Can I password or hide the Temporary Internet Files???HELP!!!

dianek61 · 05-31-2006, 07:58 AM

Hi, some IDIOT showed my husband the Temporary Internet Files folder on the computer. My husband, who thinks he is VERY knowledgeable about computers, but knows actually diddly-squat, has been entering that file like crazy and randomly deleting files, without knowing what the HECK he is doing!!!! So far, he's deleted some cookie files that we needed on our computer that ran some web sites I have. He just won't stop, even though I've told him since he knows not what he does, he shouldn't do it. Is there ANYWAY to password the file program, so he can't go there every day and randomly delete things, without knowing what they are??? Or can I hide the folder somehow so he can’t find it??? I really need some help on this one, before I am reduced to breaking some or all of his fingers.

Thanks!

Zazula · 05-31-2006, 08:34 AM

1. Remain calm.

2. Does the "How Do I Recover Lost Files?" in this page help?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312932/en-us

3. Is this applicable?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/172949/en-us

4. Could you use this feature to your advantage?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/814782/en-us

**hwm54112** · 05-31-2006, 08:31 PM

Why not set up another user account for you and password protect it? That may be a better idea in case he starts deleting other stuff.

Zazula · 06-01-2006, 12:29 AM

Is the user account applicable in Win Me - and if so, can the users be assigned different rights level (as in Win XP Pro)?

If one has Win Xp Pro with Simple File Sharing disabled, then it would be piece of cake - however, I doubt this can be achieved in the "home user" OS's (Win 9x, Me, Xp home).

05-31-2006, 07:58 AM	#1 (permalink)
dianek61 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 4 OS: WindowsME	Can I password or hide the Temporary Internet Files???HELP!!! Hi, some IDIOT showed my husband the Temporary Internet Files folder on the computer. My husband, who thinks he is VERY knowledgeable about computers, but knows actually diddly-squat, has been entering that file like crazy and randomly deleting files, without knowing what the HECK he is doing!!!! So far, he's deleted some cookie files that we needed on our computer that ran some web sites I have. He just won't stop, even though I've told him since he knows not what he does, he shouldn't do it. Is there ANYWAY to password the file program, so he can't go there every day and randomly delete things, without knowing what they are??? Or can I hide the folder somehow so he can’t find it??? I really need some help on this one, before I am reduced to breaking some or all of his fingers. Thanks!

05-31-2006, 08:34 AM	#2 (permalink)
Zazula Manager Emeritus, I'm blond, James Blond Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Athens, Greece Posts: 7,667 OS: Win XP Pro SP2	1. Remain calm. 2. Does the "How Do I Recover Lost Files?" in this page help? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312932/en-us 3. Is this applicable? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/172949/en-us 4. Could you use this feature to your advantage? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/814782/en-us __________________ "Time is the wisest because it discovers everything" Thales of Miletus (ca.624BC-ca.546BC) "Everything flows, nothing stands still." Heraclitus of Ephesus (ca.535BC-475BC) "One thing I know, that I know nothing" Socrates of Athens (ca.470BC–399BC)

06-01-2006, 12:29 AM	#4 (permalink)
Zazula Manager Emeritus, I'm blond, James Blond Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Athens, Greece Posts: 7,667 OS: Win XP Pro SP2	Is the user account applicable in Win Me - and if so, can the users be assigned different rights level (as in Win XP Pro)? If one has Win Xp Pro with Simple File Sharing disabled, then it would be piece of cake - however, I doubt this can be achieved in the "home user" OS's (Win 9x, Me, Xp home). __________________ "Time is the wisest because it discovers everything" Thales of Miletus (ca.624BC-ca.546BC) "Everything flows, nothing stands still." Heraclitus of Ephesus (ca.535BC-475BC) "One thing I know, that I know nothing" Socrates of Athens (ca.470BC–399BC)

05-31-2006, 08:31 PM	#3 (permalink)
hwm54112 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 2,233 OS: WINXP	Why not set up another user account for you and password protect it? That may be a better idea in case he starts deleting other stuff.