Recently I upgraded(?) to a Windows xP Home System. The lack of a W2000-like concept of group permissions is most inconvenient.
I found these at TweakXP's Home page. I thought I should solicit second opinions. 1. Are the tweaks reversable? 2. Will the tweaks ever HAVE to be reversed? 3. Will tweaking XP Home hamper my ability to get XP Home updates from Microsoft's and/or Compaq's website? 4. Any other things I should consider about the tweaks? 5. Any other methods/tweaks I should consider? from [ http://www.tweakxp.com/tweak911.aspx ]http://www.tweakxp.com/ tweak911.aspx Setting File permissions on XP Home =========================== There's a tweak listed on the site for getting XP Pro security settings on XP Home. It's good, but I've found an easier way to set sharing permissions on folders. You can use the GUI instaed of the more complicated command line without having to go into safe mode. 1. Click on the start button 2. Then run 3. Type shrpubw 4. Chose the folder whose permissions you want to change and give the share a name 5. Click next, now you can chose custom if you want to have full options. Quick Tip: In order to set file permission in windows XP Home, the file system must already be converted to NTFS. For more information on how to convert your file system, click here. For more information on how to convert your file system to NTFS Click [see below] [ http://www.tweakxp.com/tweakxp/display.asp?id=264 ]http://www. tweakxp.com/tweakxp/display.asp?id=264 Convert FAT32 To NTFS ================== To change from FAT 32 to NTFS file system for more stability, security and less fragmentation, open the command prompt and type: Convert C: /FS:NTFS "C" being the drive you wish to convert. Make sure there is a space between the C: and the foward slash (/). Once you press enter it will ask you for confirmation and press Y. Then press Y and enter once more to reboot.. This also works for windows XP Home. Using: The Bat! v2.12.00, BayesIt! 0.5.9, MyMacros 1.11, gMacrosPlugin 0.80 Windows XP v5.1 - Build 2600 - Service Pack 2 -- Daniel A. Grunberg Kensington, Maryland, USA homepage: www.nyx.net/~dgrunber/ ________________________________________________________ http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
