Configuring NTFS permissions 

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@@ddaltonyvcc Ok, so I'm trying to add my dads laptop as a user so I can give it access to my windowsimagebackup folder on my networked external hard drive. But when I type in the name of his computer, it can't find it, even though it already has access to the drive itself, or the volume.

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@@ddaltonyvcc hey I passed! Thank you again. I still have to finish the MD 101 then I’ll officially be a Microsoft Desktop Administrator.

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No. I tend to avoid using the default users groups. They have some basic permissions that I don't always want to use because it sometimes create access that I don't want. I would suggest creating a group for everyone except George and giving that group modify permissions. Then I would create a group for George (or you could assign the permissions directly to him) and give that read permissions. An alternative would be to create a group for everyone except George and grand them modify permissions while leaving the default Users group (which George would be a part of) with the default read permissions.

If permissions are not explicitly allowed, they are implicitly denied. In other words, if you don't grant them access, they don't have it.

You will need to use special permissions. From the special permissions screen you can uncheck the option to allow user1 and user2 to delete files.

@@ddaltonyvcc i've tried this but ended up having user1 and user2 unable to delete or rename files inside that folder. maybe I've done it wrong. what I wanted is to have both user able to read and write files and folders, rename files and folders inside GeneralAccess but prevent both of them to delete GeneralAccess itself.

@@profkwl775 In that case, when you remove the permissions you will need to specify that the limitation is only for that one folder and not for anything underneath it. Look for a scope setting.

that's the part where DENY is useful, you choose the user or the group of users, then choose DENY then check DELETE and only applies the scope of THIS folder, so the regular users cannot delete de folder itself but can do whatever they want inside of the folder...

The guest account is a different animal. I would recommend taking ownership of the file and not leaving it with the guest account.

@@ddaltonyvcc Thank you for your reply. Is there any workaround to this issue because whenever I transfer file from other pc on my network, that file gets 'Guest' as their owner? Now when I put that file in shared folder again it doesn't get folders permissions.

@@juzer2354Interesting. Are you on a domain network or a workgroup? Are you using NTFS or FAT for the file system?

@@ddaltonyvcc I am on a simple home network with couple of Windows PCs, all of them are in a workgroup. NTFS file system is used. Password protected sharing is turned off. I clean installed Windows on two computers to test sharing of files, still the same, when file gets transferred, its owner becomes: 'Guest'.

@@juzer2354Okay, being on a home network changes things quite a bit. You don't have centralized authentication like you would on a domain. Do you have accounts on each computer for each potential user on the network?

The easiest way would be to re-enable inheritance and then remove anything permissions that are explicit (not inherited).

Standard permissions are groupings of special permissions. You can view the extended permissions as well, although most of the time basic permissions will work. If you use a group of extended permissions that do not fit into the standard basic permissions, it will show up as special permissions.

You would chose the Advanced permissions. You can fine tune permissions there.

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