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Name: moh_sahak
Date: May 30, 2008 at 08:43:37 Pacific
OS: XP
CPU/Ram: 4/280 / 256
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Hi there,
I am using XP on a shared PC with other member of staff.
How can I stop any one viewing my personal data on drive d:
I want prevent access to it.
Is there a way to lock the drives with a password?

Thanks in advance
Mo



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Name: wanderer
Date: May 30, 2008 at 12:28:03 Pacific
Reply:

Not if everyone is logging in as local admin accounts assuming d: is a local disk.
You can encrypt your data but then you can also lose all access to your data because of encryption and losing the encryption key.

I have heard about third party programs that may accomplish what you desire but haven't worked with any myself.

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Response Number 2
Name: Jennifer SUMN
Date: May 30, 2008 at 13:40:16 Pacific
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As wanderer said... are you and the other users logging in with Admin privileges?

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Response Number 3
Name: Wombat
Date: May 30, 2008 at 16:31:51 Pacific
Reply:

Install Microsoft Private Folder 1.0 on the shared PC, then put your private data in that...

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Response Number 4
Name: Jeruvy
Date: June 2, 2008 at 06:56:41 Pacific
Reply:

If your drives are using NTFS filesystem then you have a couple choices before you install new software.

1. User access control.
Use the permissions tab to set what users have access to a drive/folder/partition.

2. Use EFS to encrypt your files on your drive/folder/partition.

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