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Old 04-22-2003, 10:09 PM   #1
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password protect network folders.

i have win xp home and i wanna password protect my drives on the network so my brother cant get into them. is there a program i can download or something? maybe something in windows?
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Old 04-23-2003, 02:51 PM   #2
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The simplest way to do this is uncheck "file and print sharing" on your network connection - that way nobody can get at your drives.
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well no duh. but i want to keep it shared so i can get into them from my lap top.
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Old 04-24-2003, 02:28 PM   #4
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Well I would personally go the Glc route but if your looking just to hide files go to download.com and look for Masker 5.0 or Magic Folders XP 02.2.2
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