Password protecting folders - Vista options only

[Zero1]

Can this be done? I do NOT want to do this through free software or trial software. I want to know if it can be done through Vista (some secret way which hasn't been identified yet).

Did tons of google searchs but nothing came up.

[SillySusie]

It could be done a number of ways, but the best way is with encryption, just using Vista user accounts wouldn't be good enough. I personally use TrueCrypt (http://www.truecrypt.org/) (free and open source), it can encrypt a password protected virtual disk into a file (looks and acts just like a disk, so you can move folders into it), and is multi-platform, so you can access it no matter what OS you move to, or if Vista refuses to boot one day. :)

[Zero1]

It could be done a number of ways, but the best way is with encryption, just using Vista user accounts wouldn't be good enough. I personally use TrueCrypt (http://www.truecrypt.org/) (free and open source), it can encrypt a password protected virtual disk into a file (looks and acts just like a disk, so you can move folders into it), and is multi-platform, so you can access it no matter what OS you move to, or if Vista refuses to boot one day. :)

I made a typo. I don't want to do it through commercial or free software.

[saltyvinegar]

Here are your options, topic already discussed:

http://discuss.pcmag.com/forums/thread/1004368014.aspx