Windows XP tip: 2 User level permissions w/o domain
When I got home this summer from school I un-joined my computer from the school’s windows domain. I was annoyed when I tried to set user level permissions on a folder and only got a check box to set whether I wanted to share the folder. Well, I finally figured out how to set user level permissions on a folder without joining a Windows Domain. If your eyes haven’t glazed over by now, this maybe useful to you :).
Go to Control Panel -> Admin. Tools -> Local Security Settings
Under Local Policies -> Security Options look for the entry ‘Network access: Sharing and security model for local accounts’ Double click that and change the value to Classic.
Now, when you right click on a folder, the nice, useful ‘Sharing’ and ‘Security’ tabs back on folder properties.