Hide Local Drives

[Guest create_share]

How can i hide local drives on Terminal Server including C drive from my

Terminal Server Users and just give them access to my documents folder on

their desktops?

 

Thanks!

[Guest TP]

Re: Hide Local Drives

 

Hi,

 

You can do this with group policy settings. Normally for a

TS you would do something similar to the following:

 

- Create a separate TS OU

- Move the TS computer account inside of the above OU

- Create a GPO and link it to the above OU

- Add a Deny Apply Group Policy entry for Domain Admins

to the above GPO

- Edit the above GPO

- Enable Loopback processing

- Enable Folder Redirection for App Data, My Documents,

Desktop, Start Menu as needed

- Enable various settings as needed to restrict and/or configure

the user experience

 

The specific settings you referred to are:

 

User Config\Admin Templates\Windows Components\Windows Explorer

Hide these specified drives from My Computer

Prevent access to drives from My Computer

 

There is tons of information available on technet and elsewhere

on the web regarding group policy settings. I recommend you

set up your server and then test the various settings to see their

effect before moving into production.

 

Loopback processing of Group Policy

 

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/231287

 

-TP

 

create_share wrote:

> How can i hide local drives on Terminal Server including C drive from

> my Terminal Server Users and just give them access to my documents

> folder on their desktops?

>

> Thanks!