Password Protect a Folder
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Scenario -------- - many people using same machine, only one account. - folder containing important stuff must be protected from all users except those who have the password to access the folder I told him to create a separate account, and set permissions on the folder so the account can't access it. Reply ----- "Ohhh, but then I'll have to switch users, that's a pain, and too time consuming, and I have to type my password, wah" I see there's a zip folder trick, but it didn't work for me. Any suggestions? "My dog worries about the economy. Alpo is up to 99 cents a can. That's almost seven dollars in dog money" - Wacky humour found in a business magazine
Tell the user if using computers is too hard for them, they should revert to using paper files and a slide rule. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++
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Scenario -------- - many people using same machine, only one account. - folder containing important stuff must be protected from all users except those who have the password to access the folder I told him to create a separate account, and set permissions on the folder so the account can't access it. Reply ----- "Ohhh, but then I'll have to switch users, that's a pain, and too time consuming, and I have to type my password, wah" I see there's a zip folder trick, but it didn't work for me. Any suggestions? "My dog worries about the economy. Alpo is up to 99 cents a can. That's almost seven dollars in dog money" - Wacky humour found in a business magazine
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Scenario -------- - many people using same machine, only one account. - folder containing important stuff must be protected from all users except those who have the password to access the folder I told him to create a separate account, and set permissions on the folder so the account can't access it. Reply ----- "Ohhh, but then I'll have to switch users, that's a pain, and too time consuming, and I have to type my password, wah" I see there's a zip folder trick, but it didn't work for me. Any suggestions? "My dog worries about the economy. Alpo is up to 99 cents a can. That's almost seven dollars in dog money" - Wacky humour found in a business magazine
Can you say how the password feature did not work for you? Did it give an error message?
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Scenario -------- - many people using same machine, only one account. - folder containing important stuff must be protected from all users except those who have the password to access the folder I told him to create a separate account, and set permissions on the folder so the account can't access it. Reply ----- "Ohhh, but then I'll have to switch users, that's a pain, and too time consuming, and I have to type my password, wah" I see there's a zip folder trick, but it didn't work for me. Any suggestions? "My dog worries about the economy. Alpo is up to 99 cents a can. That's almost seven dollars in dog money" - Wacky humour found in a business magazine
use multiple user without password... it's very easy!
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Scenario -------- - many people using same machine, only one account. - folder containing important stuff must be protected from all users except those who have the password to access the folder I told him to create a separate account, and set permissions on the folder so the account can't access it. Reply ----- "Ohhh, but then I'll have to switch users, that's a pain, and too time consuming, and I have to type my password, wah" I see there's a zip folder trick, but it didn't work for me. Any suggestions? "My dog worries about the economy. Alpo is up to 99 cents a can. That's almost seven dollars in dog money" - Wacky humour found in a business magazine
A USB Flash Drive. Then only users with access to pants can get to files. Cheap, secure and shiny
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Can you say how the password feature did not work for you? Did it give an error message?
