how can I give passwords so my files won't be opened just by anybody?
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If you are talking about Microsoft Office files, you can set the password at:\nTools > Options > Security > Password to open\n\nIf you want to Secure contents of a whole folder, Right Click, go to Properties > Under General tabs attribute section select Advanced and click "Encrypt content to secure data". This uses your current windows credentials to encrypt and your data would be safe from others.
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You need a software for that like http://www.password-protect-software.com/ would do that for you. I dont know if theres a free program for it though.
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In Windows XP, there are a few ways to do it, but the easiest is to compress the folder and use the folder's built-in password protection. See this article:\n\nhttp://www.pcworld.com/howto/article/0,aid,110663,00.asp
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Two proposal :\n1- On control panel click on User accounts and define an account yourself and activate password protection for it \nI should say if you are administrator of computer you can do this .Create another limited account for other members of family so they can not use your account at windows start up and they must choose limited account and as an administrator of computer you can save your files on adminstrator folder in documents and settings and your data \nwill be private .you must start your computer in safe mode and activate password for each account except limited acounts that you have created it before for family members.\n2- If your format is FAT32 you can not to encrypt your files or folders but if you format your hard drive as NTFS \nyou will be able to encrypt them.
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You can't actually password protect a single "folder" but you can with a zip file. Just create a new zipped folder and add your personal info and then select "add password" under the file menu when you open the zip file.
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on a personal computer, just make it private, right click, there should be something of the sort there
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make sure "hide protected os files" also get unchecked!
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Hide the folder that contains that file or password protect that folder.
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If you have XP Home edition, it cannot be done.\n\nFor XP Pro, folder can be password protected using the security properties for the folder (right-click on folder, select "Sharing and Security", Select "Make This Folder Private".\n\nThe folder is only made private for the the logged on user.  If you only have one user account, making it private is not really effective.  It prevents outside access for sure, but no privacy from users of your computer.\n\nTo make your computer more secure, create user accounts for all users of the computer and password protect your account.
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To make your folders private\nOpen My Computer. \nDouble-click the drive where Windows is installed (usually drive (C:), unless you have more than one drive on your computer). \nIf the contents of the drive are hidden, under System Tasks, click Show the contents of this drive.\n\nDouble-click the Documents and Settings folder. \nDouble-click your user folder. \nRight-click any folder in your user profile, and then click Properties. \nOn the Sharing tab, select the Make this folder private so that only I have access to it check box. \n Notes\n\nTo open My Computer, double-click the My Computer icon on the desktop. \nThis option is only available for folders included in your user profile. Folders in your user profile include My Documents and its subfolders, Desktop, Start Menu, Cookies, and Favorites. If you do not make these folders private, they are available to everyone who uses your computer. \nWhen you make a folder private, all of its subfolders are private as well. For example, when you make My Documents private, you also make My Music and My Pictures private. When you share a folder, you also share all of its subfolders unless you make them private. \nYou cannot make your folders private if your drive is not formatted as NTFS.
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Well you cannot put password to folders, but you can hide it.\nIf you want to lock your folders there is softwares which can lock the folders.
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I'd like something like that too, but I settle for AxCrypt (website below) - which is free, but encypts only FILES - not folders.\n\nWith it you can easily "encrypt" a bunch of files with a password, so noone can see anything (apart from the filenames) - then easily UNEncrypt them when u want.
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Follow the steps:-\n\n1> Click on FILE MENU then cl ilk on SAVE AS option\n\n2> Click on TOOLS option Choose & Click on SECURITY OPTION.\n\n3> Here U can enter a password for OPEN or modify or as a read only.\n\nTry it. And Enjoy the power of YAHOO ANSWER !
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If you are using Windows XP you have several options.\nOption 1: Right click on the file to password (or an entire folder if you want), click properties, click the General tab, click Advanced button, click Encrypt Contents check box.\n\nOption 2: Use compression program like WinZip, and choose Encrypt or Password Protect options.\n\nThese will encrypt your information so that only a programming genius will be able to see your data 99.99% of people will not be able to get to it.\n\n* NOTE *\nIf you are engaging in illegal activity, these will not be good enough. Neither will deleting the files. The police can easily crack those. In that case you will need to delete everything, throw your hard disk away and never access those files again.
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make sure they are not stored on a removable drive and aren't in hidden or readonly folders
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if u have winxp then what ur lookin for is  right at ur finger tips..lol ..go to where the folder is,right click and a menu pops up,click where it says Security and sharing,it then ask if u wanna set a password for that folder!! Good luck!
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My husband and I have nothing to hide he has my passwords and I have his . It's not a big deal to us . We are open !\n\nAngel