I don't think that's a built-in feature of XP. You can encrypt files, but I don't think you can password protect them.
BUT, you could go to
www.download.com, and I'm sure that there are some free utilities out there that give u this feature. In fact, I used to use one of them a long time ago.
Good luck!
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