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Windows 8 Question - multiple users and OneDrive security
Nailz
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Here is the situation.
A place I work at has a Windows 8 laptop with 3 accounts that log on to it. One of them is a user who has an administrator account for installing software etc. When I go to use it if I log on using my microsoft logon it shows a folder called OneDrive that seems to sync with my OneDrive files.
Now could the other user who is an administrator log on and browse to my folder and have read access to my OneDrive documents on there ? If so how can I disconnect my OneDrive account from the laptop so they just stay online ?
Thanks
A place I work at has a Windows 8 laptop with 3 accounts that log on to it. One of them is a user who has an administrator account for installing software etc. When I go to use it if I log on using my microsoft logon it shows a folder called OneDrive that seems to sync with my OneDrive files.
Now could the other user who is an administrator log on and browse to my folder and have read access to my OneDrive documents on there ? If so how can I disconnect my OneDrive account from the laptop so they just stay online ?
Thanks
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http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/onedrive/wiki/odoptions-oddesktop/how-to-completely-disable-onedrive/b97a8336-62e7-476c-872c-3286c0a01cf6
Windows 8.1 is installed so this looks like the solution.
Disable OneDrive in Windows 8.1
Since OneDrive is built into the operating system in Windows 8.1, you cannot uninstall it. You can however disable all of the syncing features one of these methods: disable each syncing feature individually or unlink your Microsoft account from your Windows account. OneDrive syncs both settings and files in Windows 8.1 so you have to turn off syncing any settings.
Disable Each Feature
To disable each feature or individual features of OneDrive, follow these instructions:
Open the Charms bar, click "Settings", and then click "Change PC Settings"
Select "OneDrive" and then select "Sync Settings"
Disable the setting "Sync your settings on this PC"
Optional: Select the File Storage settings and then deselect the "Save documents to OneDrive by default" to stop programs from automatically saving to OneDrive
You'll also have to make sure to not put any files into the OneDrive folder; once it's in that folder it will sync to OneDrive. You cannot remove the OneDrive while you still have your computer connected to your Microsoft account.