How to lock Windows 10

Hey, any Windows 10 enthusiasts out there able to help me out? I need to figure out how to set up individual passwords for different users on the same PC.
Basically, I want to make sure my husband can't see what I'm typing—we're both using the same Windows 10 setup, but I need total privacy so we aren't snooping on each other's business,
there's about 5 of us using this machine in total.
Thanks!😵

You’re gonna have to head over to the accounts section, set up some new profiles, and then get your passwords sorted out.

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Here’s a guide on how to set up a Windows 10 account—and yeah, you can actually skip the whole online registration headache if you want... https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.howt...indows-10/amp/

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Man, I just love these new marriages built on trust... 😁

@velvettiger35, you definitely gave me a good laugh there 😁

There’s always the option of just clearing out your browser history, just in case you don't want your husband stumbling upon your late-night internet rabbit holes...

And if you're actually talking about specific files on your computer, you'll want to be pretty careful with how you set up those NTFS permissions and user access rights...

So, you’ve got that incognito mode in Chrome... when you fire it up, nothing gets saved. But honestly? If you’re browsing things you’re too chicken to show anyone, you might still give yourself away because your history isn't actually wiped from the system...

Since incognito doesn't save your passwords or usernames—say you registered on some random site like Netflix or whatever else—I’d suggest just using a password that's easy to remember but still a nightmare for hackers to crack.

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Honestly, I’m starting to wonder if it’s just me, but I constantly forget to switch over to incognito mode, so I end up having to go in and manually clear everything out myself. -.-

Look, you’ve even got portable browsers available—Chrome comes in that format, so you could just toss it onto a USB stick and call it a day. I guess there might be a way to set it up so it launches automatically from the drive, but I’d have to dig into it a bit more to figure out how...

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I’ve gotta admit, even with my background in IT, I’ve never actually heard of anything quite like this before. :S

I’ve always known you could find certain apps in portable versions, but seeing Chrome available like that really caught my eye—especially when I saw how people were using them on USB sticks for things like Chase online banking. They basically strip out all the extra bloat and just leave the bare essentials needed to get your banking done.
It’s honestly a much better setup, and way more secure too, since it makes those annoying phishing sites and fake landing pages a lot harder to pull off.

If you want to grab the portable version of Chrome, you can find the link right here https://mozilla-firefox-portable.en....ndows/download...just remember that the first time you run it, you'll need to unpack the folder, and then you can just toss that whole folder onto a thumb drive.

As for encrypting the drive, you can follow this guide http://www.ubergizmo.com/how-to/pass...tect-usb-disk/—I haven't actually tried this myself because I haven't really had a reason to yet, but there are plenty of other apps out there; you just have to dig around and see what features each one offers.

USB sticks aren't exactly breaking the bank these days. You can pick up those tiny ones that look just like keychains and just toss them on with your house keys so you don't lose them... 😁 http://www.gearbest.com/usb-key-drive-32gb-_gear/

I’m starting to realize that if I don't look this up right now, my browser is just going to boot from the USB drive and won't save a single thing. Pretty funny 😁

The browser actually saves everything right inside the folder you’ve got sitting on your USB drive. It functions just like any standard browser you'd find on a regular PC—if you don't want it remembering your history or stuff like that, you just have to go into the settings and tell it not to...

The real beauty of doing it this way is that it’s basically your own little private setup. You can plug that drive into any Windows computer and all your settings and data are right there waiting for you, ready to go.

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That’s a really fascinating innovation, and honestly, there are plenty of ways we could actually put it to use. Thanks for sharing the info 😁

btw that comment, "What I love about these new marriages built on trust..." is still ringing in my ears 😁

Calling this an innovation is a joke; people have been doing this for over 13 years now. 😉

Maybe I’m just getting old...
back then, this felt like the absolute cutting edge of innovation. :P