General WinXP knowledge – passwording and locking file folders

From: Drone4four (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 04/26/04 

Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 22:31:04 -0700

I have many files (mostly word documents) that contain sensitive and private information all stored in many directories and file folders. Shortly I will be sharing my computer with my family and would like to prevent my relatives from looking at any of these files. I can easily lock individual word documents with passwords. And because locking each 500+ word documents would be too time consuming, I think that it would be just easier to lock the parent directory file folder. However, I do not know how to lock a parent directory or hard drive. My problem is: I don’t know how to lock file folders. Can an experienced user help me out?

Drone4four