I found this on some win.help site and will try... Probably the most frustrating omission in Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition is that there's no way to add a password to a shared folder, which means you can't restrict individual access to the folder. Anyone with a valid user name and password can access every share on the PC. We can't fix that problem, but we have found a simple workaround that lets you prevent outsiders from accessing your shared folders. Here's the idea: If you don't have a valid user name and password, you can access a shared folder only as a Guest. Password-protect the Gu