I have been using Word for about 10 years now and am now using Windows XP -  
I can't understand why it is not possible to put a password on a folder or
can you ?  Maybe I just haven't discovered how.   The office I work in is not
your typical office.  There are about 20 people who come and go on different
shifts and share about 3 computers between them.  I use one of those
computers.  Although I put a password on a word document in my folder if it
is confidential - I can't understand why I can't put a password on the whole
folder as that would make a lot more sense because a lot of the work I do is
confidential.   If this was possible then it would not be so embarrassing
also when people leave their memory sticks in the computers and forget to
take them out before leaving - leaving all their private stuff (photos etc)
for others to see, which happens all the time where I work.  They could have
all their stuff in one folder and saved on their memory stick and the folder
would have a password.