Hi, Kind Folks


I m a Win2k (perfect newbie)user(not programer), the filesystem is NTFS. For
some reason I wanna encrypt my folder under win2k. Is it possible? and if
yes, how to do it with some operations.

any reply is appreciated :-p
Thanx very...much

Frank

"Frank Han" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Hi, Kind Folks
>
>
>I m a Win2k (perfect newbie)user(not programer), the filesystem is NTFS. For
>some reason I wanna encrypt my folder under win2k. Is it possible? and if
>yes, how to do it with some operations.
>

Yes, folders and files can be encrypted using EFS, the encryption that
comes with EFS.

I suggest you read up on EFS *before* you encrypt. Then follow the
procedure on some practice files and make sure your recovery procedure
works.

There are plenty of reports on usenet where people EFS encrypted their
folders or files and then cannot get back at their files after a
system crash/OS reinstall.

Here are a couple of links to get you going. Googling will yield
more:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tre...s/auas1100.asp
http://www.labmice.net/Windows2000/FileMgmt/EFS.htm

If you are concerned about higher security than the default EFS implementation offers,
see the following and so a search for: EFS syskey
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tre...y/news/efs.asp

Just for the record, there are third-party encryption tools that are
available. The comment about making sure that files can be recovered
in case the system become damaged stands for every tool.

Roger

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:

>"Frank Han" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Hi, Kind Folks
>>
>>
>>I m a Win2k (perfect newbie)user(not programer), the filesystem is NTFS. For
>>some reason I wanna encrypt my folder under win2k. Is it possible? and if
>>yes, how to do it with some operations.
>>
>
>Yes, folders and files can be encrypted using EFS, the encryption that
>comes with EFS.

....with NTFS, obviously.

Roger