Is a standard user account necessary for tight security and home user?

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  1. Posts : 2,979
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       #41

    fdegrove said:
    Hi,



    Sure.

    Download and install subinacl.msi from this site:

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/down....aspx?id=23510

    Then copy and paste the following into notepad and save as acl.bat :




    Run the batch file as admin and the accounts should be reset to their defaults.

    Cheers,
    Hi fdegrove,

    Unfortunately there hasn't been any change, does the computer need to be rebooted afterwards? Have you got any other ideas?
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  2. Posts : 2,832
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       #42

    Hi,

    Unfortunately there hasn't been any change, does the computer need to be rebooted afterwards? Have you got any other ideas?
    No, it shouldn't.
    Unless I've overlooked something, no I don't have any other ideas at this point. Sorry.

    Cheers,
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  3. Posts : 2,979
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       #43

    fdegrove said:
    Hi,



    No, it shouldn't.
    Unless I've overlooked something, no I don't have any other ideas at this point. Sorry.

    Cheers,
    No worries, I might set up a new thread to see if anyone else can help.
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  4. Posts : 2,979
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       #44

    I wonder if my issue could be that the users folder is "shared"

    I've found some information and uploaded some screenshots. I haven't applied the changes yet as I'll wait for another opinion even though it seems like a likely possibility...

    https://scottiestech.info/2009/09/25/windows-7-file-sharing-fixing-the-entire-user-directory-shared-problem/

    Is a standard user account necessary for tight security and home user?-user_folder_permissions.pngIs a standard user account necessary for tight security and home user?-user_folder_permissions_2.png
    Last edited by Kol12; 27 Sep 2016 at 19:59.
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  5. Posts : 16,325
    W10Prox64
       #45

    That sounds like the problem. Normally, you wouldn't share the entire users folder.
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  6. Posts : 2,979
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       #46

    simrick said:
    That sounds like the problem. Normally, you wouldn't share the entire users folder.
    I have to wonder if when I created a homegroup for testing purposes that it set the permissions as I at no time recall setting this manually... I removed the homegroup at the same time.

    Now it's a matter of working out how to set this all back to normal as there are a multitude of places to edit the permissions within the user folder properties...
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  7. Posts : 2,979
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       #47

    fdegrove said:
    Hi,



    Sure.

    Download and install subinacl.msi from this site:

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/down....aspx?id=23510

    Then copy and paste the following into notepad and save as acl.bat :




    Run the batch file as admin and the accounts should be reset to their defaults.

    Cheers,
    Was I by any chance meant to install the subinacl tool to C:\Windows\System32?

    There are similar instructions here:
    http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-security/how-to-reset-all-user-permissions-to-default/9da312d2-c99b-4283-a275-e74d93dcc366?auth=1
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  8. Posts : 2,979
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       #48

    Steve C said:
    I would give each user their own standard account for extra security and keep an admin account for system maintenance. I also have a reserve admin account on my PC in case of problems with the main admin account!

    I've also set my admin account to be a local rather than Microsoft account.

    You can run many admin tasks from a standard account but you will get an UAC prompt for the admin password.
    What sort of problems might you encounter with your admin account? Is the idea of having the backup admin account that if your primary one broke it might lock you out of your computer?
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  9. Posts : 2,832
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       #49

    Hi,

    Was I by any chance meant to install the subinacl tool to C:\Windows\System32?
    No. If you change the installation destination folder then the batch file needs to be edited accordingly.

    Have you removed the share from the "users" folder ?

    Cheers,
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  10. Posts : 2,979
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       #50

    fdegrove said:
    Hi,



    No. If you change the installation destination folder then the batch file needs to be edited accordingly.

    Have you removed the share from the "users" folder ?

    Cheers,
    Ok.

    No because I'm unsure about from where exactly to do it. You've got options to make permission changes from the "Sharing" or the "security" tabs. Not knowing why my permissions have ended up this way in the first place I'm quite confused and worried that if change something incorrectly that it will either break something or defeat the purpose of creating a standard user account for another layer of security in the first place.

    Interestingly our laptop has the same issue so I can't help but think that this was caused by the creation of a Homegroup? I've also noticed that the laptop is using a Public network so how it could connect to a Homegroup in the first place I didn't think that was possible?

    It's possible these "shared" permissions are affecting other folders as well. Should the standard user be able to access the Windows folder?

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