guest account

[slinky]

is there anyway in XP Pro i can enforce more limits on the guest account? (not allowing them to view system folders and such..)

[DallasDon]

Can't you right click a folder, on the sharing tab, make the foldrer private?

[slinky]

that was just an example... i know there's a utility in XP that allows you to modify many settings for different accounts, just forgot where it was.

[[Neo770]]

If you disable simple file shareing you can view and change the NTFS permissions, with that you should be able to do what you want.

[muno]

You can change permissions from group policy editor.
Start->run->gpedit.msc
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[slinky]

thanks. just paid another visit to the policy editor.. didnt find exactly what i was looking for (suggestions?) but i did find something that really bugged me.

a while back i set the Account Lockout policy to '5' for all three settings and never got it to work. i would lock the comp and keep entering bogus passwords but it would never do its thing. any ideas as to what i did wrong?

[muno]

From the help:
If lockout policy comes from domain, it overrides the local value.
Or something, that was a free translation
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[slinky]

i don't think im on a domain, and i didnt discover a lockout policy set while i was testing my own settings..

[muno]

You did reboot after you set the change?
Changes in the group policy do not take effect until rebooted.
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[slinky]

it's been a month or two since i implemented the change, so yes.