Windows XP
Sql Server best practices recommend using a local, low-permissions account as the service account. But if your machine isn't a member of a domain then you don't get a security tab in the folder properties window. There's many reasons to want to control permissions when you're not on a domain, but how can you do it?I had to do this today and I realized this wasn't something that was obvious to everyone, so I thought I'd make a quick post about it.UPDATE - 1/28/2009I have found there is a much better (read: safer) way to accomplish what is described below....