Readers Questions.
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Q.
I Have Seven People In The House Right Now Using The Same Computer. Two Of My
Younger Users Often Venture Into Areas They Shouldn’t And Cause Problems At
Times. If It Is Possible How Do I Hide My Drives On My PC
A.
If you have numerous people using your pc you may only want them to have access
to applications rather than be able to see the content of all available drives.
To hide drives proceed as follows:
NOTE:
Before
making any changes to the
registry it is recommended that you make a backup copy
of your registry either from within the registry Editor (see
How do I backup the Registry in Windows XP
) or by using the freeware registry backup utility called ERUNT (available from
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/erunt.html )
1. Click
the
START button
2. From
the Start menu click Run
3. In the
Run dialogue box type;
regedit and press OK
4. The
Registry Editor Window will now open
5.
Navigate to the following Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
6.
Right
click on Explorer and, from the drop down menu, click on DWORD value
7. A new
value box will appear in the right pane. Rename this value NoDrives.
8.
Right
click on the new NoDrives option and select Modify from the drop down menu
9. In the
Modify value box type the following value 67108863 and then press OK
10.
Finally Exit from the Windows
registry
Let me know if you need anything else.
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