does any one know how to restrict xp users to copy jpg files on local computer?

Question

my computer localy use with other ones and other users dont have enough knowledge to fight with policy i set ,i want to restrict others to copy jpg files on my computer ,is any software or policy that can do it .then i need
a software to restrict copy jpg files on hard disk

i need to restrict users to copy jpg files from CD ,floppy ,Flash memory or any external device to my hard disk

we must can,if it be the software that monitor copy process i think it can to do it ,but i am not sure that if this software even developed ,but as it really problem for so many persons i think some where may be we find it

Answer 1

I think you can not do that
You can set NTFS permissions(like read, write, modify...) to a folder or to the entire hard disk, but this permissions will affect all the type of files.

Answer 2

Assuming Windows XP and an adminstrator (not limited) account...
Create a folder for holding all your jpeg files
Right click the folder and go into security
Give your log on ID full control of the directory
Restrict the other IDs to only read (or no) access to the directory
Anything placed in that directory, they can not copy, alter, etc.

(Note: If they are admins also, they can right click on the directory and change their rights - so it is not a perfect solution)

Answer 3

I don't think there are ways to restrict that. However, you could limit through policies applications that can read JPG files.

Also, you could run an automated task that runs periodically and that deletes all *.JPG files from a directory root. Caution! This can be dangerous if you delete system files.

Good luck!