ken zen said:
I have a laptop and me and my sister uses it she is a admin and so am
i
but she keeps on listening to my music and steeling them so im just
wondering if there was any way to keep my music folder locked from my
sis.Can someone help me?
Any administrator account can take ownership of anyone's files.
However, that is only ownership. No administrator (in Windows XP) can
actually read the file if you use EFS (encrypting file system). By
default, the Administrator (and other admin accounts) are *not* included
in the EFS certificate that you create under your account unless you add
them as a recovery agent (in Windows 2000, the Administrator account was
added by default, but not in Windows XP). So you can fight over who has
ownership of the file but only you can actually read (i.e., play) them.
Remember to export your EFS certificate to a floppy or CD and lock it in
a safe place (so your sister cannot get it). When exporting, you also
have the option to specify a password, so use a different one that for
your account login (and one that you won't forget but one your sister
won't guess). You'll also need this exported copy of the EFS cert if
you reinstall Windows since you'll need to import that particular cert
to read the encrypted files that used that cert.
You will need Windows XP Professional to have it include support for
EFS. If you have Windows XP Home, you screwed yourself by going cheap
to get a crippled version of the operating system. In you only have
Windows XP Home, you could archive the files into a .zip file that is
password protected but you'll need a 3rd party zip tool that lets you
password-protect a .zip file. Again, you need to use a password that
you will remember but your sister cannot guess.
