Hi all,
I wish to seek advice on any freeware used for lock folders with
password and only able to allow certain users to use the files.
I have checked certain software, some only allow you to lock folder but
does not able to allow others to access at all. Some allow to access,
but must install the same software into local PC.
I have checked and know that XP does not have features to lock folder.
others have limitation. Please provide guidance if there is any. Thanks!
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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