Tag Archives: xp

Create a secured and locked folder in Windows XP

11 Oct

private ,secure

If you’ve come across this page looking for a way to create a password protected, secure, hidden or locked folder in Windows XP for free, you’ve come to the right place. Unfortunately, Windows XP does not have any user-friendly built-in tools to create secure folders on computers with multiple users. Of course, you can encrypt data on your hard disk, but this only helps if your computer is stolen. Continue reading

Fixing User Access in Windows XP Home

14 Sep

If you log onto Windows XP Home under an account with Administrator privileges and try to access the files in the profile of another account, you will get an Access Denied error. This is because of how the permissions are set up on the directory tree. In one recent example, I found that the Owner of the directory tree couldn’t be displayed, and that the Account that used that profile and the SYSTEM account had Full Control, whereas no other account had any control. Continue reading