Strike Posted February 20, 2011 Posted February 20, 2011 me and my brother both have an account on windows 7 and we are both administrators but i want to stop him being able to look at my documents, is this possible?
Thrill Posted February 20, 2011 Posted February 20, 2011 Where are your Documents stored? You 'share' some files, so everyone can see them. Make sure they aren't shared, by right clicking the folder and hit Properties, then look for Sharing
Strike Posted February 20, 2011 Author Posted February 20, 2011 i want to stop him from being able to go onto my desktop.
Thrill Posted February 20, 2011 Posted February 20, 2011 Go to the folder that is being shared by users and stop it being shared. Example: C:\Users\username > Right click Desktop folder > Desktop Properties > Sharing >Choose Stop sharing. Try the above, and get back to us
Strike Posted February 20, 2011 Author Posted February 20, 2011 there isn't an option for stop sharing. and i want it to be like windows xp were if he goes to click on anything of mine it comes up with access denied..
madman01 Posted February 20, 2011 Posted February 20, 2011 On your account. Open my computer, left hand side right click desktop Click Properties Security Click Edit half way down. Set him to deny.
webdevuser Posted March 16, 2011 Posted March 16, 2011 On your account. Open my computer, left hand side right click desktop Click Properties Security Click Edit half way down. Set him to deny. Hey, First thing I learn in my computer security course, don't deny things! To remove all users so they can access the folders, my suggestion would be go to : C:\Users right click on your folder... choose proprieties -> go in Security -> click on Edit... and remove all users who shouldn't have access to your folder.
kreso93 Posted March 19, 2012 Posted March 19, 2012 If he changes permission for his brother's account, his brother will still be able to see them because he's an administrator. The best option is to make your brother's account a "standard user" or a "power user" (power user is disabled in updated WIn 7 version tho).
mrnothersan Posted March 20, 2012 Posted March 20, 2012 You can choose to share certain files and block others. That would be the easiest way to do it I would believe. I can't think of any other way, anyways.
Godric Posted March 21, 2012 Posted March 21, 2012 Also you can encrypt your files automatically. And they cant view it. I forgot the steps though.
kreso93 Posted March 21, 2012 Posted March 21, 2012 Best way would be to store your "private" files to the USB and then encrypt them with BitLocker. Easiest way tbh
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