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hi ... i have some programs i want to secure from my sister .... because shes opens them and crashes my computer every time.... so i put them in a folder .. but i need a program to password protect the folder ... i searched the net but everyone is shareware...do toy any free ones
im using winxp pro...runing one admin account ....
tx for any good answer
do you know any free ones ******
You already have a free one.
Create separate user accounts for each user.
Then make sure you are using the NTFS filesystem.
To find out which one you are using... go into my computer, then right click on your system drive, choose properties. It should tell you the filesystem type.
If you are using fat32...
get to a command prompt and type
convert c: /fs:ntfs
Assuming that c drive is your main drive.
You will need to reboot after converting.
Then assign permissions.
Right click on the folder you want to restrict.
Then click on security.
Choose which usernames can access the folder.
Make sure that not everyone has access to the admin account... as they can just as easily add themselves to the permissions on the folder. Best bet... make everyone powerusers...
Only use the admin account when you need to... i.e. installs, system changes, etc.
Viola! All at the cost of... nada, zip, zero, zilch... well, you did pay for the OS...
Ah, if you want to know more about NTFS permissions... click here .
actually i didnt .. downloaded it from kazaa ...hehe... but thanks for that reply ...
yes download it from kazaa but why you still asked that question ???
you dont make any sense .. i said i downloaded XP from kazaa but i asked how i can LOCK MY FOLDER WITH A PASSWORD ....
;)
He is saying that you should make your sister here own account and then simply remove her access from any folder you like. It wouldn't take much space and is much easier than having to enter a password everytime. It would only take less than 10 min to set-up...
You Mentioned kazaa could you please reply with the url :umph:Quote:
Originally posted here by MemorY
actually i didnt .. downloaded it from kazaa ...hehe... but thanks for that reply ...
Using Kazaa will not likely give him a URL, just virii :)
My home network got infected, been fine since I left Kazaa turned off...
it has its good and bad points, but there is a 50 : 50 chance of d/l a file which has been renamed, no problems with virii though - just stupid spyware !!!
Use Irc Gold - much better :)
ok, i dont know how to do this. i have been trying for ages.
i choose a folder, and i goto sharing and security, but the check box that says make this folder private is shaded in so i cant check it. this problem is the same even when there are several limited account. at the time, i am using an admin account.
please help
TrustNot:
Are you sure that you are using the NTFS file system? I described in my post above how to find out.
The sharing tab will only come up if you have file/print enabled.
The security tab will only be there when you have the NTFS file system.
Check out the link in my first post. It will describe it better than I could.
I think you are looking in the wrong place... not in the sharing tab, but you should be looking in the security tab. This is where you set which users can write/read/execute per folder... or even per file if you wanted to...
TrustNot... if you are using XP Pro... have you turned off simple file sharing (Tools> FolderOptions > View - should be near the bottom)? This will enable you to have more control over who has access to what...... and yeah as Phish says... you must have NTFS
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Also, a very important point:
Share permissions ONLY are checked when accessing a folder over the wire.
NTFS permission are checked when accessing files and folders remotely OR locally.
IOW, if all you set is Share permissions, and someone can log on locally at the machine, those permissions don't do dick!
I second (or third?) Phish's statements re:NTFS.
Cheers,
Vegas
OK. I've been here like two minutes, but I think I have a good solution that hasn't been mentioned yet. If you don't want someone to look at a file on your PC, then don't keep it on your PC. Put it on removable media. Keep the ZIP or whatever out of sight. If the files don't change much or at all, burn a CD.
Burning to a CD is fine for files, but the original post specifically mentioned "programs".
If MemorY wants to install/run/uninstall each time he wants to run a program......... :eek: