If you're using Windows XP you can have different user accounts for the computer. Each user needs their password to start up the computer. Alternatively, you can have a user account for yourself (with a password) and everyone else uses the "Guest" account (with no password). You can then have Favorites for your account only, the other users can't access them. At the same time you can have Favorites for all users which can be accessed by anyone. Your Favorites are stored in C:\Documents and Settings\your name\Favorites and Favorites for all users are stored in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Favorites .