What I mean is I have an XP Home Ed fully patched laptop with two users on it. Both are 'Computer administrator' but while User A can browse the folders and files in User B's profile the reverse is not true. So clearly User A is more of an admin than User B.
Can I raise the admin level of User B so that they can browse user A's profile?
Ken
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Re: user A can access user B folders but not vice versa
Do both User A and B have the files (or the whole drive) shared? I would think that would be more of an issue than admin level.
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Re: user A can access user B folders but not vice versa
I don't know. I suppose it might be a sharing thing but my experience in a domain environment at work (which this is NOT, it's XP Home Prem) is that if you are a local admin on a PC then you can browse all the folders under C:\Documents and Settings. I expected things to be similar on a stand alone laptop, if you are logged into an account that XP Home Premium deems to be a 'Computer administrator' then I thought you would be able to see everything under C\Documents and Settings. This is true for User A but not User B.
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Re: user A can access user B folders but not vice versa
I usually solve problems like this by moving all the user files away from the Documents and Settings folder into a data partition.
This is almost certainly an issue with the permissions on the folders. I think that the default behaviour is that each users folders are protected from other users and I suspect that someone must have changed the protection on the folders that can be accessed to make this easier.
This is almost certainly an issue with the permissions on the folders. I think that the default behaviour is that each users folders are protected from other users and I suspect that someone must have changed the protection on the folders that can be accessed to make this easier.
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Re: user A can access user B folders but not vice versa
Further consultation with User A reveals that it probably is a sharing thing and that something somewhere was ticked to stop folders being visible to others. I will look into this more when I'm next at the laptop.
Thanks for the help so far.
Ken
Thanks for the help so far.
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Re: user A can access user B folders but not vice versa
Found the answer. Log in as User A, right click on their root profile folder C\docs & settings\user a click properties and on the sharing tab their is a make this folder private tick box.
It's not ticked by default on any profiles on my main XPMCE box nor for User B on XP Home Prem. User A is clearly a bit paranoid.
Thanks everyone.
Ken
It's not ticked by default on any profiles on my main XPMCE box nor for User B on XP Home Prem. User A is clearly a bit paranoid.
Thanks everyone.
Ken
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Re: user A can access user B folders but not vice versa
More interesting is that I don't even have such a tick box on my XP MCE... Hmmm. Mebbe it's because I have the whole drive shared.
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Re: user A can access user B folders but not vice versa
You mean on your XPMCE system if in Explorer you find:
C:\Documents and Settings\username
and right click and select properties and then select the Sharing tab you don't see this?
C:\Documents and Settings\username
and right click and select properties and then select the Sharing tab you don't see this?
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Re: user A can access user B folders but not vice versa
Not nearly like that. The only thing I can think of is the fact that I've shared the whole drive. I'm lost...
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Re: user A can access user B folders but not vice versa
My curiosity about this is getting me. I tried un-sharing my drive but the properties window didn't change, Ken.
Here's a shot of my XP MCE properties screen. Is it possible there's more than one "version?"
Here's a shot of my XP MCE properties screen. Is it possible there's more than one "version?"
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Re: user A can access user B folders but not vice versa
It was an idea Al but my Sys Props box is almost identical to yours - even down to the CPU!
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