows nothing or won't let you make a
> change,
>> move on to the next step.
>>
>> Navigate to the files, right click, select properties, go to the Security
>> tab, click advanced, go to the Owner tab and select the user that was
> logged
>> on when you were refused permission to access the files. Click apply and
>> ok. Close the properties box, reopen it, click add and type in the name
> of
>> the user you just enabled. If you wish to set ownership for everything
>> in
>> the folder, at the bottom of the Owner tab is the following selection:
>> "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects," select it as well.
>>
>> Once complete, you should be able to do what you wish with these files
> when
>> you log back on as that user.
>>
>> --
>> Michael Solomon MS-MVP
>> Windows Shell/User
>> Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
>> DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
>>
>> "Vance McAlister" <v.mcalister@ejgd.com> wrote in message
>> news:u2W%23LicoEHA.260@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> > Thank you very much for your help. I have printed this out already.
>> > The
>> > problem I see is that we are using XP Home on that machine. Is there
> any
>> > way to limit access with Home?
>> >
>> > "Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/User)" <user@#notme.com> wrote
>> > in
>> > message news:%23ZvL1yaoEHA.2864@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> >> I assume by identities you mean you wish to create new users. Open
>> > Control
>> >> Panel, open User Accounts, click "Create a new account" and follow the
>> >> screen. Note, if these accounts are to be password protected, when
>> >> you
>> >> finish creating the account, in the left frame there should be a link
>> > about
>> >> protecting your computer from lost passwords, use that and follow the
>> >> instructions for creating a password reset disk.
>> >>
>> >> As to the access issue, you will need to use the Group Profile Editor:
>> >>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307882
>> >>
>> >> Note, the Group Profile Editor is only available in XP Pro and is not
>> >> available in XP Home Edition. In addition to the information above
> with
>> >> regard to setting user access, you might want to post this question to
>> >> the
>> >> windowsxp.configuration_manage newsgroup as they may be able to give
> you
>> >> specific instructions beyond the general use of the Group Policy
>> >> Editor
>> >> article to which I've provided a link above.
>> >>
>> >> Also note, many applications were not created for a multi-user
>> >> environment
>> >> and the GPE notwithstanding, you may need to do the following to give
>> > access
>> >> to more than one user:
>> >> First, be sure the account to which you wish to grant access is set to
>> >> administrator and not limited. Install the applications to the same
>> > folder
>> >> in which it was originally installed. This will look the same as one
>> >> install on your hard drive but create the pointers necessary for this
>> >> user
>> >> to have access to the application.
>> >>
>> >> Once the installation is complete, you can return the account to its
>> > limited
>> >> status if that is what you want and the user should still have access.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Michael Solomon MS-MVP
>> >> Windows Shell/User
>> >> Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
>> >> DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
>> >>
>> >> "Vance McAlister" <v.mcalister@ejgd.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:%23weaKlaoEHA.2920@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> >> > We have a computer at work that has multiple users, but only one
>> > identity
>> >> > at
>> >> > the moment. I would like to set up a new identity and set it up so
>> >> > that
>> >> > certain programs already installed on the computer can only be
> accessed
>> > by
>> >> > the new identity. Other programs we would like accessed by both
>> >> > identities.
>> >> >
>> >> > Can someone point me to a simple walkthrough of this process?
> Thanks!
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
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