How can I password protect a file folder in Vista?

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It was just brought to my attention that my computer had been gone through by my room mate one day when I accidentally left it on. I dont want this to happen again so I have changed my power options so that it sleeps after 1 min of no use and a password needs to be keyed in to get back into the computer. But, just in case, I would like to have a password on a few folders just to have the extra piece of mind. How can I do this the easiest?

In case you need to know:

OS = Vista Home Premium
I use “OpenOffice” for word apps.

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axcrypt? I have it on xp, not sure if it’ll work for vista.

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bitlocker does that I believe

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Just use truecrypt dude.

Its real simple to setup a container with AES encryption, or you can encrypt the entire drive, it will ask for password at startup.

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oh and break his freakin arms.

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EFS

enable it. built into windows.

or hide your stuff in ADS

or just use truecrypt

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use windows+L everytime you walk away

problem solved

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I use Axcrypt personally and it works well for me…