dabookerman Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 yes i have certain people coming round, and i would like to password protect certain folders on this pc, as i dont know who will or will not be snooping around this pc, is it possible? and dont tell me to zip it then password protect it, i know ho to do that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 I too would like to know an ideal way to hide all my porn. I've heard that NTFS has all sorts of neat ways to hide and lock folders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twozzok Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 if these people aren't overly technically minded, you could just hide the folder... and set it not to show hidden folders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 You can do it in windows XP professional and there are heaps of 3rd party apps you can download that can also do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The3rdChildren Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Most porn sites offer a password protection program for your folders, just search around a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 You can't do it easily on Fat32, Windows lets you lock the folder so no other users can get in but it doesn't work because of the way the drive is formatted. You can do it in NTFS but it's not worth converting to NTFS just for that. http://www.cypherix.com/password_protect.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twozzok Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 i thought most people used NTFS nowadays>? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reaper673 Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Not really. The laptop I bougth a year ago was fat32 and the PC my brother just bought is as well. Each manufactuer has different preferences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 NTFS is newer and more secure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanchez Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Not to mention NTFS doesn't have 4GB file limits and 127GB partition limits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshMat Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 If you have different user names then password protect yours and set it so that your folders cant be accessed by other uses, that's what i did. Though if the other users have admistrative rights they can delete the password but if they arent technically minded they won't know that. I didn't at first, but my mum doesnt know how so im ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Retro-lover, you can only do that on NTFS though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshMat Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 NTFS? If i knew what that was then erm.. So Winodws Xp NTFS or something?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stefkov Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 when i see NTFS i always think is says need for speed, but it has a T in, what does it mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shino Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 New Technology File System Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshMat Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Which is.. Horses riding pigs to the fair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shino Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 As it says in the name is a file system, made by microsoft, to implement some unix notions in microsoft's OS as some have said in previous posts. A file system is the way data is organized in a storage device, it creates a logic structure for data access in a partition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabookerman Posted January 11, 2006 Author Share Posted January 11, 2006 im on laptop, putting password in will make people suspecious. plus, laptop uses fat32....soooo i just decided to hide the folder and unhide it whenever i need to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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