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by mikeaaaaaaaaa9 1 view

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I could not find an XP heading but I believe 2000 is close enough and should be similar. In XP PRO, is there a way to restrict access within a local created group of the CD and A: drive? Is there a better way to set up a user whereby access to these drives can be controlled / restricted / removed? This is a stand alone system.

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by mike

if you load your registry editor, and load the HIVE (ntuser.dat) of the person you wish to restrict, go to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
NoDrives REG_DWORD
The low order (right most) bit is drive A: while the 26th bit is Drive Z:
To hide a drive, turn on its' bit. These drives will still appear in File Manager. To remove File Manager, delete winfile.exe.
If your not happy working in Hex, add these decimal number to hide the drive(s):
A: 1, B: 2, C: 4, D: 8, E: 16, F: 32, G: 64, H: 128, I: 256, J: 512, K: 1024, L: 2048, M: 4096, N: 8192, O: 16384, P: 32768, Q: 65536, R: 131072, S: 262144, T: 524288, U: 1048576, V: 2097152, W: 4194304, X: 8388608, Y: 16777216, Z: 33554432, ALL: 67108863

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