lock a drive and folders

hi
i have some private data in my pc
and my cosins r visiting us in few days
i dont want to show my private data to them
can i lock my drive or folders by cmd or some other method?
thanks.


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alikhan

Don't know if this will work or not ... just a thought that occurred to me
.... if you have hidden folders set to show, go back and, temporarily, set
them to be hidden again. You didn't say which OS you are running ... so
don't know if you can even get to these settings. In Vista, go to Control
Panel --> Folder Options --> View tab.

Then, whichever folders you don't want to exist during the visit, right
click the folders, go to properties, then checkmark the hidden attribute
(down near the bottom of the general tab.) You could create a special folder
for this trick and move all your sensitive stuff to the new folder. Then
just hide that one.

After they are gone, go back to Folder Options and mark hidden stuff to show
again. Have no idea if this will work ... just a thought ... vanilla


"alikhan" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> hi
> i have some private data in my pc
> and my cosins r visiting us in few days
> i dont want to show my private data to them
> can i lock my drive or folders by cmd or some other method?
> thanks.
>
>
> --
> alikhan

hmmm.......
but i wana lock it
seemz that admins can help me i'm waiting



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alikhan

"alikhan" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> hmmm.......
> but i wana lock it
> seemz that admins can help me i'm waiting
>
>
>
Here, let me Google that for you:

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+lock+a+f...+windows+vista

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something big and sinister going on in the world.
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universe gets that.

"alikhan" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
news:55718aa6d205f06b0a958852b7e67ac3@nntp-gateway.com...
>
> hi
> i have some private data in my pc
> and my cosins r visiting us in few days
> i dont want to show my private data to them
> can i lock my drive or folders by cmd or some other method?

Probably.

Ask a better question, maybe a better answer will come.

Will setting a password in the CMOS setup program suffice?
Do you want them to be able to use the computer?
Do you have more than one account on your computer, or are you running
only as (protected) administrator all the time?
Will creating a limited account (4 ur cosins) suffice?
Are you actually using Vista, or did you just stumble into this group?

alikhan;1105904 Wrote:
> hi
> i have some private data in my pc
> and my cosins r visiting us in few days
> i dont want to show my private data to them
> can i lock my drive or folders by cmd or some other method?
> thanks.

Check this site,i believe you will find what are you looking for.
'Folder. Lock Freeware: ABC Lock, Free Folder Hider, Folder Access
Restrictor, Hide Folder HiBit, ...'
(http://www.softplatz.com/freeware/folder-lock/)
Please post back.


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panais

alikhan wrote:
> hi
> i have some private data in my pc
> and my cosins r visiting us in few days
> i dont want to show my private data to them
> can i lock my drive or folders by cmd or some other method?
> thanks.
>
>


Although these articles refer to WinXP, the same principles apply:

HOW TO Create and Configure User Accounts in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;279783

HOW TO Set, View, Change, or Remove File and Folder Permissions
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;q308418

HOW TO Set, View, Change, or Remove Special Permissions for Files and
Folders
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];Q308419

The simplest method, of course, you be to simply deny your cousins
access to your computer, entirely.

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killed a great many philosophers.
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this will gona help me


Will setting a password in the CMOS setup program suffice?


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alikhan

alikhan <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote:

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>this will gona help me
>
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>Will setting a password in the CMOS setup program suffice?

It will, if you don't want them even to be able to use your computer.

MAKE ABSOLUTELY SURE that you write the password down!

On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 22:06:47 -0500, alikhan <guest@unknown-email.com>
wrote:

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>this will gona help me
>
>
>Will setting a password in the CMOS setup program suffice?

External usb drive , copy and send files to it . If ok , delete
original files .