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I don't know workgroup server settings all that well but I suggest you try making the user a member of the &quot;guest&quot;group &nbsp;(make sure they are not part of other groups that give them other rights too) and see if that suits your needs or not.
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I don't know workgroup server settings all that well but I suggest you try making the user a member of the "guest"group  (make sure they are not part of other groups that give them other rights too) and see if that suits your needs or not.

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No solution found because you CANNOT create a read-only user account.
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No solution found because you CANNOT create a read-only user account.

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Yes, as the server not a domain member, its not possible to create groups or organizational units.
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Yes, as the server not a domain member, its not possible to create groups or organizational units.

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You can use folder permissions by user to do what you want. <br />
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But if truly you cannot do this, then we said that as well.
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You can use folder permissions by user to do what you want.

But if truly you cannot do this, then we said that as well.

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Yes but you can create a user as a guest and see if that guest rights does what you want and if not you can use local group policy to restrict any user even further and if you don't want them to see certain files/folders that can be done by using file/folder permissions.
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Yes but you can create a user as a guest and see if that guest rights does what you want and if not you can use local group policy to restrict any user even further and if you don't want them to see certain files/folders that can be done by using file/folder permissions.

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Hi,<br />
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I need to create a read-only user account on windows 2012 server. It is in workgroup. <br />
When i create a standard user, its allowing to see only folders and files. I need the user to see application setup on IIS webserver but should not be allowed to modify. Please suggest.
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Hi,

I need to create a read-only user account on windows 2012 server. It is in workgroup. 
When i create a standard user, its allowing to see only folders and files. I need the user to see application setup on IIS webserver but should not be allowed to modify. Please suggest.

How to create read-only user account on windows 2012 (work group) server

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Windows Server 2012

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