There are many advantages to using the NT File System (NTFS) over file systems based on the old-style File Allocation Table (FAT). For example, NTFS can track permissions and provide ownership of ...

Could I pick peoples brains on how they implement NTFS permissions so that for a shared folder, a group can't create random folders or files in the base of that folder, but can read/modify any files ...

Is there a way in NTFS to grant a user the right to view (read-only) folder permissions on folders that they do not have read access to any files? The scenario is to give testers and developers the ...

Basically, someone needed to audit the NTFS permissions on a set of files and directories (I will refer to them as objects). Easy, right? Oh, I forgot to mention that “Administrators” had no rights to ...

Like previous versions of Windows server, Windows Server 2003 allows access to resources at a very granular level. This means that you can determine specifically who should be allowed access to a ...

Windows’ NTFS filesystem applies permissions to files, folders, and other objects (even individual Registry entries). This gives you control over your PC by specifying which users and groups have ...

Q: A user has created a network share and assigned the share and NTFS permissions to Full Control and Read & execute. Answer is D. When share and NTFS permissions are combined, the most restrictive ...

As mentioned, Effective Permissions is a set of permissions for any user or user group to access the file or folder. Windows sets permissions for each file or folder object to secure the user’s ...

As companies move off Windows 7 and Server 2008, they run the risk of leaving dangerous access permissions behind. Here's how to find them. Ransomware often leverages a cracked administrator or local ...

You might have come across these computer terms including FAT32, NTFS and much more. So what exactly is that? To make it simple both FAT32 and NTFS are file systems created for keeping track of files ...