Comments on: Microsoft Private Folder 1.0

By: Microsoft releases Microsoft Private Folder 1.0

Microsoft releases Microsoft Private Folder 1.0 — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:16:15 +0000

[...] Via: gHacks [...]

RC — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 14:34:20 +0000

Brad is misguided/incorrect on all counts he has listed.

You can hide it from the desktop and you can NOT see any of the files via DOS (unless the folder is unlocked)

Dhany — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 09:52:43 +0000

Hey Brad,.. have you actually try to use your method ? or is that just some assumptions that you’ve been making to make you look clever ?

Brad — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 17:47:23 +0000

Not a very secure program. First it leaves an unchangable beacon on your desk top that screams “HEY I’M TRYING TO HIDE STUFF!!!!”

Then you can break into it in 2 seconds by opening a command prompt start -> run -> CMD

navigate right to the folder and grabbing anything you want.

Did Microsoft spend money on this?

Jun — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 13:35:10 +0000

Boomer go have a cookie.

This is pointless, I’ll just stick
to using Compressed Zip Folder.

Boomer — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 00:21:00 +0000

you guys crack me up, you’re all so full of copied software and you put up this stupid pretense about your privacy

pk — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 16:29:25 +0000

What about XP Home users ? encryption is not available for them.

thunder7 — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 13:24:45 +0000

yeah M$ still trying to peek at our files.
I guess thjey really do not understand the meaning of the word “Personal Computer.”

gnome — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 16:27:35 +0000

For a moment there I thought you said MS Pirate Folder, and was quite shocked. Then I realised my folly…

Luke — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 13:21:51 +0000

Hmmm… This really seems unnecessary… Here is an alternate solution:

1. make sure your loved ones have separate user accounts on the machine

2a. if you have XP pro, right click on your ~~porn~~ er.. private folder, Properties, Security, deny everything for everyone but yourself.

2b. if you have XP home, use the cacls command in the console.

3. If your loved ones know how to use Knoppix, enable NTFS ecryption on that folder

Presto. This is poor mans version of a private folder without the need to instal any aditional tools.