If you have any files on your computer you’d rather not make public, give MyWinLocker a try. This software creates a separate partition on your hard drive, which can only be seen when you log in to the software itself. For instance, if MyWinLocker is not running, the partition will not be visible in My Computer’s listing of available drives.

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Keep Private Files Hidden With MyWinLocker

OpenOffice Writer offers a number of useful and full-featured options when it comes to exporting a document as a PDF. Some of these options include setting open passwords and permission passwords on documents you want to protect.

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Set Security Options When Exporting a PDF from OpenOffice Writer

KeePass is one of the best password manager applications out there, and we’ve written about it before . It is packed with useful functionality even though it is a free product, and it helps you to generate, save, and organize your passwords.

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How to Use Your KeePass Database on Your Blackberry

Privacy is often a foreign idea in a world where PDFs open on virtually every electronic device. Adobe builds powerful encryption tools into its professional PDF-making software, but this software is pricey, and out of most of our budgets. In a world where there is an online application for virtually any task, especially related to PDFs, encrypting a PDF with a secure password is a breeze.

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Password Protect PDF Files Without Adobe

Most computer power users have to remember passwords for several different accounts. From time to time, you may even forget something as simple as your OS X login password

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Reset Forgotten Administrator and User Passwords in Mac OS X