Limited User Accounts and Folder Accesses

vampyr07au · 10-28-2009, 05:31 AM

Was wondering if anyone can tell me whether or not it's possible to actually lock a user on a limited account out of specific folders such as program files and windows system folders.

The issue is this ..... teenage kids who instead of doing their homework log onto msn and chat.

Have already removed the program links from the all users folder so they don't have shortcut access to msn but they can still get to it by navigating to program files and running it from there.

Is there a way to stop them from being able to access the program files folder from their limited user account ?

Vampy99 · 10-28-2009, 05:36 AM

Hi there

Have you tried setting up a share? Remove all access to the folder that is currently there (everyone may have access by default) then only give access to the people you want?

There may be an easier way but this should work.

Hope this helps

Luke

vampyr07au · 10-30-2009, 06:07 PM

The problem is that the program files folder is available from within their own user account.
Setting up a share may work but then I would expect that they would still be able to access program files from within their own C:/ access anyway.

Anyone else have any thoughts or ideas on this ?

10-28-2009, 05:31 AM	#1 (permalink)
vampyr07au Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 71 OS: Xp pro	Limited User Accounts and Folder Accesses Was wondering if anyone can tell me whether or not it's possible to actually lock a user on a limited account out of specific folders such as program files and windows system folders. The issue is this ..... teenage kids who instead of doing their homework log onto msn and chat. Have already removed the program links from the all users folder so they don't have shortcut access to msn but they can still get to it by navigating to program files and running it from there. Is there a way to stop them from being able to access the program files folder from their limited user account ?

10-28-2009, 05:36 AM	#2 (permalink)
Vampy99 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 37 OS: XP SP3	Re: Limited User Accounts and Folder Accesses Hi there Have you tried setting up a share? Remove all access to the folder that is currently there (everyone may have access by default) then only give access to the people you want? There may be an easier way but this should work. Hope this helps Luke

10-30-2009, 06:07 PM	#3 (permalink)
vampyr07au Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 71 OS: Xp pro	Re: Limited User Accounts and Folder Accesses The problem is that the program files folder is available from within their own user account. Setting up a share may work but then I would expect that they would still be able to access program files from within their own C:/ access anyway. Anyone else have any thoughts or ideas on this ?