File With passwords?

Question

I wont to make a file on my laptop with a password on it so i can put like pictures and vidos in wont no 1 else can see with out my password Pelase

Answer 1

Just put the files in a compressed zipped folder (say zip1).Put this compressed zipped folder in another zipped folder(zip 2).Do the previous step manually (do not use "send to")

Then open Zip2  .Select the zip1 folder.Go to file>Add a password.

Now type the password and then confirm it.Now all the files in the zip file will be pass word protected.

Answer 2

Hi if you right click on a folder you open up a list of options, 1 off them is protect, click that and off you go.

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Answer 3

Don't think you can do that other than a program that can lock the content in the file....

Answer 4

Windows has a password, as described by other people.  But I would not use it, or tell anbody else to use it either.

Get TrueCrypt, it is a free file encryption.

Encryption does not hide files, it just makes the contents unreadable. Many people encrypt their hard drives but the problem is if you are using Windows to encrypt all the files on your HDD the password is saved on the computer. The use of a third party encryption program is what any person should get.

File encryption aka cryptography, is the act of transforming sensitive data through an algorithm to make the file unreadable. Basically data is collected divided into chunks, put through separate algorithms, and put back together.

Example:

Lets say you want to encrypt "123" easy right.

We will first split this string up. (String refers to a instance of text)

So...

1

2

3

Put them through an algorithm

1+ 5 = 6

2 + 4 = 6

(3 + 13) / 8 = 2

Put them back together...

662

Now nobody will know what you wrote down unless they have the algorithm. It is much more complicated, but that is the idea.

Plain Text:

This text is readable...

Encrypted Text:

cMKRSA2qJUm9/8/4Lhstna+k+E0IyClKqCnkiP...

Now there are many forms of encryption:

The most commonly used is AES-256 bit encryption

+++This means there can be up to 32 characters in the password or 2^256 possible combinations

The newest is Diamond2-2048 bit encryption.

+++This means there can be up to 126 characters in the password or 2^2048 possible combinations

The only way to decrypt the file is:

1) If you have the original program that encrypted file,

2) If you have the algorithm used to encrypt the file,

3) You can reverse engineer the program used to encrypt the program in order the file the algorithm.

Even then, it is nearly impossible for an attacker to crack and decrypt the file.

Remember, the longer the key is the longer it will take to crack the file.

Even with these two types it will take 5.5 million years to crack AES (the standard in encryption)

Types of attacks (two most common):

Brute Force and Dictionary attack.

Strong Password:

1) Do not use words (hey, tree, feather, etc.

2) Mix upper/lower -case, with numbers and extra characters (a, A, 1, $)

3) Make the passwords long and unique

Good luck.

Regards,

Dane

Answer 5

lockbox for xp

http://www.fspro.net/folder-lock-box/

All windows

http://www.itusoft.com/hide_folder/free_...

Answer 6

1) Click File

2) Select Save as

3) Click on Tools

4) Type Password

5) Press Ok

6) Type File Name

7) Click Save