Can a member please share some guidance on how to install such passwords.

Thanks.

Hi,

Windows does not natively allow you to password files and folders on your hard drive. However, there is a way you could do it in XP by creating unique accounts for each user.

Open Google and search "winXP make files private"

there are loads of pages with a full description on how to do it

richard1808 is correct,

Create a 2nd user account from control panel and user accounts and then logon using that account providing you make the 2nd account a standard account and not a administrator account then any attempt to access yuor user folder will result in access denied and a standard account cannot take ownership...

the other option is to install www.truecrypt.org which you can then create a encrypted file as big as you like and store all the private stuff in there

richard1808 is correct,

Create a 2nd user account from control panel and user accounts and then logon using that account providing you make the 2nd account a standard account and not a administrator account then any attempt to access yuor user folder will result in access denied and a standard account cannot take ownership...

the other option is to install www.truecrypt.org which you can then create a encrypted file as big as you like and store all the private stuff in there

Thanks for the several suggestions, much appreciated.

If Windows XP Professional remove the tick from Use Simple File Sharing [Explorer ->Tools ->Folder Options->View-> at the bottom of the list). This will open up access to the Security tab in Properties allowing you to set permissions, e.g. who has access and what they are allowed to do. Unfortunately this is not available in XP Home, but you could look at the account option, or maybe using a Guest account.

One other option, which is applicable if you want to make the data private is in sharing

Apply you user account password in the pop-up and no one else will be able to access the directory or contents IIRC if the folder is zipped you can give it a unique password as opposed to having to use your account one.

HTH

Regards

Edited April 29, 201016 yr by A_Traveller