Folder passwords in XP

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AshenSparrow

About my situation: My roommate was falsely convicted of sexua
harassment against a minor. His fiancee's mother is fighting fo
custody of the girl's son (legal guardianship currently belongs to m
friend and his fiancee together), so she contacted his parole office
and claimed there was pornography on his private computer. There wasn'
at the time, because his father didn't use it. Shortly after the PO'
visit, our house's main computer had a blowout. We transferred m
friend's computer into the living room and now his father is savin
pornographic images on it. Somehow, we can't convince him of the dange
he's creating for his son, and since he owns both machines, we can'
forbid him from downloading what he wants.

I've found a thread on this board which has link to a Microsoft pag
about creating folder passwords, but it only explains a method fo
NTFS. Is there any way to set a password for a FAT32 folder? Or can th
C: drive be converted to allow access to password protection
 
C

Carey Frisch [MVP]

One cannot password-protect a folder in Windows XP.
For a more secure method, see the following:

HOW TO: Set the My Documents Folder as "Private" in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;298399

You Cannot Select the "Make This Folder Private" Option
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307286

How to set, view, change, or remove special permissions for files
and folders in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308419

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

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| About my situation: My roommate was falsely convicted of sexual
| harassment against a minor. His fiancee's mother is fighting for
| custody of the girl's son (legal guardianship currently belongs to my
| friend and his fiancee together), so she contacted his parole officer
| and claimed there was pornography on his private computer. There wasn't
| at the time, because his father didn't use it. Shortly after the PO's
| visit, our house's main computer had a blowout. We transferred my
| friend's computer into the living room and now his father is saving
| pornographic images on it. Somehow, we can't convince him of the danger
| he's creating for his son, and since he owns both machines, we can't
| forbid him from downloading what he wants.
|
| I've found a thread on this board which has link to a Microsoft page
| about creating folder passwords, but it only explains a method for
| NTFS. Is there any way to set a password for a FAT32 folder? Or can the
| C: drive be converted to allow access to password protection?
|
|
| --
| AshenSparrow
 
S

Shenan Stanley

AshenSparrow said:
About my situation: My roommate was falsely convicted of sexual
harassment against a minor. His fiancee's mother is fighting for
custody of the girl's son (legal guardianship currently belongs to my
friend and his fiancee together), so she contacted his parole officer
and claimed there was pornography on his private computer. There
wasn't at the time, because his father didn't use it. Shortly after
the PO's visit, our house's main computer had a blowout. We
transferred my friend's computer into the living room and now his
father is saving pornographic images on it. Somehow, we can't
convince him of the danger he's creating for his son, and since he
owns both machines, we can't forbid him from downloading what he
wants.

I've found a thread on this board which has link to a Microsoft page
about creating folder passwords, but it only explains a method for
NTFS. Is there any way to set a password for a FAT32 folder? Or can
the C: drive be converted to allow access to password protection?
Click to expand...

FAT32 might as well equal No Security. I can boot up with a Windows 98
floppy diskette and read off anything on the C drive of that computer.

Convert the drive to NTFS.. Then you can use the features of Windows XP. If
it is Windows XP Professional - so much the better... You could even use
encryption.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307881
 
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