Subj : Win XP Disk Administrator
To   : Michael Grant
From : Phil Simpson
Date : Mon Dec 16 2002 02:37 pm

On Dec 15 2002  Michael Grant wrote to Phil Simpson:


 MG> I got a chance to poke around an XP machine today, and I think I
 MG> found it. Try running "COMPMGMT". That should give you the XP
 MG> Computer Management Console. Under that, there should be a "Disk
 MG> Management" key. I opened that, and it's quite similar to the NT
 MG> Windisk app. There's a listing of drives on the top half of the
 MG> box, and a graphical representation of partitions on the bottom. 

Nothing with COMPMGMT TYPED in.

 MG> Just as I described with Windisk.exe, if you right-click on the
 MG> partition you want to change and then click on properties, that
 MG> will give you a box with several tabs at the top. I can't recall if
 MG> there was a "Security" tab, but there was a "Sharing" tab, and you
 MG> might be able to change your permissions from in there. It seems to
 MG> work pretty much the same as Windisk.exe, except that XP gives you
 MG> a bunch of "friendly" warnings about the "risks" of sharing your
 MG> disks.

I got a little farther using Ross' suggestion in another message, but still 
won't let me change anything. I'm going to buy XP Pro off ebay and get with the 
program. 

Have a nice day!
                  Phil

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