preben Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 How can you hide the C: drive from users ?I've seend some GPO templates beeing made. But aren't there any easier way?// Preben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripken204 Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 well who do u want to hide it from and what partition is windows installed on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
preben Posted June 12, 2006 Author Share Posted June 12, 2006 I'm running a large network, and want to limit users to store either on a local disk that is not a system drive, or a network based disk.So basicly just hide the c:\ icon would help alot.Then I'll just add a norun value to registry, and it's locked // Preben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlash428 Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 (edited) Are you refering to the administrative (C$) share? This is shared for Domain administrative purposes, and if you're not an Admin, those who are may frown on disabling this share--but I'll let you worry about wether or not your reasons for disabling the share are legitimate.The problem with turning off the C$ share is that everytime your system is rebooted, it re-appears. There are several ways to remove it permanently, but the one I like the best is by adding this vb script:strComputer = "."Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")Set colShares = objWMIService.ExecQuery _ ("Select * from Win32_Share Where Name = 'C$'")On error resume nextFor Each objShare in colShares objShare.DeleteNextWScript.quitEDIT: Just read your last post, and realized that what you are trying to do is much different from what I described above--so you can just disregard it. Edited June 12, 2006 by TheFlash428 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmshah Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 By default I move the My Documents folder to D drive on newly built systems so naturally the user files get saved there in stead of system drive. I also disable system restore for this drive. I even set this folder for internet downloads. In situations of disaster it is a simple matter to reformat c: & do a fresh install. Data never gets affected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del Boy Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 By default I move the My Documents folder to D drive on newly built systems so naturally the user files get saved there in stead of system drive. I also disable system restore for this drive. I even set this folder for internet downloads. In situations of disaster it is a simple matter to reformat c: & do a fresh install. Data never gets affected.Are you running a domain? If you are then it's simply a case of using the group policy management console to create a policy applied to certain users to either hide the C drive or prevent access to it completley. Both of these policies are in User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Explorer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
preben Posted June 12, 2006 Author Share Posted June 12, 2006 I cannot find it under user configuration (yes, I'm in an AD enviroment).I can find some similarities under Computer Configurations.But only with one value : "Turn off shell protocol protected mode". Is this the value ?Thank you all guys for helping me out on this, and for the quick replies.// Preben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del Boy Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Done a screenshot for you:Click Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
preben Posted June 12, 2006 Author Share Posted June 12, 2006 thanks mate!Now it's working )/Preben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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