Encryption

I am the administrator on my computer, and certian people
like to nose around in the sites i've been too. I have the
history set to clear in one day, but I'm trying to figure
out how to keep him from looking in my temt. internet
files. Is there a way to keep him from looking at those
files, without deleting my cookies? Or are those even
important?

Julie;
You probably do not wnat or need to use encryption for this type of
privacy.
You need to protect your profile and give others access to a Limited
Account only.

In any case, you need to be using NTFS and not FAT32.
To check:
Open My Computer, Right click the drive, click Properties.
What does it say by "File System"?
To convert to NTFS:
http://aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm
Data should be safe, back-up important data just in case.

Follow the appropriate link:
Windows XP Home:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307286
Windows XP Pro:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307874

Password all accounts with Administrator access including the default
Administrator.
Give all other users access only to Limited profiles.
You must tightly control all Administrators because Any Administrator
can do and undo anything any Administrator can do.
Take appropriate precautions to prevent losing the passwords.

You should use an Administrator profile for Administrator work.
Use a Limited profile for all routine work.

See also:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308418

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...oups/setup.asp
http://dts-l.org/index.html


"Julie" wrote in message
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I am the administrator on my computer, and certian people
like to nose around in the sites i've been too. I have the
history set to clear in one day, but I'm trying to figure
out how to keep him from looking in my temt. internet
files. Is there a way to keep him from looking at those
files, without deleting my cookies? Or are those even
important?