put a password on a folder?
#1
Registered User
Thread Starter
put a password on a folder?
hey in my pictures folder, i have some.. err.. pictures i wouldnt want my parents to see when i head off to boot camp, but i want to leave the computer open for them to use. the pictures are nothing bad, just me and some friends smoking questionable stuff (from last year) only keeping so i can put it in an album one day, so my kids will believe me when i tell em i was a little stoner, LOL. but anyways, is there a way that i can password protect a single folder without password protecting the whole computer? cuz i dont want to delete them, but id rather delete them than my parents and my sister seeing them. please help. BTW i am using XP home
#3
Sponsor
Dont upload pictures of you smoking weed onto photobucket.... thats just dumb,
put them on a CD or a flash drive. you can pick up a 4GB flash drive for 40 bucks it'll hold a bunch of pics. Flash drives are more durable and dependable then CDs.
you also can make the folder "hidden" but it is still searchable.
if you had XP pro you'd be able to set security permissions better but with XP Home your limited. i'd throw them on the a thumb drive and call it a day.
put them on a CD or a flash drive. you can pick up a 4GB flash drive for 40 bucks it'll hold a bunch of pics. Flash drives are more durable and dependable then CDs.
you also can make the folder "hidden" but it is still searchable.
if you had XP pro you'd be able to set security permissions better but with XP Home your limited. i'd throw them on the a thumb drive and call it a day.
#4
Registered User
Thread Starter
yeah i was considering photobucket, but i dont want to put pictures of me smoking weed out of a 6 footer on there cuz i too think thats dumb. so theres no way to individually lock the folder huh?damn
#6
Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: PEI, Canada
Posts: 503
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Ya I'd change the names to something like a bunch of numbers so it'll be hard to find them by searching and then put them in a hidden folder. Unless you burn them to a CD witch would probably be the best idea.
Trending Topics
#8
Registered User
Thread Starter
i have the names a bunch of numbers, like 836463rhf7346 and stuff... theres a hidden folder, also named something like '09665096782341234265' with 5 hidden subfolders before you get to the pictures.. each one is named something different... lol. thanks, i forgot about hiding folders
#9
Contributing Member
Google has secure photo storage (if you check the right box).
There are also freeware file encryption and file hiding utilities, but what happens if the HDD dies?
http://www.techsupportalert.com/best...ng-utility.htm
http://www.techsupportalert.com/best...on-utility.htm
Boot camp? I missed that. What branch? Best of luck and gimme 50.
There are also freeware file encryption and file hiding utilities, but what happens if the HDD dies?
http://www.techsupportalert.com/best...ng-utility.htm
http://www.techsupportalert.com/best...on-utility.htm
Boot camp? I missed that. What branch? Best of luck and gimme 50.
Last edited by BT17R; 06-16-2008 at 02:52 PM.
#10
Contributing Member
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Gladstone, Oregon
Posts: 854
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
the problem is screensaver and other apps that automaticly index photos for you, they could care less where it is located or what it's name is, if it has a picture extension, (jpg, gif, tiff, and so on) they will index it. This means that if your family installs some new photo program and it asks would you like me to search and find all the pictures on your hardrive for you and they say yes, all your photos are going to pop up.
Crappy work around, rename the extensions to something like .dll which wouldn't be messed with and could not be opened with a simple double click of somebody finds them.
Better would be to just get them off the PC.
Crappy work around, rename the extensions to something like .dll which wouldn't be messed with and could not be opened with a simple double click of somebody finds them.
Better would be to just get them off the PC.
#12
Contributing Member
Move all the photo's into a long list of folders, like the example
my computer
windows
fonts
dark star
sample
then just rename or hide all the files you want to hide and do a complete internet clean-up and then defragment and disc clean-up.
my computer
windows
fonts
dark star
sample
then just rename or hide all the files you want to hide and do a complete internet clean-up and then defragment and disc clean-up.
#14
Contributing Member
Another user account works well for me. There's no password for that one so others have no trouble using it.
#15
Contributing Member
Yup 2nd user account of "guest account" for them is ideal, then password protect your account... Just make sure the guest account is not an administrative account because then they can see files under your pictures folder if they are in administrator mode...
I think everyone should be entitled to privacy... Hey I am dating troy and he prolly has stuff he doesn't want to share nor I want to see and visa versa. I mean my Truck Pron is pretty extensive and kind of salacious.... *grin*
I think everyone should be entitled to privacy... Hey I am dating troy and he prolly has stuff he doesn't want to share nor I want to see and visa versa. I mean my Truck Pron is pretty extensive and kind of salacious.... *grin*
#16
Registered User
Thread Starter
oki, thanks everyone. and molly, when i saw that you responded, i was like 'oh crap, shes gonna yell at me cuz i mentioned smoking weed on here..' lol.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Poncho0206
95.5-2004 Tacomas & 96-2002 4Runners
3
07-10-2015 06:21 PM