Office 2007 folder security

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lazyj

In previous versions of Office I could prevent other users of my computer
accessing My Documents and reading documents I didn't want them to read. it
was easy to do. There appears to be no way of doing this in 2007, or am I
missing something? Be glad of any advice or help.
 
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Gordon

lazyj said:
In previous versions of Office I could prevent other users of my computer
accessing My Documents and reading documents I didn't want them to read.
it
was easy to do. There appears to be no way of doing this in 2007, or am I
missing something? Be glad of any advice or help.
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That's not an Office function that's a Windows function.
 
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lazyj

I'm sorry, perhaps I failed to make my problem clear. There are two user
groups on my computer, My own which is security protected and my Family which
is not protected. Anyone who goes into the Family account can open any
documents I have in my account, in my Office 2007 "My Documents" folder. I
could protect this in my old version of Office, but I can't see how it's done
in 2007.
 
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Gordon

lazyj said:
I'm sorry, perhaps I failed to make my problem clear. There are two user
groups on my computer, My own which is security protected and my Family
which
is not protected. Anyone who goes into the Family account can open any
documents I have in my account, in my Office 2007 "My Documents" folder. I
could protect this in my old version of Office, but I can't see how it's
done
in 2007.
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Again - it's NOT an Office problem. You need to go into Windows Explorer and
deny permissions to the other users to open your "My Documents" folder.
 
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lazyj

Windows or Office problem, How do I do it? I've been into the permissions
section dozens of times over the last two weeks and done everything by the
book, but have to confess I do not understand the instructions or the terms
used to explain it all. Everything I try ends up with me also being denied
access. All I desire is to deny access to My Documents in my user account,
from other user accounts, but the other user account on my computer is not on
the list of options. Please, what do I do?
 
G

Gordon

lazyj said:
Windows or Office problem, How do I do it? I've been into the permissions
section dozens of times over the last two weeks and done everything by the
book, but have to confess I do not understand the instructions or the
terms
used to explain it all. Everything I try ends up with me also being denied
access. All I desire is to deny access to My Documents in my user account,
from other user accounts, but the other user account on my computer is not
on
the list of options. Please, what do I do?
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What version of Windows are you running?
 
G

Gordon

lazyj said:
Vista Home Premium
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OK That's good - that's what I have here.
Now, you need to ensure that the other User accounts are NOT Administrators,
otherwise they can override your settings.
Do Start Button, right-click on Documents, choose Properties. Click on the
Security Tab.
Click on the User Name you want to deny, and click on the Edit button.
Select the User you want, and on the Full Control row, click in the "Deny"
box.
Click Apply and OK out.

This will only work if the other users are NOT administrators, as I said -
if they are they can override this.

HTH
 
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lazyj

Hooray, thanks for the info. Incredible as it may sound, the asnswer at the
end was to add the Family user account. I assumed that every user account was
added automatically, that everything was naturally listed. It never occurred
to me until now that I had to add the one I wanted to deny access to.
 
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Gordon

lazyj said:
Hooray, thanks for the info. Incredible as it may sound, the asnswer at
the
end was to add the Family user account. I assumed that every user account
was
added automatically, that everything was naturally listed. It never
occurred
to me until now that I had to add the one I wanted to deny access to.
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You're welcome. Glad it's sorted!
 
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