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| 528509 | 2007-02-27 05:41:00 | Is there any way to secure the desktop icons and shortcuts with a password? I will have to share the Dell with my daughter-in-law for a short while and she does not have to have anything that is in that area . I know as does she that one can use the default Administrator's account in Safe Mode to open anything that is encrypted, so that won't work . My medical records and such in there . . . nothing bad! I hate to download all those records to a flash or some other device . . they are safe if she cannot get to them . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 528510 | 2007-02-27 06:07:00 | If you right click desktop icon and go into advanced tab you can encrypt file for security. or in sharing tab you can make folder private. Both options sound a bit of a rigmarole :( |
Shortcircuit (1666) | ||
| 528511 | 2007-02-27 07:08:00 | You could use the likes of WinZip, PKZip, Powerdesk or whatever to turn sensitive data into an archive. The compressed file can be password protected if you want. You then test the archive to be sure you can open it. Very important!!! Then you rename this archive to "whatever.dll" and bury it somewhere in the windows directory. System32\subfolder\xyz.dll Don't forget the name, where you hid it or the password. Also very important. Finally leave the desktop shortcuts where they are and delete the original files from the folder. I guess you have a heap of shortcuts on the desktop which point to speadsheet.xls, records.doc and the like. If Daughter in Law clicks on a shortcut on the desktop it will point to a non existant file. The other way to go is try password protection in your BIOS so she can't even turn it on without your permission. Unless she also knows how to jumper the motherboard. Another way is a bloody good lock on the door. You sit there while she does her thing. Possibly buy her a laptop so she can do her thing whilst at your place and keep the lock to your desktop room LOCKED. The only other thing is if she needs to do things on a computer then you could point her to the local Internet Cafe. How old is the Daughter in Law and could you trust her? It is my opinion that given enough time unsupervised I could access your files eventually. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 528512 | 2007-02-27 07:20:00 | I use this to keep prying eyes at bay: www.axantum.com |
zqwerty (97) | ||
| 528513 | 2007-02-27 07:30:00 | Or if u want to pay (www.freedownloadmanager.org) | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 528514 | 2007-03-01 06:27:00 | You could use the likes of WinZip, PKZip, Powerdesk or whatever to turn sensitive data into an archive. The compressed file can be password protected if you want. You then test the archive to be sure you can open it. Very important!!! Then you rename this archive to "whatever.dll" and bury it somewhere in the windows directory. System32\subfolder\xyz.dll Don't forget the name, where you hid it or the password. Also very important. Finally leave the desktop shortcuts where they are and delete the original files from the folder. I guess you have a heap of shortcuts on the desktop which point to speadsheet.xls, records.doc and the like. If Daughter in Law clicks on a shortcut on the desktop it will point to a non existant file. The other way to go is try password protection in your BIOS so she can't even turn it on without your permission. Unless she also knows how to jumper the motherboard. Another way is a bloody good lock on the door. You sit there while she does her thing. Possibly buy her a laptop so she can do her thing whilst at your place and keep the lock to your desktop room LOCKED. The only other thing is if she needs to do things on a computer then you could point her to the local Internet Cafe. How old is the Daughter in Law and could you trust her? It is my opinion that given enough time unsupervised I could access your files eventually. She's 23, blonde but not all that dumb.... I think maybe I'll fire up an old Compaq and put it on the LAN with no file sharing attributes..that's gotta be good enough. I have winrar, and that is also a good idea of zipping them and leaving the shortcuts pointing to blanks...Hmmm..delicious and conniving! |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 528515 | 2007-03-01 10:48:00 | You can NOT go wrong with TrueCrypt, seriously dead easy to setup & use while being safe & secure as anything! Even if somebody had a key logger on your PC, if you're using a 'keyfile' then they STILL cant get in if they have your password. Its the ultimate protection and its so easy to implement... Try it, I dare ya ;) |
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