lazer_viking
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I just recently moved my computer to my girlfriend's house where it will get much more use. There will be about seven different accounts, one for each member of her family. When my computer was at my house, I was the only one to use it so I didn't pay much attention to what I put on my computer, or where I put it.
I was reading a little bit about permissions, and when you make an account you get two choices: Administrator and Standard User. Standard User says, ¨Can use most programs¨. What programs are there that they can't use?
Also, what is the difference between Administrator and Standard User other than the fact they can't edit other people's accounts? If you set a User Account to have full control of a drive, that's just as good as Administrator right?
Basically what I want to do is this: For MY account, I would like to have full control of everything. I want to have access to everyone's folders, etc. They understand it's my computer and some of them are known for downloading nefarious material to the computer like free screensavers and smilies.
For everyone else, I would like them only to have access to what is needed to run the computer, and the programs inside \Program Files\, and \Program Files (x86)\. I do not want them to be able to look into other people's folders, or change drivers. Also, there are a few programs I would like them to not have access to such as Rivatuner. I'm sure by setting the permissions of their account to deny access to \Program Files (x86\RivaTuner\, I can accomplish this, correct?
Another thing I'm confused about is why are there so many groups/users? Under the permissions tab, there are at least 5 different groups even when I was the only user of the computer. There's SYSTEM, CREATOR OWNER, Users, Administrators, and Mike. If I, for example, deny all those groups access to the D:\ drive, but give Mike full control, does Mike still get locked out of the D:\ drive because he falls into the category of User, Administrator, and CREATOR OWNER? The reason I ask such a specific question is because I think I locked everyone out of the D:\ drive and I don't know how to get it back. Even when I log in using Safe Mode, I don't get access to an Administrator user like I did in XP. Is the D:\ drive gone forever now? The D:\ drive is a physical internal hard drive with lots of backups and old games that I probably won't be able to find again.
I was reading a little bit about permissions, and when you make an account you get two choices: Administrator and Standard User. Standard User says, ¨Can use most programs¨. What programs are there that they can't use?
Also, what is the difference between Administrator and Standard User other than the fact they can't edit other people's accounts? If you set a User Account to have full control of a drive, that's just as good as Administrator right?
Basically what I want to do is this: For MY account, I would like to have full control of everything. I want to have access to everyone's folders, etc. They understand it's my computer and some of them are known for downloading nefarious material to the computer like free screensavers and smilies.
For everyone else, I would like them only to have access to what is needed to run the computer, and the programs inside \Program Files\, and \Program Files (x86)\. I do not want them to be able to look into other people's folders, or change drivers. Also, there are a few programs I would like them to not have access to such as Rivatuner. I'm sure by setting the permissions of their account to deny access to \Program Files (x86\RivaTuner\, I can accomplish this, correct?
Another thing I'm confused about is why are there so many groups/users? Under the permissions tab, there are at least 5 different groups even when I was the only user of the computer. There's SYSTEM, CREATOR OWNER, Users, Administrators, and Mike. If I, for example, deny all those groups access to the D:\ drive, but give Mike full control, does Mike still get locked out of the D:\ drive because he falls into the category of User, Administrator, and CREATOR OWNER? The reason I ask such a specific question is because I think I locked everyone out of the D:\ drive and I don't know how to get it back. Even when I log in using Safe Mode, I don't get access to an Administrator user like I did in XP. Is the D:\ drive gone forever now? The D:\ drive is a physical internal hard drive with lots of backups and old games that I probably won't be able to find again.