Aibek By default Windows XP doesn't offer this feature however it's possible to password protect default shared folders on your computer. Only the network users who know the username and apassword will be able to access those folders. Simply make sure that your Windpws has guest account option turned on and then add a password to the guest account. Once that's dne, any computer that tries to access your shared folders over the network over a network will be asked for a username default will be 'Guest' and the guest password.
Now you should be able to set a password on the Guest Account. I suggest you do not reinstall your Windows XP or take it to an computer expert for repair, it may cost you some time or result in losing data, or cost some money. I tried the Sharing and Security option, but there was no place to enter a password.
There must be a way It's too bad there is no obvious method to add a password to a file on a Windows XP system. But there are several ways to get the job done, with varying levels of inconvenience. Let's look at a few ways to do password protection:. If you have Microsoft Office, you can protect your documents with a password. To do so, first open the document. In Office , click the Office button, move the cursor down to Prepare , then click Encrypt Document.
Now enter a password in the dialog box and press OK. Re-enter the password and press OK again. The next time you try to open the document, you will be prompted for this password.
So what if you don't have MS Office, or you want to protect something that's not an Office document? There are hidden files in Windows, but anyone with a mouse and a few brain cells to rub together can easily find hidden files. To begin, open Windows Explorer and navigate to the file you want to protect. Right-click on the file, select Send To , then select Compressed zipped Folder. A new folder will be created, with an icon showing a zipper on a file. Double-click to open the zipped folder, click File , then Add a Password.
Enter the password twice and press OK. You're done, except that you now have the original file, and the zipped file with password. So delete the original file. From now on, when you open the zipped folder, Windows will prompt you for the password. I should mention that you can generalize this process a bit, by first creating a zipped folder with a password, then adding a whole bunch of files to it. This way, you can have one password protected folder for all your sensitive files, instead of creating a zipped folder for each file.
To do so, right-click in the empty space on the desktop or in any open folder , select New, and then click Compressed zipped Folder. Enter a name for the compressed folder, press ENTER, and you'll see a new folder icon marked with a zipper. Add a password like we did above. Now you can use drag and drop to move one or many files to the password protected folder. If you have Windows XP Professional, there is another option to turn on passwords for shared folders.
It involves disabling the "Simple File Sharing" option the default in XP and then creating additional user accounts on your computer, which can be authorized to access certain shared folders with a password. It's ugly, arcane, and it doesn't really do what we want to do add a password to a single file , so I'm not going to go into detail on this. If you're motivated and a tad geeky, you can read this additional information on password protecting a folder in XP Pro.
This should remove any network password if set. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. In reply to Shinmila H's post on December 31, On xp machine I went into control panel. There is no choice called user name in control panel of xp machine. Check the link below for step by step instruction on how to give permissions. In reply to Shinmila H's post on January 1, It is something in the advanced network setting.
It involves the toggling the Homegroups settings and then logging out and back in to win 7 account. A bug maybe? It appears to be randomly asking for password and then when you toggle connections it may not. Windows Password Recovery Tool 3. In the My Computer window, double click the drive where Windows is installed, and then double click Documents and Settings. Double click your user folder, right-click the folder that you want to make private, and then click Properties.
Repeat the steps above for each folder that you want to make private. When you click on the apply button and your account is not protected with a password then a new window will pop up asking for the password to protect that folder.
The newest version of TweakUI also enables you to show the Encrypt option in the context menu.
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