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For Windows XP and Windows 7 what are the rules for placing data on the
disk to keep it for use only by the user that is logged on ? Ditto for application ? Now add in encryption. What folders should be encrypted so only accessible by the logged on user ? |
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On 27/07/2017 20:10, Iambigpentameter wrote:
For Windows XP and Windows 7 what are the rules for placing data on the disk to keep it for use only by the user that is logged on ? Ditto for application ? Now add in encryption. What folders should be encrypted so only accessible by the logged on user ? Configure your machine so that only the logged in users can use it. Disable Guest account (by default it is disabled but some idiots would like to enable it). Alternatively, Applications can be configured such that only specified users can use them but your question is rather vague. Data can also be protected so that each user has access to his/her Document folder and personal email data etc. Administrator can have access to everybody's data but this is not a problem because one should never grant Admin rights to any Tom, Dick or Harry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- With over 500 million devices now running Windows 10, customer satisfaction is higher than any previous version of windows. |
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On Thu, 27 Jul 2017 12:10:01 -0700, Iambigpentameter wrote:
For Windows XP and Windows 7 what are the rules for placing data on the disk to keep it for use only by the user that is logged on ? Ditto for application ? Now add in encryption. What folders should be encrypted so only accessible by the logged on user ? First important rule is that you are the administrator of the system. No one else. To keep other users in the same system from accessing your files (both data and applications), you must either put the files or install the applications into your user account's profile folder; or change the NTFS permissions of the containing folders or individual files. Note that the above won't prevent user(s) from other system(s) (e.g. Windows or linux in live CD/DVD or USB stick) from accessing the files. In order to protect those files, use the NTFS encryption so that even if the files are readable and copiable, they would still be in encrypted form. Virtually no one would be able to decrypt and read them, except your user account. FYI, NTFS encryption is for one user account only, whether it's an administrator or not. IOTW, no matter which user that encrypts a file (as long as the user has write access to it), only that user can decrypt it. |
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Simplifying to my way of understanding...
So, I purchase a laptop. I create a dual boot PC with OS Win XP Pro and Win 7 Pro. (Already done this part). I make myself Administrator on both Win XP Pro and Win 7 Pro. I only put files in My Documents. I encrypt My Documents. I create a non-admin User for a friend on each OS. Can I set permissions folder on Win XP Pro? Or do I have to keep my files only in My Documents ? Or can I use other folder on either OS if I encrypt them. |
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