how to password protect files,folders, and mpeg video clips

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Hello

I have XP Pro. Administrator has no password set.

How can I protect selected individual files,folders and mpeg video clips
with Password. Thank you.

Regards
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[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

There is no provision in Windows XP to password-protect
individual files or folders. You can encrypt files, but make
sure you make a backup of the encryption certificate.

You really need to setup a User Account for yourself and
password-protect the account.

HOW TO: Create and Configure User Accounts in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;279783

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

Encrypting File System in Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tr...chnet/prodtechnol/winxppro/deploy/CryptFS.asp


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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| Hello
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| I have XP Pro. Administrator has no password set.
|
| How can I protect selected individual files,folders and mpeg video clips
| with Password. Thank you.
|
| Regards
| hash
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|

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

WinXP's file security paradigm doesn't rely on, or allow, the
cumbersome method of password protection for individual files or
folders. Instead, it uses the superior method of explicitly assigning
file/folder permissions to individual users and/or groups.

HOW TO Set, View, Change, or Remove File and Folder Permissions
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q308418

As a work-around, you can place the file in a compressed folder,
and set a password to uncompress the folder to view/access its
contents.


Bruce Chambers

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