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Originally Posted by blackthorn
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That is just the same as compressing the file using WinZip as you are creating a zip file - the "compressed folder" is just a zip file, not a folder (directory). I think that article is a bit misleading to be honest - you cannot create a password protected folder (directory) in Windows XP without the use of external software.
However you can assign using NTFS permissions (bit difficult in XP Home I think as BG has made it a lot more fiddly to do so - you need toi reboot into safe mode to view the security tab) to control user access to folders on the system.
So for example here, I have set to deny access to the guest. If you do that with your kid's account then when they try and access the folder they will get an access denied message and will not be able to view the contents or execute the files within them. As long as you add yourself to the list and set yourself to have full control then you will be able to view and modify files in that folder.
Assuming your kids have a bog standard user's account (not a Power User's or Administrator one) then they will not be able to tinker about with the permissions.
However, I have only used XP Professional and Windows 2000 Professional to do this on - XP Home is "dumbed down" and accessing these features is made difficult so I really can't offer any more advice other than the above.
Also is this folder shared on a network between the 2 computers? I know that there is an option to set a password on a folder if it is shared over the network but I'm not sure if it is available in Home - it certainly is in Pro.