VidER Posted January 10, 2002 Share Posted January 10, 2002 Hi All ! I have a question to ask about Windows XP Accounts Management. I have set up few accounts on my Windows Xp (Home Edition). I took the master Admin account and gave my brothers restricted accounts. How can I name programs that they are allowed to use and name other programs that should not be used by them ? For Example if I want them to access the Computer Games but when their examination week starts I want to block the games from their accounts .. Or If I want to allow them to use MSN Messenger for Example and ban them from using ICQ ? I think its possible cause sometimes when I install new programs it appears in their Start Menus but sometimes they don't ! How can I control that? Thanks for your concern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MxxCon Posted January 11, 2002 Share Posted January 11, 2002 "I think its possible cause sometimes when I install new programs it appears in their Start Menus but sometimes they don't !"that's becuase you can create shortcut for all users or currently logged in user.completely block access to a given prgrm is pretty easy. rclick on dir of prgrm you want to block, properties, security tab, select proper user and deny all access attributes. you could also play around with registry permisions, but i think it's somewhat redundant becuase they don't have access to actual files. For Example if I want them to access the Computer Games but when their examination week starts I want to block the games from their accounts .. i think that will be pretty hard to do. you would have to play around w/ account policies and maybe login script that will check current system time...not sure how do it exactly. you might have to dig thru ms technet or kb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y_notm Posted January 11, 2002 Share Posted January 11, 2002 NTFS Encryption isn't available on Home, except within userprofiles I think. He'd have to go with hiding them and creating shortcuts for just himself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MxxCon Posted January 11, 2002 Share Posted January 11, 2002 i'm not talking about encryption. regular file permisions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neojoker Posted January 12, 2002 Share Posted January 12, 2002 Regular permissions should work just fine. Just turn off simple file sharing and assign permissions. Just be sure not to lock yourself out of anything. (I have seen the Administrator account locked out of local logons before....not pretty.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thingsforjason Posted January 12, 2002 Share Posted January 12, 2002 so how do you turn off that simple file sharing anyways? i have XP pro, but i haven't figured it out yet...do you NEED to be on a domain to assign file permissions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iraklis2000 Posted January 12, 2002 Share Posted January 12, 2002 Apperances & Themes Folder Options View Scroll dwn to the last option and uncheck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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