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October 29, 2008 at 01:57 PM
davidjoin2003

Privacy on a Windows XP domain

by davidjoin2003 . Updated 17 years, 8 months ago

Hi,
I’m starting contracting work for a small company and
using my
existing PC with XP to to join their domain to access
shared folders
and Exchange. Can you please advise how I can:

1. Keep my personal files in My Documents private so
they can’t be
viewed/accessed by domain admin. I don’t want to use
multiple sign-
ins (domain & local account) or use password protection
on every
personal file. I’m happy to move my files from the existing
local
account MyDocs to the new domain account MyDocs.

2. Add a new Exchange email account to Outlook 2007
while keeping
my existing POP account and maintain privacy of my
Outlook calendar.
I only want to use 1 calendar (personal) but be able to
receive invites
from others on Exchange on the business domain. I don’t
mind others
seeing free/busy time but don’t want administrators to
view my
calendar details.

Additional thoughts:
3. Do I have to be part of the domain to access shared
drives or can I just map network drives?

4. Do I need to be part of the domain to use Exchange,
and can I put calendar in personal folder for privacy (see
point 2 above)?

Thanks.

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