How do I password protect my documents and pictures?

ScottGem Posts: 64,966, Reputation: 6056

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#21

Apr 18, 2010, 07:37 AM

Originally Posted by ohsohappy

Neither, my mother's computer broke and he needs to use my computer for schoolwork. i caught him snooping yesterday, so I want to password protect my files.

So set up a user account for him. Make sure its not an Admin account. Then password protect YOUR account. Then make sure you log out whenever you leave your PC or he needs to use it. So he can only log into his account and won't be able to see anything in You're my Documents folder.

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