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Posted by P`zazz on Nov-19-2002 14:21:

need pasword protection program

Well, I need a software to protect my valuable data as it seems that stupid ppl tend to fcuk with my pc lately. I need something that I can use to add a pasword to e.g. my c dirve, so if someone clicks on c: it will ask for a password in order to allow access, don't know if there is such a thing

Posted by Fundamental on Nov-19-2002 14:26:

If you are running XP then you can set user permissions...

Posted by P`zazz on Nov-19-2002 15:07:

quote:
Originally posted by DJ Fundamental
If you are running XP then you can set user permissions...

nah, what happens when I have to leave my pc on when I'm not home?

Posted by reveal on Nov-19-2002 15:37:

quote:
Originally posted by P`zazz
nah, what happens when I have to leave my pc on when I'm not home?

you shouldn't, if your are that anxious about your valuable data

Posted by Fundamental on Nov-19-2002 15:54:

quote:
Originally posted by P`zazz
nah, what happens when I have to leave my pc on when I'm not home?

Set your screensaver to 10 mins (or whatever) and password protect that...

Posted by reveal on Nov-19-2002 16:28:

quote:
Originally posted by DJ Fundamental
Set your screensaver to 10 mins (or whatever) and password protect that...

better to lock the workstation (win2k, winxp, unix/linux), screen savers are not that hard to "break through"

Posted by Fundamental on Nov-19-2002 17:00:

quote:
Originally posted by reveal
better to lock the workstation (win2k, winxp, unix/linux), screen savers are not that hard to "break through"

Question: If you lock workstation, does the screensaver still run after the preset time? (I never use a screensaver)

Posted by TranceNerd on Nov-19-2002 23:57:

quote:
Originally posted by DJ Fundamental
Question: If you lock workstation, does the screensaver still run after the preset time? (I never use a screensaver)

Yes.

Posted by waXology on Nov-20-2002 04:16:

give your family members there own account so they dont get to your stuff, then set their permissions, set XP to log off when the monitor sleeps or when the screen saver intitiates.

anyway it can all be donw in windows you dont need a program

Posted by Fir3start3r on Nov-20-2002 04:33:

What OS are you running?

Posted by Delete on Nov-20-2002 09:17:

Get BestCrypt, E4E, PGPdisk or something similar and create a virtual encrypted drive. Put all your sensitive files (eg. p0rn) in there.