Q/. Configuring Microsoft Windows XP Professional

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Protecting the database

Now you need to prevent people from downloading and reading your databases and log files.

Open up the IIS Console by clicking on “Start/Settings/Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Internet Information Services”.

Select your computer and website containing YourVirtualStore from the cascading menus.

Then right click on the directory containing the databases and select “properties”.

Setting the permissions

A folder properties dialog box will popup.

Deselect “Read” in the dialog box.

This will disallow external users from downloading your database files.

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