Is it safe for me to keep a record of personal information like Social Security cards, bank account numbers, and credit card numbers in a Microsoft Word document on my computer?
Generally speaking the members of the BV Computer Club have little to fear of someone breaking into your computer and stealing passwords and such. If there are a number of people who use your Windows XP computer and you want to protect sensitive info, password protect your account and then set up separate accounts for each of the other user. That way they will not have access to your documents. Another way is to place a password on the document with the sensitive info. In Word, use Save As On the Tools menu in the Save As dialog box, click General Options. In the Password to open box, type a password and then click OK. In the Reenter password to open box, type the password again, and then click OK. Click Save. Now just make sure you dont forget the password you used. Of course you could always write the password on a sticky note and paste it on your monitor but that just might be defeating the purpose of securing personal information.
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