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Wonderer
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 12:24 am    Post subject: Password protecting Reply with quote
Is there a way to set up xp home so you can put passwords on seperater
folders? If not in the program itself, then is there a freeware program than
can do it?

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John Wunderlich
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 12:52 am    Post subject: Re: Password protecting Reply with quote
" Wonderer" <mynewsgrps@hotmail.com> wrote in
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Quote:
Is there a way to set up xp home so you can put passwords on
seperater folders? If not in the program itself, then is there a
freeware program than can do it?


Windows does not provide password protection on folders.

If you have sensitive information you want to protect with a password,
try the freeware "TrueCrypt". It password protects a virtual disk
rather than a folder and it is as secure as the password you choose.

<http://www.truecrypt.org>

HTH,
John
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Bruce Chambers
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 4:15 am    Post subject: Re: Password protecting Reply with quote
Wonderer wrote:
Quote:
Is there a way to set up xp home so you can put passwords on seperater
folders? If not in the program itself, then is there a freeware program than
can do it?



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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Wonderer
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 1:52 pm    Post subject: Re: Password protecting Reply with quote
Well, that sounds good in theory, but if I have only one folder that I do
not want accessed, while leaving all others available, it just does not
work.

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Steven Shelton

There are two secrets to success in life
1) Never tell anybody everything you know
"Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@cable0ne.n3t> wrote in message
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Quote:
Wonderer wrote:
Is there a way to set up xp home so you can put passwords on seperater
folders? If not in the program itself, then is there a freeware program
than can do it?



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:
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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. -Bertrum
Russell
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Malke
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 4:50 pm    Post subject: Re: Password protecting Reply with quote
Wonderer wrote:

Quote:
Well, that sounds good in theory, but if I have only one folder that I do
not want accessed, while leaving all others available, it just does not
work.

Then 1) you are doing something wrong in your user accounts, groups, and

permissions assignment; 2) you should just zip the files and
password-protect the zipped folder.

Malke
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Wonderer
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 11:25 pm    Post subject: Re: Password protecting Reply with quote
I have xp home. I don't suppose you would care to explain how to do it
right?

Steven Shelton

There are two secrets to success in life
1) Never tell anybody everything you know



"Malke" <notreally@invalid.com> wrote in message
news:uNrHhxTvGHA.2036@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
Quote:
Wonderer wrote:

Well, that sounds good in theory, but if I have only one folder that I do
not want accessed, while leaving all others available, it just does not
work.

Then 1) you are doing something wrong in your user accounts, groups, and
permissions assignment; 2) you should just zip the files and
password-protect the zipped folder.

Malke
--
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic"
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Bob I
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 6:32 pm    Post subject: Re: Password protecting Reply with quote
After you "zip" it, you will find "Add a Password" on the File menu.

Wonderer wrote:

Quote:
I have xp home. I don't suppose you would care to explain how to do it
right?

Steven Shelton

There are two secrets to success in life
1) Never tell anybody everything you know



"Malke" <notreally@invalid.com> wrote in message
news:uNrHhxTvGHA.2036@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

Wonderer wrote:


Well, that sounds good in theory, but if I have only one folder that I do
not want accessed, while leaving all others available, it just does not
work.


Then 1) you are doing something wrong in your user accounts, groups, and
permissions assignment; 2) you should just zip the files and
password-protect the zipped folder.

Malke
--
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic"


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Rock
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PostPosted: Tue May 22, 2007 12:26 am    Post subject: Re: Password protecting Reply with quote
"PRW" <google@paulrolandwilliams.com> wrote in message
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Quote:
Hi,

Is it possible to password protect an individual folder in XP? (And if
so, how?)

Thanks very much


Zip the folder and assign a password to that. Otherwise 3rd party software
is needed. XP uses permissions for access to files and folders.

How to set, view, change, or remove file and folder permissions in Windows
XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308418/en-us

How to set, view, change, or remove special permissions for files and
folders in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308419/en-us

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