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Posted by Roger Abell [MVP] on January 28, 2008, 9:40 am
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> Understood. But that is a different context from a document so
> confidential that it is to be available only for viewing.
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Sure, true enough Al, and refocusing on initial posting accepted,
yet the different contexts (could) have the same (potential) solution.
Roger
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>> It might not be a matter of trust.
>> I have at times wanted to force single-sourcing of some
>> files so that everyone would have to be working from the
>> same page, so to speak, and so that there could not be any
>> stale version of the file laying around (with some people
>> not realizing their source is stale).
>>
>> Roger
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>>> ... or keep them from remembering what it said and telling someone they
>>> meet in a bar.
>>>
>>> Seriously, now, the president needs to decide if the staff can be
>>> trusted with confidential information. If he does not think they can be
>>> trusted, he would be better off not sharing it with them. If he thinks
>>> they can be trusted, well, he will just have to trust them.
>>>
>>> /Al
>>>
>>>> Pegasus is 100% correct. If they can read not only can they screen
>>>> print but they can actually save a copy elsewhere. I'm curious as to
>>>> how you prevent users from printing that document?
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>>>I have a confidential document the company president wants available
>>>>>>on the network for users to view only. I converted the excel file over
>>>>>>to PDF and set the security so it can't be modified, printed, etc.
>>>>>> My only problem is that I still need to be able to keep end users
>>>>>> from making copies of the file and storing in another location or
>>>>>> sending via email.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Server: Windows Storage Server 3002 R2
>>>>>> Clients: Windows XP and Windows 2000
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any suggestions?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks in advanced
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Charles W
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> You're asking for the impossible. Think of it like this: If end
>>>>> users can read the document then they can at the very least
>>>>> print the screen and send that screen print to anyone they whish.
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