Password Protection

[mnmmichael]

Hello

I'm currently using Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition on all networked users in my house. I want to add password protection to certain shared folders to make them private, so that not all documents can be viewed by other people. Is this possible to do so? I don't mind if it is hard, but I need step-by-step instructions.

Thankyou SOOO much,
Michael

 

[derrmc]

Hello

I'm currently using Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition on all networked users in my house. I want to add password protection to certain shared folders to make them private, so that not all documents can be viewed by other people. Is this possible to do so? I don't mind if it is hard, but I need step-by-step instructions.

Thankyou SOOO much,
Michael

shared and private!?

 

[mnmmichael]

Yes. I know it sounds weird.

What I want to do is share my "My Documents" folder so that I can access it from any of the computers in my house. However, I also want it to be password-protected so that only I can access it when I'm at the other computers.

 

[mnmmichael]

More Info:

I don't know if this helps at all, but all computers have exactly the same user names and passwords for their user accounts.

 

[derrmc]

Yes. I know it sounds weird.

What I want to do is share my "My Documents" folder so that I can access it from any of the computers in my house. However, I also want it to be password-protected so that only I can access it when I'm at the other computers.

turn on guest accounts, login as administrator when you are on it.

 

[mnmmichael]

Couldn't I just make it so that when you try to open specific folders, a password dialouge box pops up?

 

[derrmc]

Couldn't I just make it so that when you try to open specific folders, a password dialouge box pops up?

not that i know of

 

[JWITTEA]

Compress the files and then in the file directory click add a password.

 

[Osiris]

Instead of mapping each hard drive to the other pc, what you can do is access it from the run box or explorer, example, \\coolermaster\my documents etc.

 

[Tyler1989]

http://www.techist.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=75288&highlight=Encrypt