[Cew27]

hi i have some important java files that my friends would love to get their hands on (i cant disclose why) but i cant figure out how to password protect these or find a free program to do so
im running vista home basic and home premium 64 bit

[evilfantasy]

Works with Vista.

http://www.winguardpro.com/

[evilfantasy]

This one may be better. Not sure if it is Vista ready though.

Encrypt-on-Click - Military grade encryption

http://www.2brightsparks.com/freeware/freeware-hub.html

[Cew27]

the second one looks good but it can be decrypted using the same program

[evilfantasy]

There is a similar thread to this one active right now.

Here is a quote from philthomas.

Originally Posted by philthomas There are authoring programs (not cheap) that will add copy protection, but any savvy person, with free software, would easily circumvent it, so it's not worth spending money on IMO. Think about it, if the giant corps like Sony spend millions on copy protection and fail .... what hope have you got

I know it is a different thing you two are trying to do, but even paid programs to do this will be easily beaten by someone with some knowledge.

[evilfantasy]

Just hope they don't know what program you are using.

[Cew27]

indeed thanks

[Carbon]

Why not just throw them in a .zip and add a password?

[IS 23]

thanks alot, works well always wanted to know how to do this !

[Cew27]

because then i have to unzip them every time i want to access the file