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Setting File and Folder Security in Windows XP

You cannot password protect individual folders in XP. You restrict access by assigning
permissions to drives, folders and files.

To do this, you must be running NTFS as your file system on the drive in question. If your hard disk/partition is not NTFS you will need to convert it. To do this, open a Command Prompt window and enter the following command:

CONVERT X: /FS:NTFS

Where X: is the drive letter you wish to convert. You may also want to see http://www.aumha.org/a/ntfscvt.htm to ensure that you’re getting the optimal conversion.

After this step is completed and you’ve rebooted the computer, if necessary: Read More»

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Windows Vista RAM Limitations

Can’t get enough RAM installed? More RAM may make a better PC, but if you have a standard 32-bit system don’t bother getting more than 4GB as that the most the system will report to Windows. This is simply an architectural limitation of 32-bit Windows. In fact, it is more like 3GB!

A 32-bit version of Vista will never even use the full 4GB of RAM in your system. It’s because of the memory mapped IO reservations, which control how the onboard memory on your installed devices overwrites parts of the system memory, which lowers the total memory available to Vista itself. Read More»

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