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From time to time we get a request from a user for a password protected folder in MS Windows. Here is a typical request: "I am wondering if there is a known way to password protect a folder the way you could to a microsoft word document or microsoft excel document?" So users understand how to password protect some individual files (although they may not understand the difference between mere password protection and actual encryption), and our IT staff understand how to password protect an entire drive, but we seem to be missing a suitable way to password protect (or better, encrypt) single folders in Windows. I have dabbled with TrueCrypt as one solution, but that seems to leave something to be desired, both in terms of convenience for the user, and in terms of IT support should the user ever lose their password (wouldn't it be nice, for these situations, to have some system that implemented *two* passwords, one under IT control as a sort of "backdoor", and another for the user?). So here are my questions for you all: - In particular, have you ever used TrueCrypt for any of your Windows users at MSU? How did that work out? - In general, what sort of data protection or encryption facilities have you provided for your Windows users? Thanks, -- dkm --------------- David McFarlane, Systems Designer Dept. Psychology, Michigan State University