password protect program

Posted by Ivan Sedneff on March 29, 2007, 11:27 pm

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Hello,

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.

Thank you,

Ivan

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Posted by MiR on March 30, 2007, 7:59 am

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says...

>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.

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.

TrueCrypt uses secure encryption. Most "password protection" programs
(including Quicken's built-in password function) don't.

Posted by Ivan Sedneff on March 30, 2007, 12:41 pm

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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.

Ivan

>says...

>>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.

>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.

>TrueCrypt uses secure encryption. Most "password protection" programs

>(including Quicken's built-in password function) don't.

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Posted by Jim Jensen on March 31, 2007, 11:26 pm

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"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.

Posted by CK on March 31, 2007, 4:43 pm

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> ivans@scannersinc.com

> says...

>>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.

From the Quicken Help File:
1.. Choose File menu > Open to open the data file you want to protect with
a password.
a.. What does a file password protect?
A file password protects only the current file. Make sure that the
current file is the one you want to assign the password to.

2.. Choose File menu > Passwords > File.
3.. In the New Password field, type the password.
a.. What are the password requirements?
You can type up to 15 characters, including spaces. Quicken is case
sensitive. This means that if you specify aBc987, you must type aBc987 and
not abc987 or ABC987.

4.. In the Confirm Password field, reenter the same password.
5.. Click OK.