Encrypt Contents to Secure Data

[Guest]

My "Encrypt Contents to Secure Data" Check Box Is Unavailable.

Any Idea on how to make this work? It works on all of my compuers except
this one They are all set up the same way.

 

[Kerry Brown]

My "Encrypt Contents to Secure Data" Check Box Is Unavailable.

Any Idea on how to make this work? It works on all of my compuers
except this one They are all set up the same way.

Is this one using XP Home? EFS is not available in XP Home.

Kerry

 

[Guest]

File encryption is only available in Windows XP
Professional installed on a drive formatted NTFS.

 

[Guest]

Thanks, I guess GAteway is unaware of this too!

File encryption is only available in Windows XP
Professional installed on a drive formatted NTFS.

 

[Guest]

Yes, But thee other post says that it is only avalable with XP Professional

Thanks for the help. It seem Gateway doesn't know this either.

 

[Richard Urban]

Hey! Kerry just confirmed what the other posts said. Read again. XP home NOT
having a function is the same thing as "the function is only available in XP
Professional".

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Anthony Buckland]

Hey! Kerry just confirmed what the other posts said. Read again. XP home NOT
having a function is the same thing as "the function is only available in XP
Professional".

I use PowerDesk for local encryption, so whether or not
any variety of Windows has it is irrelevant to me.

 

[Kerry Brown]

I use PowerDesk for local encryption, so whether or not
any variety of Windows has it is irrelevant to me.

That's nice. The OP was about EFS though.

Kerry

 

[WTC]

My "Encrypt Contents to Secure Data" Check Box Is Unavailable.

Any Idea on how to make this work? It works on all of my compuers except
this one They are all set up the same way.

Windows XP Home cannot encrypt files but can encrypt folders. To encrypt a
folder, you would compress the folder then add a password to the Compressed
Folder.

 

[Richard Urban]

Password protecting a folder is a tad different that encrypting a folder.
They are miles apart in theory and in actuality. Passwords can be cracked
with relative ease using a modern powerful computer and the requisite
software. To my knowledge, you would need the NSA, FBI etc. to even "try" to
decrypt a files without the necessary encryption keys. Without the keys the
files are garbage!

Now, I know this is of no concern to a fella who is just trying to hide his
dirty pictures from his wife, but the difference between the two methods has
to be explained.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[WTC]

Yes I know XP Home Compressed folders with a password is basic encryption
and is only as strong as the password. I should have elaborated more on what
I posted. Could you imagine if XP Home had what XP Pro has to offer with
encryption?

OP: "I keep getting an access denied message when I try to open an encrypted
file after I reformatted the drive and installed Windows XP"

Helper: "Did you back up your personal certificate for encryption?"

And of course we even see this with XP Pro users. I have learned the hard
the way also when I started using Windows 2000 Pro.

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William Crawford
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

Password protecting a folder is a tad different that encrypting a folder.
They are miles apart in theory and in actuality. Passwords can be cracked
with relative ease using a modern powerful computer and the requisite
software. To my knowledge, you would need the NSA, FBI etc. to even "try"
to decrypt a files without the necessary encryption keys. Without the keys
the files are garbage!

Now, I know this is of no concern to a fella who is just trying to hide
his dirty pictures from his wife, but the difference between the two
methods has to be explained.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!