| Understanding Rights and Permissions in XP |
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Two types of privileges that are used by XP to control access
are rights and permissions. You may be wondering what the
difference is. Rights allow a user to perform an action like logging on or changing certain settings. Permissions allow the user to access objects such as drivers, files, folders and printers. Permissions can be further broken into two types: NTFS permissions and shared folder permissions. Shared folder permissions determine who can access an object across the network. You set them by right clicking the object and selecting Sharing and Security, then clicking the Sharing tab. NTFS permissions apply to others accessing the object, whether over the network or sitting at the local machine logged on with a different user account. As the name implies, they can only be used on partitions that are formatted in NTFS. You set them by once again right clicking and selecting Sharing and Security, and this time clicking the Security tab. If you're running XP Home Edition, you won't see a Security tab - unless you boot into Safe Mode. |
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