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Password protecting a file and folder
Hello,
Use Truecrypt - it is free - http://www.truecrypt.org/ You can encrypt a folder using XP but it involves meddling with certificates and is not easily transferrable. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/223316 _________________ http://www.tompangbuddy.com Share Cab, Carpool and Save Earth in Singapore http://www.bootstrike.com/VHSVideoConvert/ Video Conversion Service VHS Video8 Hi8 miniDv Digital8 VHS-C S-VHS tapes to VCD/DVD "W Guy Delaney" wrote in message ... I want to password protect a folder where I keep my passwords. I have looked online and in the Help on Window XP Professional and can find no way to do it. Help. |
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Password protecting a file and folder
Hello,
Use Truecrypt - it is free - http://www.truecrypt.org/ You can encrypt a folder using XP but it involves meddling with certificates and is not easily transferrable. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/223316 _________________ http://www.tompangbuddy.com Share Cab, Carpool and Save Earth in Singapore http://www.bootstrike.com/VHSVideoConvert/ Video Conversion Service VHS Video8 Hi8 miniDv Digital8 VHS-C S-VHS tapes to VCD/DVD "W Guy Delaney" wrote in message ... I want to password protect a folder where I keep my passwords. I have looked online and in the Help on Window XP Professional and can find no way to do it. Help. |
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Password protecting a file and folder
W Guy Delaney wrote:
I want to password protect a folder where I keep my passwords. I have looked online and in the Help on Window XP Professional and can find no way to do it. Help. XP and Vista do not use passwords to protect resources. NT-based operating systems use permissions (user-based) instead. For your particular case, you'd be better off using one of these free password managers (or just zipping the folder and assigning the zipped archive a password): Password Safe (written by security expert Bruce Schneier and free) http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/ KeePass Password Safe (free) http://keepass.info/ Here is some more information explaining permissions just in case you want to know more about that: ***** How to disable Simple Sharing and set permissions on a shared folder in Windows XP (Pro only) http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307874 How to configure file sharing in Windows XP (includes information about permissions): http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304040 By default in XP Home, you can only make files and folders under My Documents "private". Otherwise, to see the security tab in WinXP Home, restart in Safe mode and log on with an account that has administrator privileges. To get into Safe Mode, repeatedly tap the F8 key as the computer is starting up. This will get you to the menu where you can choose Safe Mode. Note that the file system must be NTFS, not FAT32. Passwording of folders is not supported unless you zip them. When you do (right click a folder, then "send to compressed folder") and then open the zip file, you will find an option under file"add a password". Otherwise, use third-party software. Google "password protect folders". ***** Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ |
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Password protecting a file and folder
W Guy Delaney wrote:
I want to password protect a folder where I keep my passwords. I have looked online and in the Help on Window XP Professional and can find no way to do it. Help. XP and Vista do not use passwords to protect resources. NT-based operating systems use permissions (user-based) instead. For your particular case, you'd be better off using one of these free password managers (or just zipping the folder and assigning the zipped archive a password): Password Safe (written by security expert Bruce Schneier and free) http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/ KeePass Password Safe (free) http://keepass.info/ Here is some more information explaining permissions just in case you want to know more about that: ***** How to disable Simple Sharing and set permissions on a shared folder in Windows XP (Pro only) http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307874 How to configure file sharing in Windows XP (includes information about permissions): http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304040 By default in XP Home, you can only make files and folders under My Documents "private". Otherwise, to see the security tab in WinXP Home, restart in Safe mode and log on with an account that has administrator privileges. To get into Safe Mode, repeatedly tap the F8 key as the computer is starting up. This will get you to the menu where you can choose Safe Mode. Note that the file system must be NTFS, not FAT32. Passwording of folders is not supported unless you zip them. When you do (right click a folder, then "send to compressed folder") and then open the zip file, you will find an option under file"add a password". Otherwise, use third-party software. Google "password protect folders". ***** Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ |
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Password protecting a file and folder
W Guy Delaney wrote:
I want to password protect a folder where I keep my passwords. I have looked online and in the Help on Window XP Professional and can find no way to do it. Help. And what happens when you forget the password to _that_ folder? Gotta love the irony of such a question. 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...b;en-us;279783 HOW TO Set, View, Change, or Remove File and Folder Permissions http://support.microsoft.com/default...;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...b;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...b;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://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 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 The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot |
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Password protecting a file and folder
W Guy Delaney wrote:
I want to password protect a folder where I keep my passwords. I have looked online and in the Help on Window XP Professional and can find no way to do it. Help. And what happens when you forget the password to _that_ folder? Gotta love the irony of such a question. 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...b;en-us;279783 HOW TO Set, View, Change, or Remove File and Folder Permissions http://support.microsoft.com/default...;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...b;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...b;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://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 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 The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot |
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Password protecting a file and folder
W Guy Delaney wrote:
I want to password protect a folder where I keep my passwords. I have looked online and in the Help on Window XP Professional and can find no way to do it. Help. You might want to try Password Depot. It's free for up to 20 password anything over that it's 29.95 I think. I've used it for a long time. Another source for a password program is SourceForge.net. I remember one from there being recommended here before but I don't remember the name. Maybe someone else will post it. gls858 |
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Password protecting a file and folder
W Guy Delaney wrote:
I want to password protect a folder where I keep my passwords. I have looked online and in the Help on Window XP Professional and can find no way to do it. Help. You might want to try Password Depot. It's free for up to 20 password anything over that it's 29.95 I think. I've used it for a long time. Another source for a password program is SourceForge.net. I remember one from there being recommended here before but I don't remember the name. Maybe someone else will post it. gls858 |
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Password protecting a file and folder
W Guy Delaney wrote:
I want to password protect a folder where I keep my passwords. I have looked online and in the Help on Window XP Professional and can find no way to do it. Help. You can't password protect but XP does allow you to encrypt a folder for added security. 1. Select the folder 2. Right click Properties then select Advanced 3. Check the "Encrypt contents to secure data" option 4. Click Apply then OK |
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Password protecting a file and folder
W Guy Delaney wrote:
I want to password protect a folder where I keep my passwords. I have looked online and in the Help on Window XP Professional and can find no way to do it. Help. You can't password protect but XP does allow you to encrypt a folder for added security. 1. Select the folder 2. Right click Properties then select Advanced 3. Check the "Encrypt contents to secure data" option 4. Click Apply then OK |
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Password protecting a file and folder
mizer wrote:
W Guy Delaney wrote: I want to password protect a folder where I keep my passwords. I have looked online and in the Help on Window XP Professional and can find no way to do it. Help. You can't password protect but XP does allow you to encrypt a folder for added security. 1. Select the folder 2. Right click Properties then select Advanced 3. Check the "Encrypt contents to secure data" option 4. Click Apply then OK Make darn sure that you appoint an encryption Recovery Agent and/or save your private key because it's only a matter of time when you will be crying for your files if you don't! John |
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Password protecting a file and folder
mizer wrote:
W Guy Delaney wrote: I want to password protect a folder where I keep my passwords. I have looked online and in the Help on Window XP Professional and can find no way to do it. Help. You can't password protect but XP does allow you to encrypt a folder for added security. 1. Select the folder 2. Right click Properties then select Advanced 3. Check the "Encrypt contents to secure data" option 4. Click Apply then OK Make darn sure that you appoint an encryption Recovery Agent and/or save your private key because it's only a matter of time when you will be crying for your files if you don't! John |
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Password protecting a file and folder
I want to password protect a folder where I keep my passwords. I have looked
online and in the Help on Window XP Professional and can find no way to do it. Help. |
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