sharing and security

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Michael Eves

I need to make a folder on my PC private and set a
password up, but when I right click on the folder and
select sharing and security the 'make this folder
private' box is greyed out making it unavailable. I tried
it on my other PC and it worked fine. I'm using Windows
XP professional can anyone shed some light on the problem
please.

Thanks Michael Eves
 
Michael Eves said:
I need to make a folder on my PC private and set a
password up, but when I right click on the folder and
select sharing and security the 'make this folder
private' box is greyed out making it unavailable. I tried
it on my other PC and it worked fine. I'm using Windows
XP professional can anyone shed some light on the problem
please.

Thanks Michael Eves
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That option is only available if the drive is formatted NTFS.
If your drive is FAT32, you can't use this option.

It is possible to convert a drive from FAT to NTFS.
Go to Help and Support, and simply do a search on 'convert'.
It's the only topic that pops up.
 
Don't share files or printers unless you are behing a good
router with VPN. Anyone could hack you using NetBIOS if
you don't...
 
"rusty0412" said:
Don't share files or printers unless you are behing a good
router with VPN. Anyone could hack you using NetBIOS if
you don't...
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Running a firewall program, like XP's built-in Internet Connection
Firewall, will prevent anyone from hacking into your shared files and
printers from the Internet.
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