pw for olders?

  • Thread starter Thread starter mike
  • Start date Start date
M

mike

Is there any way to password protect individual folders?
Living with three college students who each have a
designated folder and would each like to protect his own
folder. Thank you.
 
mike said:
Is there any way to password protect individual folders?
Living with three college students who each have a
designated folder and would each like to protect his own
folder. Thank you.
Click to expand...

Three accounts using the same computer? Or one account and three users?

The latter would be difficult.. And not possible with just windows,
methinks.
The former would be possible if the users were not admin users and you
formatted with NTFS.
 
Hi Mike,

There is no way to password protect individual folders. What you can do is
setup ACL's (Access Control Lists) so that each student is only allowed to
access their folder. The drive that has the folders would need to have
NTFS.

Here are instructions for setting up NTFS.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314097

To set ACL's:

Right click their folder, select Properties. Click on the Security Tab.
Add the User that you want to have access to the list. By default the
Administrators group will have access to the folder. You can change that if
you want.
Click Ok.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

Thanks,
Nico Tomacelli
Microsoft Corp.
US - Windows Core:SOLID

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
=====================================================
When responding to posts, please "Reply to Group" via your newsreader
so that others may learn and benefit from your issue.
=====================================================
 
Greetings --

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

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

Of course, if you have WinXP Pro, you can encrypt the desired
files/folders.

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

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

--
Help us help you:



You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH
 
Back
Top