No error, it just didn't work. I applied the password, exited the folder, tried to re-enter the folder, and it didn't prompt for a password. "My dog worries about the economy. Alpo is up to 99 cents a can. That's almost seven dollars in dog money" - Wacky humour found in a business magazine
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Scenario -------- - many people using same machine, only one account. - folder containing important stuff must be protected from all users except those who have the password to access the folder I told him to create a separate account, and set permissions on the folder so the account can't access it. Reply ----- "Ohhh, but then I'll have to switch users, that's a pain, and too time consuming, and I have to type my password, wah" I see there's a zip folder trick, but it didn't work for me. Any suggestions? "My dog worries about the economy. Alpo is up to 99 cents a can. That's almost seven dollars in dog money" - Wacky humour found in a business magazine
Thanks for the ideas guys, I'll pass them along. "My dog worries about the economy. Alpo is up to 99 cents a can. That's almost seven dollars in dog money" - Wacky humour found in a business magazine
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No error, it just didn't work. I applied the password, exited the folder, tried to re-enter the folder, and it didn't prompt for a password. "My dog worries about the economy. Alpo is up to 99 cents a can. That's almost seven dollars in dog money" - Wacky humour found in a business magazine
Unless I'm mistaken, you don't need the password to view the contents of the zip file, or "enter it" as you say, but you do need the password to actually extract the files. :)
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Unless I'm mistaken, you don't need the password to view the contents of the zip file, or "enter it" as you say, but you do need the password to actually extract the files. :)
Yep, you're right. When I double-click a file in the .zip, the password box appears. There's a new problem though - anyone can delete the .zip file. "My dog worries about the economy. Alpo is up to 99 cents a can. That's almost seven dollars in dog money" - Wacky humour found in a business magazine
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Yep, you're right. When I double-click a file in the .zip, the password box appears. There's a new problem though - anyone can delete the .zip file. "My dog worries about the economy. Alpo is up to 99 cents a can. That's almost seven dollars in dog money" - Wacky humour found in a business magazine
Agreed, that is a problem. The only solution to that is file permissions, but the guy said he doesn't want to bother with that. A long time ago, I wrote a Foxpro 2.0 ( DOS version ) program for someone, and I designated the Page-up and Page-down keys to perform some special function, and the guy came back to me and told me that it was too much for him to use any keys to the right of the Enter key! He said he only wanted to use keys that were within the main cluster of keys. Some people just can't be pleased.
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A USB Flash Drive. Then only users with access to pants can get to files. Cheap, secure and shiny
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Scenario -------- - many people using same machine, only one account. - folder containing important stuff must be protected from all users except those who have the password to access the folder I told him to create a separate account, and set permissions on the folder so the account can't access it. Reply ----- "Ohhh, but then I'll have to switch users, that's a pain, and too time consuming, and I have to type my password, wah" I see there's a zip folder trick, but it didn't work for me. Any suggestions? "My dog worries about the economy. Alpo is up to 99 cents a can. That's almost seven dollars in dog money" - Wacky humour found in a business magazine
Unless you are on a domain you will have a very hard time preventing users from deleting the zipped files. Unless you encrypt their local profiles on XP and then you won't have to worry about it. They are the only ones who will be able to see the files. But anyone with Administrative rights can unencrypt their profile. You really need a full Active Directory Domain to do this.
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Thanks for the ideas guys, I'll pass them along. "My dog worries about the economy. Alpo is up to 99 cents a can. That's almost seven dollars in dog money" - Wacky humour found in a business magazine
Tell the guys that you need to redesign a file system similar to NTFS for them, and design a mouse and keyboard that can detect who is the person that is touching the mouse and keyboard or sitting in the chair. Also tell the guy to make the design easier, you will need to inject a chip in their brain. :^) Or follow what is provided and use different logon.
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Agreed, that is a problem. The only solution to that is file permissions, but the guy said he doesn't want to bother with that. A long time ago, I wrote a Foxpro 2.0 ( DOS version ) program for someone, and I designated the Page-up and Page-down keys to perform some special function, and the guy came back to me and told me that it was too much for him to use any keys to the right of the Enter key! He said he only wanted to use keys that were within the main cluster of keys. Some people just can't be pleased.
Troposphere wrote:
the guy came back to me and told me that it was too much for him to use any keys to the right of the Enter key! He said he only wanted to use keys that were within the main cluster of keys.
Wha... :wtf: Cheers, Vikram.
I don't know and you don't either. Militant Agnostic
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Troposphere wrote:
the guy came back to me and told me that it was too much for him to use any keys to the right of the Enter key! He said he only wanted to use keys that were within the main cluster of keys.
Wha... :wtf: Cheers, Vikram.
I don't know and you don't either. Militant Agnostic
Absolutely true.
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Agreed, that is a problem. The only solution to that is file permissions, but the guy said he doesn't want to bother with that. A long time ago, I wrote a Foxpro 2.0 ( DOS version ) program for someone, and I designated the Page-up and Page-down keys to perform some special function, and the guy came back to me and told me that it was too much for him to use any keys to the right of the Enter key! He said he only wanted to use keys that were within the main cluster of keys. Some people just can't be pleased.
As I understand it: File Access permissions against deleting are OK. Switching users (or authenticating as another user) is a pain in the cancerous ad-hoc networks that grow without dedicated (or skilled) Administrator.
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