computer privacy?

Question

when there are more than one user account you can set a password to prevent others accessing your account. however if you open my computer on desctop you can access everyones documents. is there any way of preventing this.

Answer 1

Open up my computer
Select the person's documents e.g Craig's Documents - don't open it just select it
Right click it and select Properties for the pop up menu
Click on Sharing
Tick the box for make this folder private

Answer 2

I'm guessing you are using Windows XP. You can change the sharing mode of your My Documents folder by right-clicking the folder and selecting the Sharing and Security option. Then check the box Make this Folder Private. Other users can do the same with their My Documents folders. Or if you log in as an Administrator, you can make other user's My Documents folders private to them only.

Answer 3

Open Explorer
Right click on the folder you don't want other users to see.
Click on Properties
Click on the Security Tab
Remove all other users except your account id

Answer 4

if you have xp you go to control panel, user accounts and change the account types to how you want them, you can add a user password to account there.