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Folders, password

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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Ok.. I use Windoze Me and want to add a password to all my folders as my bro has access.. how do I do this?

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    dunno if that's possible.
    I think you'll have to create accounts for everyone using the computer (or one for you and one for all the others together).
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    We both got seperate accounts, mine and my bro but if you go to

    C drive > windows > profiles > there is both users there, we can get into each others folders.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I think if you right-click on the folder you want your brother not to access and choose properties and then sharing, you could set it to not share with other users.

    [EDIT] you'll have to be logged on as admin to do that though.
    and maybe check out Control Panel -> User Accounts for more settings[/EDIT]
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Nada.. doesn't work:(
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Sorry to Hi-jack your thread Hellfire, but i have a question regarding something you mentioned and have been meaning to ask for ages.

    I am running Xp home on my machine, and have 2 account sset up, one for me and one for my younger brother, everything i do on my side of the comp, like install stuff gets onto his side, but if he installs stuff it doesnt do the same to my side, i also noticed that when i deleted desktop icons off his side they were taken off mine ?? Is this normal? Lastly I noticed that i can access everything on my brothers account when im logged in but he cant access mine.. surely this isnt right ??
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Nada.. doesn't work

    even in the control panel?
    there should be something saying like Users or Uer Accounts where you should be able to set up the accounts properly :confused:
    I am running Xp home on my machine, and have 2 account sset up, one for me and one for my younger brother, everything i do on my side of the comp, like install stuff gets onto his side, but if he installs stuff it doesnt do the same to my side, i also noticed that when i deleted desktop icons off his side they were taken off mine ?? Is this normal? Lastly I noticed that i can access everything on my brothers account when im logged in but he cant access mine.. surely this isnt right ??

    I think you and your brother are sharing certain parts of the computer thus when on side deletes something, it's gone on the other side too. as well it could be because one of you is the administrator.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by FLX

    I think you and your brother are sharing certain parts of the computer thus when on side deletes it it's gone on the other side too. as well it could be because one of you is the administrator.

    yeh im set to Administrator, and his account is set to limited, however i thought this would still have given him overall privacy and not allowed me to still gain access to his documents ??
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    no, that'S what the admin is for. so that someone at least can change things back if someone screwed up ;-)
    you'd have to create your own limited account there.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by FLX
    no, that'S what the admin is for. so that someone at least can change things back if someone screwed up ;-)
    you'd have to create your own limited account there.

    Ahh, well arent i a dumbass !

    Thank you FLX
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    no problem ;)
    hope it works though. I've just done this once in my life on windows 2000 and it could all be wrong with WinME & XP
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Me does not have user level account passwords, you'd have to use 2000 or XP.

    With the other problem, deleting icons and such, you need to make sure you are putting the icons into your own desktop and not the "all users" desktop. However if you do that you will be working with different copies of the same file.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Fuck... anything I could do to make it secure? I really need to keep these files seperate.. the only thing is if i stick the pics/writings into a word document and password that:(
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Hellfire
    Fuck... anything I could do to make it secure? I really need to keep these files seperate.. the only thing is if i stick the pics/writings into a word document and password that:(

    download winRAR and create an archive file and store everything in there, use 0 compression but password it. Click on the archive file when you want something, enter the password, then just double click and browse for whatever file you want :) :thumb: seems to work for me.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    that's a good idea! :thumb:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Go download PGP, an encryption proggy. If you download version 6 you can use encrypted containers (like an encrypted hard drive) and when ever you want to put file in their you have to enter a password. You can also encrypt single files and folders.

    http://www.pgpi.org/products/pgp/versions/freeware/win32/ (6.0.2)
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