Solid_Snake
Snakeonia
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join:2002-01-14
Fort Collins, CO
clubs: | [XP] password for folders
its is possible? and how?, ive found a few free ware versions but they only allow up to 50mb being size of folders |
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Kilroy
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join:2002-11-21
Sterling Heights, MI
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What do you want the password to do? Prevent sharing over the network or local access?
Some days I ask more questions than provide answers.
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Gork
Ou812ic
join:2001-10-06
Juneau, AK
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| I read the other day, in PC Magazine as I recall, a way to do this in at least XP Pro using compression. (I was trying to either limit access or password protect directories to keep even admin accounts out of a certain set of directories.) I don't have the article in front of me right now, but from memory you right click on the directory you want to password protect and choose to compress it and from there assign it a password. I don't remember the reason, but they also stated you would need to do the same thing with any subdirectories one level below this main directory to protect the first directory and all files and subdirectories below it.
If you need any clarification let me know and I'll locate the article. |
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Frink
Professor
join:2000-07-13
Scotch Plains, NJ
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Along these lines, I've used ADS, or Alternate Data Stream manipulation to "hide" data on machines I didn't want others to see. While not password protected, if someone does not use the specific, little known tool to list what's hidden, it's virtually impossible to find it on the machine...
Here's a good text describing this "feature" of NTFS...
»patriot.net/~carvdawg/docs/dark_side.html |
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Rhobite
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join:2002-02-24
Cambridge, MA
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If you have XP pro you can encrypt files so that they can only be read from your login. The names of the files still show up, but other users can't get to the contents. Another option would be software that creates a virtual, encrypted drive. I think Norton has a product that does that. |
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