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> "Spot" <Spot@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> > If you want to add a bit of security to your Vista system AND have another
> > Windows OS installed, I'd recommend installing the other Windows OS onto a
> > Fat32 partition. This way if someone else uses your computer and you don't
> > want them to use Vista, or they don't want to use Vista, they wont be able

> to

> > see your files because you're Vista install is going to be installed in

> NTFS

> > right!?
> >
> > There is so many ways and other OS's that can read NTFS, but a Windows
> > system in Fat32 cannot read NTFS.

>
> http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilitie...Windows98.html wanna bet.
>

> > If you want another layer of security,
> > create separate accounts for yourself and other users of your Windows

> system,

> > also you can install some sort of file encryption software to use on your
> > personal files for even more security.
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> > esu lanoisseforp

>
>
>

> Can that program read/write to XP/Vista NTFS drives reguardless of
> permissions as well? It only mentions NT/2000 and I can't really test
> it since I don't have 98 anymore

> I noticed that a limited account in XP (NTFS formatted) that the Vista
> partition is pretty much protected, can't read the User Documents
> folders and can't modify anything, which can be a really good thing.
> If you really wanted to be able to, all that needs to be done is to
> log into XP's Admin and change permissions, but by default I think
> that not being able to is a good security choice.

> Spot wrote:

> > Can that program read/write to XP/Vista NTFS drives reguardless of
> > permissions as well? It only mentions NT/2000 and I can't really test
> > it since I don't have 98 anymore

>
> Permissions are not some super secret forcefield that provides
> cartoon-superhero strength protection to anyone who wears their
> undergarments on top of their trousers and starts assigning permissions.
> They are an operating system system convention that works very well inside
> the operating system concerned but are no help against something working
> outside the boundaries of the operating system.
>

> > I noticed that a limited account in XP (NTFS formatted) that the Vista
> > partition is pretty much protected, can't read the User Documents
> > folders and can't modify anything, which can be a really good thing.
> > If you really wanted to be able to, all that needs to be done is to
> > log into XP's Admin and change permissions, but by default I think
> > that not being able to is a good security choice.

>
> Permissions are very good at what they do, but what they do isn't protect
> you from people / systems that don't 'play by the rules'.
>
>
>

> "Permissions are very good at what they do, but what they do isn't
> protect you from people / systems that don't 'play by the rules'. "
>
> Well said. I wonder if there will ever be a built in check to verify
> permissions, I mean built into the filesystem and works kind of like
> XOR (Vernam) so that way information couldn't be
> read/wrote/uncorrupted without the permission being given from having
> the passcode.