Hi,
I had 3 Windows XP questions:
1. Is there any way to password protect folders? Say I am logged in as
David, and I don't have any other user accounts on the computer. I want to
let someone borrow my computer for a short while without having to create a
new user, but I don't want him/her to be able to get into some folders to
even view the contents. However, when I am using the computer, I want to be
able to get into those folders and have full access to them, without having
to hide/unhide the folders. I thought a simple way would be to require the
user to enter a password when they click on this specific folder they want
access to - if they enter the right password, then the contents of the
folder would come up and they would have normal/full access to the folder;
if they enter the incorrect password, then windows would pop up something
like access denied and not display the contents of the folder. Is there
such a thing/setting?
2. When I want to connect to a network resource, Windows tells me to Map a
Network Drive and go through that whole process. However, if I just want to
say double-click on a networked computer icon in My Network Places to access
those resources, it tries to connect me as whatever user I am currently
logged in as on my own machine with the same corresponding password. In
Windows 2000, instead of doing that, it pops up a "Enter Network Password"
dialog box which asks for your user name and password to connect to that
machine, after having on default having tried the currently logged in
username and password. Is there any way to set Windows XP to behave like
Windows 2000 in this case?
3. Before, when connecting to my home network, I was able to see all the
other computers connected to my network in My Network Places as icons with
their computer names. However, one day, I am no longer able to see their
computers, but I am still connected to the network. Because I can no longer
see the icons, I can't access their resources. I can no longer see their
computer names, however, if I know their IP address, I can enter that in and
connect to their computers that way. However, I find it much easier to be
able to connect to their computers by just double-clicking on the icon
rather than trying to find out what their ip's are entering from there. Do
you know what the problem could be and how to fix it? This one has stumped
me for quite a while.
That's it for now! Please let me know, any info would be helpful. Thanks
for your time!
Sincerely,
David Wu
I had 3 Windows XP questions:
1. Is there any way to password protect folders? Say I am logged in as
David, and I don't have any other user accounts on the computer. I want to
let someone borrow my computer for a short while without having to create a
new user, but I don't want him/her to be able to get into some folders to
even view the contents. However, when I am using the computer, I want to be
able to get into those folders and have full access to them, without having
to hide/unhide the folders. I thought a simple way would be to require the
user to enter a password when they click on this specific folder they want
access to - if they enter the right password, then the contents of the
folder would come up and they would have normal/full access to the folder;
if they enter the incorrect password, then windows would pop up something
like access denied and not display the contents of the folder. Is there
such a thing/setting?
2. When I want to connect to a network resource, Windows tells me to Map a
Network Drive and go through that whole process. However, if I just want to
say double-click on a networked computer icon in My Network Places to access
those resources, it tries to connect me as whatever user I am currently
logged in as on my own machine with the same corresponding password. In
Windows 2000, instead of doing that, it pops up a "Enter Network Password"
dialog box which asks for your user name and password to connect to that
machine, after having on default having tried the currently logged in
username and password. Is there any way to set Windows XP to behave like
Windows 2000 in this case?
3. Before, when connecting to my home network, I was able to see all the
other computers connected to my network in My Network Places as icons with
their computer names. However, one day, I am no longer able to see their
computers, but I am still connected to the network. Because I can no longer
see the icons, I can't access their resources. I can no longer see their
computer names, however, if I know their IP address, I can enter that in and
connect to their computers that way. However, I find it much easier to be
able to connect to their computers by just double-clicking on the icon
rather than trying to find out what their ip's are entering from there. Do
you know what the problem could be and how to fix it? This one has stumped
me for quite a while.
That's it for now! Please let me know, any info would be helpful. Thanks
for your time!
Sincerely,
David Wu