password protection

Share folders with everyone connected to my network (android, macs, windows) and share certain folders with people who only know the password. What would be the best way of doing this in windows 8?

Hello, Everyone knows you get what you pay for and this not a direct criticism on Windows Firewall, but recent studies have shown free paid products such AVG Antivirus and Windows Firewall have been hacked more often then other. My setup: * Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit * Norton Internet...

hello, i'm running win7 ultimate x64. i have network backup utility that requires that i mount some network drives as the SYSTEM user. i created a bacth file to run at logon that works great. my issue is that this batch file contains plain-text password(s) that i would rather not have...

Hi there I hope someone knows this but is there a good software out there that helps you set policy and restrictions on your PC? Like Novell but less expensive and for your desktop. I have found a couple but it does not have things like disallowing someone to use f8 or anything like it to by...

Fixes an issue in which you cannot open an image in a compressed (.zip) file in Windows 7. This issue occurs when you apply password protection to the image. More...

Hello, I've added a new laptop to my home network (now 3 computers, all of them with win 7 ultimate 64) . I didn't use home group because i don't like it, so i configured everything manually and everything worked great, file sharing. printer sharing, everything. And then I added a...

I am having trouble connecting from my work Win XP (Pro) desktop machine to a new work Win 7 (Enterprise) desktop to sync my work files to it. The XP PC can see my personal Win 7 (ultimate) PC that was upgraded from Vista Ultimate. Win 7 to Win 7 is ok. I have read and followed a lot of posts...

I have two Windows 7 Home Premium machines on the same network, and in the same workgroup for the benefit of an XP machine. For the moment, though, only the Win 7 machines are important. I do not have a homegroup set up at the moment (doing so does not change anything.) For the purpose of this...

Consider the following scenario: In Power Option control Panel->"Define power buttons and turn on password prection" window , you choose "shut down" in the Power button setting drop-down list. Restart the computer. While system is booting up, press the... Link Removed

Hi I have found lots of ways to password protect foldres. But I can`t find a way to passwordprotect the access over local network. (and hamachi2) I have tried to make a user (test) and the password (test, on that user). I have tried to share the folder, and just grant access for the...

Just had a new computer made up using Windows 64bit OS. I installed the old disc drive from my failing old computer as a slave drive, which I was using XP on a 32bit system expecting it was going to be easy to retieve all my data files. What a mistake that is turning out to be !!! Does anyone...

Save time, effort, and privacy with Password Safe, a password manager on the Microsoft Windows platform. Link Removed

Hi all: I recently had to do a clean install on my PC - 3rd time in as many months. I had a friend reinstall windows and he put the ultimate (?) on instead of the home premium. 1) Now when I start up I get a dos window that says this: choose operating system of press tab: Windows 7...

Hi everyone, So I recently purchased another laptop, meaning I have two, and they are both on the same network. Now, my ideal situation would be to be able to share files between my two laptops, preferably with a password prompt, but with no one else on the network (being 4 other people). Right...

I want to share media files with my roommates. I can set up the sharing permissions easily enough. However, I want to be able to share other folders on my computer so that I can access them from my netbook. I don't want my friends accessing these folders though. Is there a way I can password...

Hello people, I want to know something about the BitLocker protection system: If I use it to protect my USB pendrive, how can I use it on a Windows XP system for example? How it'll ask me the password? I want to lock my pendrive because I have important data on it and my school computer has...

I've recently decided to play my music from my computer to my Xbox 360; so I begun to acknowledge that they were both connected accordingly, and establishing a connection. After attempting to play music from the computer and also with Windows Media Center, I found that it did not play my music...

Hi, Can someone suggest me an application to prompt a password to execute or to run(use) a programme on PC not only installed applications but also for installing applications, the same should prompt password while uninstalling a program from the control panel. The application should collect...

Dear All, I currently have a workgroup set up involving 4 computers with Windows 7. The network, prior to my modifications, worked very well, all of the computers were able to access each other's folders. The only problem with this set up, however, was that there was no permissions set; more...

In Windows 7 (home premium) I can't figure out how to share a folder with one computer on the network (as opposed to all the computers or the entire homegroup. First, I've turned off password protected sharing. When I try to share with specific people all I get in the local computer users...