Windows Sharing HELP!!

geelongcats29

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Hi, I am running Windows XP and have 2 logins one for the Kids and One for us (Parents). My hard Drive is partitioned and I want to be able to disallow access for the kids to one of the drives as I have got all the programs insalled in there aswell as my Private Documents. I have tried to disallow by clicking right button and properties bu it is in Grey and I am unable to. I have made myself the Administrator and and the kids not. And my question is how can I stop that 1 partition from being used or edited by the kids login and only able to be accessed through the parents login. If someone could help me that would be great.
 
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As I've understood you have two login(accounts) on one system. Therefore your both acounts are using same partition(system). For this reason this will be unhappy solution to make invisible-inaccessible that partition for other users of system :D

The best solution for this which I recommend to do(if you want to hide system folder not only normal folders, which can be hiden by software - for ex. HideFolderXP) is to make to separate system(two installations of Windows XP or something else :P ) - one separate partitions. Then make boot menu where you choose system to which you want to boot. Total privacy(partitions are NTFS-if WIN) so they doesn't see each other. But this solution require little bit knowlegde of computering. :o

I have been running on this form for 5 years(3 system installed). No problems. But if something happens troubleshooting is more difficult and you have to be carefull to don't make more damage on data loss :D .(mirroring solved this).

Conclusion: I'm not sure how to do that throught windows offered features. Try HideFolderXP soft. or similar. Much simpler and works well. (GOOOOGLE IT)
 
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