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409952 2005-12-04 08:17:00 Hello members

I have installed a number of programm on my sons computer and he wants now to restrict access to those programs from his mate. :confused:
Where can he restrict access to single programs?

Thanks

Gion :badpc:
notechyet (4479)
409953 2005-12-04 08:25:00 Unticking simple file sharing in My computer / tools / folder options might work.

Then right mouse on the folder / program / security tab. The hdd may have to be formatted in NTFS as well, and u may need XP Pro (Or I think u can go into safe mode, with XP Home, or something), to get the security tab.
Speedy Gonzales (78)
409954 2005-12-04 08:42:00 Hi Speedy

What I mean is we have installed Nero and Officexp and a number of others on his account(administrator) So, on his mates account you can also use those and he would like to restrict that?!
Does that make sense?!

Gion
notechyet (4479)
409955 2005-12-04 09:31:00 What you want to do is not possible if you have XP Home without a 3rd party app
Having said that, I have accomplished it after a fashion but if the user is savvy enough he will get round it if he wants to.

But if you are using XP Pro, the easiest way to securely limit individual user access to program files (and the drive must be formatted with NTFS) is to create a share and a User Group then remove the User Group from access permission and put this user who is to be denied access, into that User Group.
bartsdadhomer (80)
409956 2005-12-04 20:07:00 pressf1.co.nz

This works the same with files/folders as it does with drives.
berryb (99)
409957 2005-12-04 20:15:00 doh!
I didn't notice you are using XP Pro
Either of the above will work
bartsdadhomer (80)
409958 2005-12-05 12:15:00 Create two groups:
"auth"
"unauth"
Stick the user accounts that you want to have full access in "auth" and those you dont want to have access in "unauth"

Now go to the executable files and play around with the permissions, assigning the group "auth" to have full r/w/x permissions to XYZ and removing access to all other users/groups. You might even want to put a "deny" in permissions for the "unauth" group on certain things.
Chilling_Silence (9)
409959 2005-12-05 16:23:00 Good morning to you all

Thanks for your research .
In the meantime I have found this . softheap . com/fr . html" target="_blank">www . softheap . com .
It is not free so I may not get it .
Step by step I also like to try your suggestions to see if that is not to hard going and the one Chilling suggested looks promising to me .

So many thanks :thumbs:

Gion
notechyet (4479)
409960 2005-12-05 21:16:00 Gion, Try this:
Open up My Computer --> C: --> Windows --> System32
Now find and right-click on Notepad.exe
Copy it
Go Up a few directories to your C: Drive
Right-click on some whitespace and paste the file
Now right-click on that file and choose Properties
Click on the Security tab
Click on "Add"
Type in the username of the users you dont want to have access to the file and click Okay
Click on the Advanced Button and then select the username again from the list and choose Edit
You can now decide if the user can edit permission, execute the file, read it, write to it... play around and see how you get on :-)

Otherwise there's an app called Folder Guard which basically does all this except its way more powerful with additional functionality and ease-of-use
winability.com
Chilling_Silence (9)
409961 2005-12-06 17:35:00 Hi Chilling

Thanks for all that.
I had a look at the Folderguard and it looks very good to me.
Also at some stage I will try the option you described.
Regards

Gion :) :)
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