Re: Password Protect Folders?

"Rainy" <rainydays38@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:yo5He.202313$_o.198512@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi Malke, thanks for the response.. and thanks for the links, on one it said I could right click on the folder and chose sharing and security, when I got there, it said I had to have windows xp firewall enabled, so I did that..and when I clicked ok.. the box for "make this folder private" is not clickable..

Also I have Zone Alarm, may I use both xp and zone alarm side by side? thanks Rainy

ps. all the programs that were suggested on the link I saw were not free.. can't afford to buy anything on my budget!


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Rainy wrote:

Hi, I would like to use XP to password protect a couple of folders, I
don't
know if it's possible! Perhaps there is a free program that will
allow me to do this.. one of the folders is full of passwords.. so I
would appreciate knowing.. thanks for any response.. Rainy 

Windows does not handle permissions by password-protecting folders.
Instead, permissions are granted by user and group. You will need
third-party software, such as WinZip. Here is a Google search that
produced some interesting links:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=password+folder+software&btnG=Google+Search

You can also use Google Groups Advanced Search and look in the
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general newsgroup for "password protect
folders" and come up with tons of posts which will be helpful.


Sounds like you neglected to tell us that you are using Windows XP Home Edition (rather than the Pro version). You have to reboot and login under an administrator account to change permissions. That's the joy of the Home Edition.

Note that even after you change permissions, and even if you remove all accounts (including the Administrators group) except for your own account, administrators can still take ownership of your file. If you are not the administrator of your host (but know the login to change permissions) but don't want anyone, even an administrator, to see the contents of your files, you will need to use EFS (encrypting file system). You will enable EFS, remove all accounts except yours, and be sure to export the EFS certificate to a floppy to lock away (you'll need it on a system reinstall or even you will be locked out of your files). Then the administrators can take ownership of your file but they cannot read it. Of course, EFS only comes with the Professional version of Windows XP.

By the way, I don't know what you did, but a firewall enabled or not has nothing to do with file permissions within NTFS. I don't use the included Windows Firewall and instead use a 3rd party firewall (smb.sygate.com) but it has no effect on file permissions.

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