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I need to have a folder in my computer password. Is this avail. in XP or
Vista?

Thanks,
Raul Rego
 
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Raul said:
I need to have a folder in my computer password. Is this
avail. in
XP or Vista?

Thanks,
Raul Rego
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The only folders you can password protect by default on a
Windows XP system are compressed folders. Take a look at this
article for more info.

How To Use Compressed (Zipped) Folders in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306531

Note, you have to add files to the compressed folder before you
can add a password. Also, if you forget the password, you will
not be able to recover your files.

Good luck

Nepatsfan
 
Raul said:
I need to have a folder in my computer password. Is this avail. in XP or
Vista?

Thanks,
Raul Rego
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Like WinNT and Win2K before it, WinXP's file security paradigm
doesn't rely on, or allow, the cumbersome method of password protection
for individual applications, files, or folders. Instead, it uses the
superior method of explicitly assigning file/folder permissions to
individual users and/or groups.

HOW TO Create and Configure User Accounts in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;279783

HOW TO Set, View, Change, or Remove File and Folder Permissions
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q308418

HOW TO Set, View, Change, or Remove Special Permissions for Files and
Folders
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];Q308419

HOW TO Set the My Documents Folder as Private in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;298399

Of course, if you have WinXP Pro, you can encrypt the desired
files/folders.

Best Practices for Encrypting File System
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;223316

As a crude work-around, you can place the file in a compressed
folder, and set a password to uncompress the folder to view/access its
contents. Also, some applications allow the user to password-protect
their specific data files. Read the specific application's Help files
for further information on this capability.


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Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:37:52 -0600 from Bruce Chambers
Like WinNT and Win2K before it, WinXP's file security paradigm
doesn't rely on, or allow, the cumbersome method of password protection
for individual applications, files, or folders. Instead, it uses the
superior method of explicitly assigning file/folder permissions to
individual users and/or groups.
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I laugh out loud every time I read this

If passwording files or folders is so "cumbersome" how come there are
so many requests to do it? Contrariwise, I think a clear look a how
passwording would work shows that assigning permissions is more
"cumbersome" than just passwording the file -- if only that were
possible.

There's a use for the permission scheme, but there's also a use for
passwording and it's quite silly that XP doesn't allow it.
 
Stan said:
Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:37:52 -0600 from Bruce Chambers


I laugh out loud every time I read this

If passwording files or folders is so "cumbersome" how come there are
so many requests to do it?
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For the same reason that there are so many requests to do other basic
things, such as print a list of files in a folder or the screen
contents: the people asking simply haven't learned better.

Contrariwise, I think a clear look a how
passwording would work shows that assigning permissions is more
"cumbersome" than just passwording the file -- if only that were
possible.
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And no ever, ever forgets a password, do they?


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Try this link. It might help.

http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000705.htm

Derek

Bruce Chambers said:
Raul said:
I need to have a folder in my computer password. Is this avail. in XP or
Vista?

Thanks,
Raul Rego
Click to expand...


Like WinNT and Win2K before it, WinXP's file security paradigm doesn't
rely on, or allow, the cumbersome method of password protection for
individual applications, files, or folders. Instead, it uses the superior
method of explicitly assigning file/folder permissions to individual users
and/or groups.

HOW TO Create and Configure User Accounts in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;279783

HOW TO Set, View, Change, or Remove File and Folder Permissions
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q308418

HOW TO Set, View, Change, or Remove Special Permissions for Files and
Folders
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];Q308419

HOW TO Set the My Documents Folder as Private in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;298399

Of course, if you have WinXP Pro, you can encrypt the desired
files/folders.

Best Practices for Encrypting File System
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;223316

As a crude work-around, you can place the file in a compressed folder,
and set a password to uncompress the folder to view/access its contents.
Also, some applications allow the user to password-protect their specific
data files. Read the specific application's Help files for further
information on this capability.


--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:



They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. -Bertrand
Russell
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