Windows 7-How do you keep guest/another account from accessing drive/files?

[Artista]

Regarding access and privileges in the guest account/other accounts (other than admin) in Windows-7

I let friends use the default "guest" account on my computer.

First, I thought the admin account was by default the account you set up when loading Windows.

Why would Windows ask me at times to run things as a administrator? (automatic protection?)

In Windows 7 how do I set permissions / restrict privileges so they cannot see and/or access files that belong to me on a internal hard drive that I use for backup and/or the main "c" drive?

Seems that by default they can see and access but not delete or change.

Step by step instructs please.

Thank you

 

[JackMDS]

Permission and Security issues with Vista/Win7, check the following settings.

All users that are allowed to share need to have account on all the computers that they are allowed to connect to.

Everyone is an account, it means a group of all of the users that already have an account and been established as users.

Using the Everyone feature saves the need of configuring permission to each of the established users, it does not mean Everyone that feel that they would like to login.

Users that do not have an account on the computer are Not part of the Everyone Group.

If security on the LAN is Not needed and users are Not established, then switching On the Guest account provides semi-open configuration.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Turn-the-guest-account-on-or-off

When Guest Account is On you can add it to Folder's Permission and Security and check/uncheck whats allowed.
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Point to the a Folder that meant to to be share. Right click and choose properties.

In the properties.
Click on the Security tab shown in the pic bellow to the right) and check that the users and their permission (shown in the pic bellow center and left) are correctly configured. Then do the same to the Permission tab.
This screen shot is from Win 7, Vista's menus are similar.

http://www.ezlan.net/Win7/Permission-Security.jpg

In both the Security panel, and the Permission panel you have to highlight each User/Group and examine that the Permission Controls are checked correctly.

When everything is OK, Reboot the Network (Router, and computer).

* Note . The Groups and Users shown in the screen-shoot are just an example. Your list will look the way your system is configured.

 

[Artista]

When I right click on the file and go to properties I do not see "guest" as one of the options. I see as follows under the "security" tab:

AUTHENTICATED USERS
SYSTEM
ADMINISTRATORS
USERS

I did turn the "guest" account on, and it is one of the accounts in which one can log in on my computer. I only have two, myself and the guest account.

How do I get "guest" account listed?

Is "guest" account by default included in one of the above accounts/listing/groups?

Then perhaps I need to create another account in which permissions can be adjusted and let users use that one instead of the default "guest" account in WHICH IT WOULD SEEM PERMISSIONS CANNOT BE ADJUSTED?

Edit:Googled it and figured it out!

 

[Grimshad]

Go to that security panel again and then click Advanced>Change Permissions>Add

Then type Guest and click Check Names

Click ok and Guest should be on your list now.