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Posted by Jim Jensen on March 31, 2007, 11:26 pm
Please log in for more thread options "Ivan Sedneff" wrote:
> Thank you for your prompt advice. I thought Quicken might have had an
> option somewhere to password protect itself for program entry, but I
> understand what you say.
If you want to restrict access, you could always rename qw.exe to =
something innocuous like orderchecks.exe, then open the program through =
windows explorer. That would not fool a determined geek, but would many =
others.
>>> Is there anyway to require a password to start the Quicken program?
>>> I am familiar with password protecting individual accounts, but I
>>> would like to make the whole program inaccessible without first
>>> entering a password.
>>=20
>> The most secure way is to get TrueCrypt (www.truecrypt.org) and use
>> it to create a new encrypted drive on your computer. Install
>> Quicken and all its data files to that drive, and unless somebody
>> opens TrueCrypt and enters the correct passphrase (note that you
>> should use a phrase instead of a word), they won't be able to access
>> your Quicken data.=20
>>=20
>> TrueCrypt uses secure encryption. Most "password protection"
>> programs (including Quicken's built-in password function) don't.
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