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- From: macole@wam.umd.edu (Mario A. Cole)
- Subject: Re: WANTED: partition/directory/file lock
- Message-ID: <1992Aug21.224306.7953@wam.umd.edu>
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- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 22:43:06 GMT
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- In article <reynales.24@ccmail.orst.edu> reynales@ccmail.orst.edu (E. Tad Reynales) writes:
- >Does anyone know of a Windows or DOS application that will allow password
- >protection of a partition, directory and/or individual files? PCTools is
- >not an option due to the cost of using it on many machines. Thanks, TR
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- I use Norton Desktop's feature that allows me to password protect any icon (
- group or file). I have my Control Panel password protected (due to the fact
- that my cousin tends to make changes to my Windows to suit her "artistic"
- preferences. Anyways, I think it can also add password protection to drives.
-
- Of course this is only a very small part of Norton Desktop.
-
- Mario
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