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Old 05-22-2004, 05:55 AM   #1
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Password protecting certain folders
Hey is there any way I can do this?

There are some family members that are going to spend some time over my house and are gonna probably use my computer. Is there a way to PW protect shit, or even give them their own Windows login name and restrict access to certain folders?
 
Old 05-22-2004, 10:35 AM   #2
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Yes, it's possible if you use XP home edition. Probably just give a username which has no adminstrative rights, and hide all your documents in the "my documents" folder. It should be nicely kept. And for passwords... all i can recommend is that you zip the files together and encyrpt them with a password.
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YOu can do a search on www.downloads.com for password protecting your folders.
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Old 05-22-2004, 12:46 PM   #4
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Yeah, if you have XP Home edition just make a username for these people that has no power, and put a password on your username.
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Old 05-22-2004, 01:13 PM   #5
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You could just make a hidden folder and make all the files hidden. Also, put the folder in some obscure location.
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Old 05-22-2004, 07:59 PM   #6
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You could just make a hidden folder and make all the files hidden. Also, put the folder in some obscure location.
Yeah, I already have been doing that, but just in case they are handy with finding hidden files.
 
Old 05-23-2004, 02:20 AM   #7
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Why don't you just say "No, you can't use my computer" if you are that afraid of people finding your porn.
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