Windows 10: I want to restrict access to a drive by a local user account.

Below is a thread in official microsoft forum that contains the details of my question. but it is not solved there. Kindly help.



https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...triction/db209dcb-df3d-4c0c-8a59-d07983f5f161

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Unable to set restriction for local user in Windows 10

Hi,



I realized your concern and will assist you to resolve the issue.

• 
  How did you noticed that user is still able to access the drive?
  
• 
  Did you log into the local user account and check the permission?
  

I suggest you to follow the steps below to restrict the user.

• In File Explorer, right click on the drive which you want to restrict.
• Click Properties.
• Click the Security tab.
• Click on Edit to change the permissions.
• Uncheck all the permission for system.
• Click OK and make sure the change is applied to all subfolders and files.

Your reply is very important for us to ensure a proper resolution. Please get back to us with the above information in order to assist you accordingly.

Thanks and regards.

 

Restrict Network Drive Access to User

Hi Beach,



I realize the inconvenience you are experiencing with Windows 10. I will certainly help you.



This issue might occur if there network discovery option is enabled on the computer.



To assist you better, please provided us the information below:

• When you say that "kids have a local account", is the child account configured as standard user account on the computer?

I suggest you to follow the steps below to hide the network discovery of the computer in the shared network.

1. Click on Search bar.

2. Type "HomeGroup" without the quotes in the search bar and click on it.

3. Then click on Change Advanced sharing settings.

4. Expand Private.

5. Turn off network discovery.

5. Expand Guest or Public.

6. Then turn off network discovery
option.

7. Click on Save changes button.

Please get back to us with an update on issue with restricting network drives to the child account, we will be happy to help.



Thank you.

 

Local account with restricted access?

I serve voluntarily as tech support for my religious place of worship. We have a Windows 8.1 machine available for member use, with a local administrator account for those like me, and a local child account for general use that uses website whitelists and
app restrictions. We would like to upgrade this machine to Windows 10 but we do not want to have to create a Microsoft account to maintain the restrictions on the one user account. Did Windows 10 remove the ability to put restrictions on local accounts? Or
is there another way that scenarios like this could be set up?