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Best way to hide files and folders?
I need to hide some folders on my xp home computer. All the choices
are confusing and I don't want to touch PGP if possible. Obviously I'd need to be using some form of encryption. So can one of you suggest a simple BUT good program to hide folders without use of a password or pass phrase? p.s. I do not have a big budget for this. p.s.s. Be Gentle :-) |
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Best way to hide files and folders?
In message Crackles McFarly
wrote: I need to hide some folders on my xp home computer. All the choices are confusing and I don't want to touch PGP if possible. Obviously I'd need to be using some form of encryption. So can one of you suggest a simple BUT good program to hide folders without use of a password or pass phrase? p.s. I do not have a big budget for this. p.s.s. Be Gentle :-) Hide from whom? |
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Best way to hide files and folders?
On Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:25:04 -0500, Crackles McFarly
wrote: I need to hide some folders on my xp home computer. All the choices are confusing and I don't want to touch PGP if possible. Obviously I'd need to be using some form of encryption. So can one of you suggest a simple BUT good program to hide folders without use of a password or pass phrase? That depends on whether you want to keep something away from somebody who is just using the same computer or whether you want to hide something from a computer genius who will be looking under every rock for what you've hidden. If the latter, then encryption is the only way to go. Or if the other person isn't all that computer savvy, a hidden partition would probably work. But if you just want to keep somebody from finding stuff by chance, I recommend creating a folder within some program that has nothing to do with what you'll be hiding. Give the folder some name such as "Data" or maybe "System," anything official sounding that's not already in use in that program. Ideally, with Windows OS, the folder should be created under Program Files and in some program that already has a number of other folders. Larc §§§ - Change planet to earth to reply by email - §§§ |
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Best way to hide files and folders?
A simple tool which works effectively is the free Microsoft Private Folder
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Securit...e-Folder.shtml Once a folder or drive is locked it becomes invisible- but you do need a password (to unlock the drive when you want) |
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Best way to hide files and folders?
On Fri, 04 Jan 2008 08:41:45 -0700, DevilsPGD
sayd the following: In message Crackles McFarly wrote: I need to hide some folders on my xp home computer. All the choices are confusing and I don't want to touch PGP if possible. Obviously I'd need to be using some form of encryption. So can one of you suggest a simple BUT good program to hide folders without use of a password or pass phrase? p.s. I do not have a big budget for this. p.s.s. Be Gentle :-) Hide from whom? Does this matter ? |
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Best way to hide files and folders?
In message Crackles McFarly
wrote: On Fri, 04 Jan 2008 08:41:45 -0700, DevilsPGD sayd the following: In message Crackles McFarly wrote: I need to hide some folders on my xp home computer. All the choices are confusing and I don't want to touch PGP if possible. Obviously I'd need to be using some form of encryption. So can one of you suggest a simple BUT good program to hide folders without use of a password or pass phrase? p.s. I do not have a big budget for this. p.s.s. Be Gentle :-) Hide from whom? Does this matter ? Yes, actually. Hiding so you don't see the files for convenience would mean the "hidden" attribute would probably be sufficient. Hiding from my visiting grandmother, who could be given another user account without administrative privileges, and is not actively seeking anything hidden, is as simple as placing the files in your own "My Documents" folder. Hiding files from a skilled intruder who has a desire to find them would require some moderate form of encryption. Even a ZIP file with a sufficiently strong password might fit this need. Hiding from an alphabet soup agency (NSA, FBI, CIA, etc) with the resources and desire to actually brute force encryption be a different task entirely. |
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In message MPG.21e87ec23208b54898977f@localhost Bill
wrote: Ya, but the alphabet soup people won't rip his nuts off like his girl friend will when she stumbles across his pr0n folder. They might add electrodes to his nuts though. I'm not sure which I'd rather. (Actually, I'd rather choose a more sane girlfriend) |
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Best way to hide files and folders?
On Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:26:35 -0700, DevilsPGD
sayd the following: Hiding files from a skilled intruder who has a desire to find them would require some moderate form of encryption. Even a ZIP file with a sufficiently strong password might fit this need. I'm wanting to hide it from the skilled person, just because they might become nosey if you catch my drift? Is LOCKFOLDER a good enough program for my needs? |
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Best way to hide files and folders?
Crackles McFarly wrote:
On Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:26:35 -0700, DevilsPGD sayd the following: Hiding files from a skilled intruder who has a desire to find them would require some moderate form of encryption. Even a ZIP file with a sufficiently strong password might fit this need. I'm wanting to hide it from the skilled person, just because they might become nosey if you catch my drift? Is LOCKFOLDER a good enough program for my needs? Does "hiding files" really mean that you want to hide the files, or that you want to make the *contents* unaccessible to this person? -- Blinky Killing all posts from Google Groups The Usenet Improvement Project - http://improve-usenet.org |
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