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| | Give network access without giving access to the computer itself? Hi there, I have three laptops, all running Vista on a secured wireless network. I keep sensitive files on my laptop (one of the three) and I want to give the other two access to the public folder. I accomplished this by creating two new users that can log in and they now have access to the Public folder on my laptop. The problem is that they ALSO now have access directly to my laptop by logging into my laptop directly using those usernames and passwords. I want them to have access to the public folder but I don't want them to be able to access my PC directly. How can I do this? |
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| | Re: Give network access without giving access to the computer itse "Gordon" wrote: Quote: > "Doc_Phoenix" <Doc_Phoenix@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:FE6F0618-82F4-4E0C-9519-55851E79CB18@xxxxxx Quote: > > Hi there, > > > > I have three laptops, all running Vista on a secured wireless network. I > > keep sensitive files on my laptop (one of the three) and I want to give > > the > > other two access to the public folder. I accomplished this by creating two > > new users that can log in and they now have access to the Public folder on > > my > > laptop. The problem is that they ALSO now have access directly to my > > laptop > > by logging into my laptop directly using those usernames and passwords. > > > > I want them to have access to the public folder but I don't want them to > > be > > able to access my PC directly. How can I do this? > > If the two users are Standard Users (as opposed to Administrators) then they > can't access your folders. You can further safeguard them by explicitly > denying them access in the Permissions dialog. If they are administrators, > then the only thing you can do is to make them Standard Users! > > Quickbooks, is there a way to do that? Also, is it possible to give each user a different folder that they have access to? In other words, so that user 1 has access to a folder called User_1 and user 2 has access to a folder called User_2, but they cannot access each others files? THanks! -Doc |
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| | Re: Give network access without giving access to the computer itself? Hi There is many simple free Window Explorer type of programs that can end up giving access to almost any folder on the computer. If you must stay with one computer get some 3rd party application that can lock and encrypt folders, and encrypt the sensitive folders.. However in a days that a computer, or a Laptop, can be bought for $300 to $400, there is No real point in sharing a computer with sensitive data. Jack (MVP-Networking). "Doc_Phoenix" <Doc_Phoenix@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:FE6F0618-82F4-4E0C-9519-55851E79CB18@xxxxxx Quote: > Hi there, > > I have three laptops, all running Vista on a secured wireless network. I > keep sensitive files on my laptop (one of the three) and I want to give > the > other two access to the public folder. I accomplished this by creating two > new users that can log in and they now have access to the Public folder on > my > laptop. The problem is that they ALSO now have access directly to my > laptop > by logging into my laptop directly using those usernames and passwords. > > I want them to have access to the public folder but I don't want them to > be > able to access my PC directly. How can I do this? |
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