Saturday, October 27, 2007

Protect Files & Folders without any Utility

Protect your Files & Folders without using any third party tool in Windows 2K,XP,2k3,Vista..

  • Create a User Account with password / Create Password for your current windows account
  • Login with that account in to the Windows,
  • Open any folder and open 'Folder Options' from Tools > Folder Options.Select the 'View' tab from 'Folder Options' then uncheck the 'Use Simple File Sharing (Recommened) ' this is the last option in the Advanced settings.Click Apply then OK.
  • Right click the file / folder which is to be protected, then click properties then choose 'Security' tab , here you can change the permission for every users on that folder / file , by using this Permission settings you can allow / deny the access to the file / folder.

You can also use this Security features in User Account without passwords .

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