How to control access to a folder by local users in Windows Vista?

Hello

There are two users on the PC A (Administrator), B (Standard user). I don't want B to access some folders and want to give only read only access to certain folders. Is it possible to do this in Windows Vista Home Premium or I need a third-party software to do this?

Sorry, it does appear to me that you use FAT32 (or whatever version you use) on your system partition or boot in a Vista system.  Here is an article comparting both and he concludes that you use NTFS, unless you have a very good reason for using FAT (and frankly, I can't imagine what it may be, unless you're dealing with VERY outdated and costly to replace equipment that cannot handle NTFS - but it would be EXTREMELY rare) http://www.theeldergeek.com/ntfs_or_fat32_file_system.htm.

It is very easy to convert your system from FAT to NTFS without losing all the data or need to reinstall your programs or reset your configuratations - it there simply and that's all.  Here's how (and it is very easy): http://techblissonline.com/fat32-to-ntfs-conversion-in-windows-xp-or-vista/.

In addition to the benefits listed in article first in this post (and the second too), you will be able to use security of files and folders (which was the point of all of this thread) as you hear it all through (and you probably won't have the second set of procedures to implement the Security tab, because I suspect that the conversion will automatically be added for you when all is said and done.)  You can use the procedures I mentioned in my first post for your goals.

I hope this helps.  It would be really better to convert to NTFS for various reasons (including that it allows you to do what you want to do with the security of the file/folder).

Good luck! Lorien - MCSA/MCSE/network + / A +.

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