Re: Password Protect Folder
From: Jeff Strubberg (Strubberg_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/23/04
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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 12:11:02 -0700
The problem with restricting access via permissions is that multiple users on the same machine do not always log in and out of a given computer so that those restrictions take effect.
There is a lot of software out there that requires local admin rights to execute. By requiring security to be assigned in the manner you describe, Microsoft is dooming administrators to either giving every user local admin rights (if you don't see this as a problem, you haven't been an administrator), or spend time and money trying to locate buisness software that does not require admin rights to run properly.
This needs to be re-evaluted. The current schema of simply reading a user profile at logon is inferior to requesting credentials on a program or file open.
"Doug Knox MS-MVP" wrote:
> You cannot password protect individual folders in XP. You restrict access by assigning permissions to drives, folders and files.
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> To do this, you must be running NTFS as your file system on the drive in question. If your hard disk/partition is not NTFS you will need to convert it. To do this, open a Command Prompt window and enter the following command:
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> CONVERT X: /FS:NTFS
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> Where X: is the drive letter you wish to convert. You may also want to see http://www.aumha.org/a/ntfscvt.htm to ensure that you're getting the optimal conversion.
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> After this step is completed and you've rebooted the computer, if necessary:
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> XP PRO: In Windows Explorer, go to Tools, Folder Options, View and uncheck Use Simple File Sharing. Now, when you right click on a drive, folder or file (on an NTFS partition) and select Properties, you'll see a Security tab. Here you can assign or deny permissions based on user name or user group membership.
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> XP Home: By default, you can only make files and folders under My Documents "private". This is done by right clicking a folder or file and selecting Properties, Sharing. To change the permissions on other folders, you need to boot the computer to Safe Mode and log in on the built in Administrator account. In this mode, you'll see the Security tab in Properties, and you can assign permissions based on user name or group membership.
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> How Do I Get the Security Tab in Properties - XP Home (makes the Security tab appear outside of Safe Mode)
> http://www.dougknox.com, Win XP Tips section
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> HOW TO: Set, View, Change, or Remove File and Folder Permissions in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308418
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> HOW TO: Set, View, Change, or Remove Special Permissions for Files and Folders
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;308419
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> HOW TO: Disable Simplified Sharing and Password-Protect a Shared Folder in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;307874
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> "TLMM" <tlmm@wwwnews.com> wrote in message news:ebKA2mUWEHA.1340@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > Can I password protect a folder? I have looked in the properties, but can't
> > find the option. A co-worker would like to password protect some files. If
> > we can put a password on one of her folders, that would be great. If not, I
> > guess I can just set the password on each Word doc that she wants protected.
> >
> > I did a search and noticed that there are a bunch of 3rd party programs that
> > can be downloaded to do this, but I would like to do it without downloading
> > anything if that's possible.
> >
> > The file system is NTFS.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
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