In a filing cabinet paper documents are stored in file folders; each given individual names. Information is grouped by subject and all data dealing with a particular subject is placed in same file folder and then placed in filing cabinet. These folders are then arranged in numerical or chronological order, ensuring information is easily accessible.

Organizing and labeling files in this manner can be applied to your electronic documents. Information is stored in individual data files. Each document or data file has an assigned name. Data files containing similar information can then be grouped together in electronic file folders, and no two files in same folder can have same name. Each folder is then assigned its own label. The computer's filing cabinet is its hard drive and floppy disks.

Windows Explorer is file manager that allows you to view and maintain your computer's filing system and keep it current. Using Explorer, you can copy, move, delete, and rename files. You can create new folders and subfolders to contain your growing data.

The main window of Windows Explorer is divided into two display areas. On left-hand side is ALL FOLDERS pane which displays all of main directories and folders stored on your computer. The right side or CONTENTS displays contents of your selected drives or folders.

You can use Windows Explorer to view contents of your hard disk. Load Windows Explorer by clicking on START, go to PROGRAMS and then Click Windows Explorer. In left pane, click letter that indicates your hard disk; usually this is a represented by a (C:) The contents of your hard disk (drive) appear in right pane.

Folders can contain both files and more folders. Some of these are associated with specific programs. These are program files placed on your system when you install a new software program. Other folders can be set up by user, these files are called data files and can be stored in organized, logical areas. To display contents of any folder, click folder in Directory Tree (left) pane so that it opens. Contents will be displayed in right pane.

Files are normally arranged alphabetically. You can also arrange files by type, date, or size. Click View menu, and then select Arrange Icons. A submenu comes up from which you can choose different arrangement options. This feature can be useful in finding files, when name is not clear.

A paper filing system is maintained on a regular basis as business changes and grows, so should you regularly maintain your computer's filing system. You will want to discard documents as they become out of date. You will find need to move folders and/or documents to another location. You may even want to rename a file. Windows Explorer provides many commands that help you create and maintain a filing system specifically suited to your personal needs. Below are listed some of commands on file menu that will aid you in keeping your filing system in order.

Important File Menu Commands for File Management 1. New -- To create a new folder of subfolder 2. Delete -- To delete a file or folder 3. Rename -- To change name of a file or folder

To save a file click on FILE in menu bar, select SAVE. In dialog box type name you want to give file and click on Save button. The document is now saved on your hard disk.

I'm assuming you've installed, and are running PWS (Personal Web Server) on your machine, if you are not already working on a server that supports ASP.

First of all, create a database, for instance, customers.Define a table with all fields you require (include email and password).

After database has been created, you need to create a DNS in order to access this database through your ASP pages.

If you have never created it, this is how you do it:

Go to Control Panel (My Computer -> Control Panel), and click on icon that should be saying "ODBC Data Sources (32bit)". In resulting window, select "System DSN" tab. Then click on "Add..." button. From given list of Database drivers, select "Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)" and click "Finish" button. You reach a place where you have to enter "Data Source Name". Enter it, anything, for instance, "customers". Then click "Select..." button. This lets you select Access database you created. Press Ok, press Ok, and press Ok. Your DSN is created.

In first part, I'll write about storing passwords.

Before this, let's make an include file to create and initialize session variables that we are going to need (we can use cookies, but some clever folks disable cookies on their browsers).

File name: sessions.inc

<%

if session("email")="" then session("email")="notlogged" session("pass")="" end if

%>

This file you can include in every page as

so that you can use them whenever you need them.

Now accepting login and password.

For this you require a normal HTML form. You can have "n" number of fields in a form, but here, our primary concern is, getting email as login, and accompanying password.

Here's form:

Please enter your details:

We validate form before it proceeds to "action" file so that there is very little server-side processing. A simple validation:

Note: Put following Javascript above tag.