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Locking Other User Profiles on a PC

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by gealogom

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Question:

We have PCs (OS-Win2k Pro) with multiple user profiles (local) setup. Is there a way to lock all other User Profiles (from Documents and Settings) other than the current logged-on user? This is to prevent the current logged-on user from seeing other users' documents and settings.

I would appreciate it highly if you could help me. Thanks

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by quintar51

You can define permissions on each user's profile folder. If you right-click on the profile folder, choose properties and choose the security tab (if NTFS is used). I would recommend having Administrator->full control and the user itself->full control, remove the everyone group. If you're having trouble removing anyone, make sure 'allow inhertiable permissions' is unchecked. That way only the owner of the profile and the administrator are able to browse the profile. Do this for each profile.

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