Hi,
I heard NTFS allows on the fly file encryption. How do I enable that ? I
tried Properties > Advanced in explorer but "Encrypt contents ..." option is
"greyed out". And I haven't enabled file compression either. I have tried it
on both my system partition and another (NTFS) partition.Whats wrong ? I
live outside US. Is it that "no encryption stuff export from US" law (I dont
know what it says) ? Is there any other way to encrypt files "on the fly" ?

Thanks

"bored" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> Hi,
> I heard NTFS allows on the fly file encryption. How do I enable
> that ? I
> tried Properties > Advanced in explorer but "Encrypt contents ..."
> option is "greyed out". And I haven't enabled file compression either.
> I have tried it on both my system partition and another (NTFS)
> partition.Whats wrong ? I live outside US. Is it that "no encryption
> stuff export from US" law (I dont know what it says) ? Is there any
> other way to encrypt files "on the fly" ?
>
> Thanks
>
>

I can't help you with your particular problem. But, If you plan on
using XP's EFS ( Encrypted File System ), Make sure you completely
understand what you are doing and how it works.

Too many people have encrypte files without making a recovery disk, Had
to format their drives or create a new account, and not be able to access
their encrypted files. If you lose your authentication key, THERE IS NO
WAY TO ACCESS YOUR FILES!!!!!

--

David

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Graphic violence is advised"

On Wed, 8 Oct 2003 19:24:43 +0530, bored wrote:

> Hi,
> I heard NTFS allows on the fly file encryption. How do I enable that ? I
> tried Properties > Advanced in explorer but "Encrypt contents ..." option is
> "greyed out". And I haven't enabled file compression either. I have tried it
> on both my system partition and another (NTFS) partition.Whats wrong ? I
> live outside US. Is it that "no encryption stuff export from US" law (I dont
> know what it says) ? Is there any other way to encrypt files "on the fly" ?
>
> Thanks

Not all files and folders can be encrypted, see Help and Support for
details. There are pitfalls to be avoided (such as the one described here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;290260)

Experiment with test folders and files. Before encrypting anything, you may
want to read up on encryption in general. A good starting point:

Best Practices for the Encrypting File System
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;223316
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Are you using WinXP Pro? WinXP Home does not support EFS.

Bruce Chambers

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"bored" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
> I heard NTFS allows on the fly file encryption. How do I enable
that ? I
> tried Properties > Advanced in explorer but "Encrypt contents ..."
option is
> "greyed out". And I haven't enabled file compression either. I have
tried it
> on both my system partition and another (NTFS) partition.Whats wrong
? I
> live outside US. Is it that "no encryption stuff export from US" law
(I dont
> know what it says) ? Is there any other way to encrypt files "on the
fly" ?
>
> Thanks
>
>