Re: Folder Protection

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Sa wrote:
Hello all,
Is there any way to protect a folder with out opening by giving password or something.
Thank you
Regards
SA


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

Of course, if you have WinXP Pro, as your friend apparently does, you can encrypt the desired files/folders. Just make sure that you properly back up and safeguard your encryption certificates and keys. If the your encryption certificates and keys were not backed up before the reinstallation, and the workstation isn't part of a domain (whose Administrator might act as the designated recovery agent), those files are gone, for all practical purposes. Encryption works well and there is no "back door" or hack to access the files. (Wouldn't be much point to EFS if it were easily by-passed.)

Best Practices for Encrypting File System
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;223316


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