Hide Administrator Account Folders from other Administrators

[Peter Harrington]

A friend of mine is configuring a laptop running WinXP SP1. He would like
to create a backup account in case anything should go wrong. However, he
would like to configure the system so that when he is logged in as the
primary user none of the backup folders will appear in windows explorer.

In the security settings can the my documents folder for the backup account
be hidden completely (not just dimmed) when the primary user who has
administrative priviledges is logged in. I think the security settings may
acheive this goal if the primary user is denied all permissions on the
folder or will the adminstrative group override these settings?

Any suggestions are welcome.

TIA,

Pete

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

With the built in security settings of XP, you cannot do what you wish.
Other Administrators will not have access to private folders, but they will
be able to see that they exist. And any Administrator has the privileges to
"take ownership" of any file/folder on the system to see what's in them.

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"Peter Harrington" > wrote in message
...
> A friend of mine is configuring a laptop running WinXP SP1. He would like
> to create a backup account in case anything should go wrong. However, he
> would like to configure the system so that when he is logged in as the
> primary user none of the backup folders will appear in windows explorer.
>
> In the security settings can the my documents folder for the backup
account
> be hidden completely (not just dimmed) when the primary user who has
> administrative priviledges is logged in. I think the security settings
may
> acheive this goal if the primary user is denied all permissions on the
> folder or will the adminstrative group override these settings?
>
> Any suggestions are welcome.
>
> TIA,
>
> Pete
>
>

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Peter;
The other user needs to be something less than Administrator.
Because ANY Administrator can do and undo anything any Administrator
can do.

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"Peter Harrington" > wrote in message
...
> A friend of mine is configuring a laptop running WinXP SP1. He
would like
> to create a backup account in case anything should go wrong.
However, he
> would like to configure the system so that when he is logged in as
the
> primary user none of the backup folders will appear in windows
explorer.
>
> In the security settings can the my documents folder for the backup
account
> be hidden completely (not just dimmed) when the primary user who has
> administrative priviledges is logged in. I think the security
settings may
> acheive this goal if the primary user is denied all permissions on
the
> folder or will the adminstrative group override these settings?
>
> Any suggestions are welcome.
>
> TIA,
>
> Pete
>
>

[Matsudaira Bahnam]

Jupiter Jones [MVP] wrote:
> "Peter Harrington" > wrote in message
> ...
>> A friend of mine is configuring a laptop running WinXP SP1. He
>> would like to create a backup account in case anything should go
>> wrong. However, he would like to configure the system so that when
>> he is logged in as the primary user none of the backup folders will
>> appear in windows explorer.
>>
>> In the security settings can the my documents folder for the backup
>> account be hidden completely (not just dimmed) when the primary user
>> who has administrative priviledges is logged in. I think the
>> security settings may acheive this goal if the primary user is
>> denied all permissions on the folder or will the adminstrative group
>> override these settings?

> Peter;
> The other user needs to be something less than Administrator.
> Because ANY Administrator can do and undo anything any Administrator
> can do.

No ****, Sherlock? Got any great ideas on how he can achieve what he wants
then? Group policy editor, maybe, head****? Hmmm?

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[Kieran Banan]

Doug Knox MS-MVP wrote:
> "Peter Harrington" > wrote in message
> ...
>> A friend of mine is configuring a laptop running WinXP SP1. He
>> would like to create a backup account in case anything should go
>> wrong. However, he would like to configure the system so that when
>> he is logged in as the primary user none of the backup folders will
>> appear in windows explorer.
>>
>> In the security settings can the my documents folder for the backup
>> account be hidden completely (not just dimmed) when the primary user
>> who has administrative priviledges is logged in. I think the
>> security settings may acheive this goal if the primary user is
>> denied all permissions on the folder or will the adminstrative group
>> override these settings?

> With the built in security settings of XP, you cannot do what you
> wish. Other Administrators will not have access to private folders,
> but they will be able to see that they exist. And any Administrator
> has the privileges to "take ownership" of any file/folder on the
> system to see what's in them.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! You dumb****s take the cake in the stupidity stakes. If
you got off your fat ****ing arses and let some oxygen get to your brain, it
would take thirty seconds to explain to your poor victim just how he goes
about achievening what he wants. But no, in your pinhead ****wittery, you
cannot see past the ****ing noses on your gormless faces. MVP = Most
Valueless Prostitute.

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