Win XP-Home C:\ folders and files shared/visable by all users?

Relates to Win XP-Homed edition, SP2.
No "File or Priner Sharing" on/or Network access.

No privacy from other 5 Users adding or reading files that show in what
appears to be (Too) common folders and files. An example wold be:

All 5 Users have a C:\Temp file. One of the 5 Users adds a *.jpg to his
login C:\Temp folder, and all 5 Users will be able to login to each of their
individual accounts and view the original *.jpg saved by one User.

Why have individual login accounts if there is no privacy or security of
individual date from being shared/viewed/added to by the other 4 Users??

I can not see any sharing priviledges to disable/reconfigure in XP-Home.

Any Help towards a solution?

Thank you,
Art

R.click C: or any hd in my computer,properties,select & edit "sharing tab" &
"quota tab"

"Art Hatch" wrote:

> Relates to Win XP-Homed edition, SP2.
> No "File or Priner Sharing" on/or Network access.
>
> No privacy from other 5 Users adding or reading files that show in what
> appears to be (Too) common folders and files. An example wold be:
>
> All 5 Users have a C:\Temp file. One of the 5 Users adds a *.jpg to his
> login C:\Temp folder, and all 5 Users will be able to login to each of their
> individual accounts and view the original *.jpg saved by one User.
>
> Why have individual login accounts if there is no privacy or security of
> individual date from being shared/viewed/added to by the other 4 Users??
>
> I can not see any sharing priviledges to disable/reconfigure in XP-Home.
>
> Any Help towards a solution?
>
> Thank you,
> Art
>
>
>
>

Art Hatch wrote:
> Relates to Win XP-Homed edition, SP2.
> No "File or Priner Sharing" on/or Network access.
>
> No privacy from other 5 Users adding or reading files that show in what
> appears to be (Too) common folders and files. An example wold be:
>
> All 5 Users have a C:\Temp file. One of the 5 Users adds a *.jpg to his
> login C:\Temp folder, and all 5 Users will be able to login to each of their
> individual accounts and view the original *.jpg saved by one User.
>
> Why have individual login accounts if there is no privacy or security of
> individual date from being shared/viewed/added to by the other 4 Users??
>
> I can not see any sharing priviledges to disable/reconfigure in XP-Home.

XP Home was not designed to do what you want. Either upgrade to Pro or
use third-party encryption software such as TrueCrypt.


Malke
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Art Hatch wrote:
> Relates to Win XP-Homed edition, SP2.
> No "File or Priner Sharing" on/or Network access.
>
> No privacy from other 5 Users adding or reading files that show in what
> appears to be (Too) common folders and files. An example wold be:
>
> All 5 Users have a C:\Temp file. One of the 5 Users adds a *.jpg to his
> login C:\Temp folder, and all 5 Users will be able to login to each of their
> individual accounts and view the original *.jpg saved by one User.
>


There is security and privacy available in WinXP Home, assuming that
you're using the NTFS file system. How, when a user deliberately saves
a file into a common, shared area of the hard drive, such as C:\Temp,
then he's explicitly sharing the file. If he doesn't want other users
seeing his data, he needs to save the files in the proper location(s)
within his user profile.


> Why have individual login accounts if there is no privacy or security of
> individual date from being shared/viewed/added to by the other 4 Users??
>


The problem isn't with WinXP Home's security model; the problem is
untrained users.





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