How to: Password Protect a CD?
 

Is there a way to password protect a CD-ROM that I've put an autorun html file on, as a photo gallery? Any thoughts?

Not without encrypting the contents, which will be a pain in the ass to setup and keep clean and easy to use.

use a setup program and add a cd key which at the time of install will ask the user for the key and if it's wrong it'll abort install

rebuild it using flash or director.... not totally fool-proof but you can embed the images into either... (flash would probably be simpler)

and it is always crackable

Basically I want to give a CD to a friend, but I have to mail it to her parent's house, and she doesn't want her parents popping the CD in by mistake and finding... certain unmentionables. :winkwink: So we're not worried about it getting cracked, here.

make a zip file and password protect it and put that on the cd.

I think we have a winner. :) Thanks very much!