question about making private folders on vista

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ds101

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hi, ok im a bit confused with the way Vista home premium makes private folders.

I have one account on vista as administrator and i just made a new user user account for guest users (standard account).

when i go to the security options to set what permission people have to access folders it has 4 groups

-AUTHENTICATED USERS
-SYSTEM
-ADMINISTRATORS
-USERS

im a bit confused as to which one i should deny permission to so that they cant access my private docs etc. from the other user account.

can someone shed some light on this please :confused:

cheers!
 

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yeh i read a few threads on the subject before i posted. It didnt make it any clearer i'm afraid.
 
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ds101 said:
hi, ok im a bit confused with the way Vista home premium makes private folders.

I have one account on vista as administrator and i just made a new user user account for guest users (standard account).

when i go to the security options to set what permission people have to access folders it has 4 groups

-AUTHENTICATED USERS
-SYSTEM
-ADMINISTRATORS
-USERS

im a bit confused as to which one i should deny permission to so that they cant access my private docs etc. from the other user account.

can someone shed some light on this please :confused:

cheers!
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Generally, if I want to force a folder to be private, I add my own username, then remove "Users".

"System" and "Administrators" should be left in place.
 

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