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April 16th, 2006, 02:05 PM
#1
Lock Documents
Hi
I have xp home edition
I was wondering, is there any way to
locke the documents folder so the info in there
will stay private, say in the case of
a fault and the comp has to go in
for repair
thanks for comments
stevo
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April 16th, 2006, 02:25 PM
#2
Not in Home, unless you use 3rd party tools. In Pro you can use the Encrypting File System to do what you want.
You could use something like PGP though, it's avaialbe as both freeware and $ware:
http://www.pgpi.org/
http://www.pgp.com/
Nick.
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April 16th, 2006, 02:32 PM
#3
stevo: Here is a thread on locking/encrypting folders. My post covers both encrypting existing folders/files and also using container type encryption programs (which require setting up the folders inside the container.)
A nice standalone file encryption program is dsCrypt http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nulif...are/index.html (The second program down at this link.) It can encrypt and decrypt individual files (NOT at the folder level.) It runs very fast and cleans up after itself nicely. It might be the simplest answer for you if you only have a few files to protect.
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April 16th, 2006, 03:45 PM
#4
thanks
thanks for the ideas and suggestions
but in the end I went here
http://www.newsoftwares.net/folderlock/
and downloaded the software.
it looks good, its like having one folder on your
comp that acts as a safe or locker, you can keep addresses in there, or anything a bit private info
and then lock it up
should have got it years ago
stevo
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