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Security Tab in Folder/File Properties

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by jtmovius

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I installed windows 2000 Pro on a non-networked (except internet)system. I wanted to deny access to certain folders, but there isn't as "Security Tab" in the "Properties" of any of the folders or files. Only "General & Sharing" I loaded the MMC andthe Security Snap-in, set many of the "Security" settings. But I can't seem to get specific access rights for the folders and/or files. What do I need to do?

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by ewing bettles

Your folders/files are residing on a partition that is not formatted as NTFS. To verify this, right-click the drive's icon in My Computer and select properties - just below the Label box near the top of the properties screen it will describe the partition type and file system for the partition. Security settings for files and folders are only available with an NTFS file system. You can convert the file system to NTFS from a command prompt by using the CONVERT command. Warning - If you do this and you have any other operating systems (DOS, 95, ME, etc) configured to multi-boot on this same machine, the other O/S's will not be able to read any information on the NTFS partition. One possible CONVERT command line would be the following (check Windows 2000 HELP Index from the Start Menu for a full description of CONVERT):

convert c: fs:ntfs /v

Hope this helps, -Ewing

by jtmovius

The book I am reading is unclear then. I thought that by making it a dynamic disk that was converting it to NTFS. But looking I see it is still FAT32. Thanks.

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