Personal data stored on a computer used by multiple persons are always under the risk of being tampered, accidentally deleted or accessed without owner’s permission. This is a reliable application that allows you to restrict access to certain Windows features using password protection while still allowing people to use your computer.
You can restrict the access to different files or to different programs.
It has a clean and uncluttered interface which offers you easy access to all its functions. TaskLock allows you to select Windows functions you wish to protect from other people, such as Windows Media Player, Word and more. The Encryption tab allows you to encrypt some specific files as a form of protection. With User, you can import account data and also set the application to automatically lock down the account once a set time limit is exceeded.
This application is a highly effective security tool, it launches immediately a protected file is opened and stays up until the correct password is inputted. It can be used in office PCs as well as in home PCs for parental control purposes. Interested in protecting your personal data from other people, then this is the application for you.
It is part from encrypting category and is licensed as shareware for Windows 32-bit and 64-bit platform and can be used as a free trial until the trial period will end. The WinGuard Pro demo is available to all software users as a free download with potential restrictions compared with the full version.