RE: [ActiveDir] Bug in GPO?

[Darren Mar-Elia]

Mark- This worked for me on XP as expected--I chose to hide the C: drive using this policy and it was hidden in both My Computer and Explorer. One thing I did note was that, if I enabled this policy while I had Explorer up and running, the C: drive would only get "partially" hidden. That is, it still appeared in the Explorer tree view but didn't in the right hand results pane. Weird. Restarting Explorer cleared that up and C: was gone.   Just as a note, this policy is really nothing more than "shell obfuscation". For example, even with the C: drive hidden in Explorer, there are numerous ways the intrepid user can get to C:. For example, opening a command shell, using the File Open dialog in any number of applications, etc. So, even if you get it working, its not real security. I found that, in the past, it also confused some applications, depending upon how poorly they were written. In the end I decided to give up on the drive hiding thing because it caused more confusion than it fixed. Just my .02.   Darren From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Creamer, Mark Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 2:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] Bug in GPO? In GPO\User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Windows Explorer, there is a policy “Hide these Specified Drives in My Computer.”   According to the Explain tab for that policy, it “Removes the icons representing selected hard drives from My Computer, Windows Explorer, and My Network Places.”   However, I’m finding that although it is hidden from My Computer, C: is not hidden in Explorer – all the other specifed drives are. Is there a GPO setting I can make that will hide C: in Explorer also?   Mark Creamer Systems Engineer Cintas Corporation Honesty and Integrity in Everything We Do