How can I encrypt files in XP Home?

[JMI]

Hello,

I've got XP Home and I'd like to know how to encrypt files. I've got NTFS
partitions on all the drives too.

Thanks in advance,

Jeff

 

[Mark]

Jeff,

Windows XP uses EFS for File Encryption. However, Windows
XP Home doesn't support File Encryption. Only the
Professional editions supports this feature.

 

[Ray at]

Encrypted File System is not supported in XP Home.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/reskit/prhh_not_qags.asp

Ray at home

 

[rory]

From XP Help and Support:

To configure identity authentication and data encryption settings for a
dial-up connection

1.. Open Network Connections.
2.. Click the dial-up connection you want to configure, and then, under
Network Tasks, click Change settings of this connection.
3.. On the Security tab, do one of the following:
a.. To select preconfigured combinations of identity authentication
methods and data encryption requirements, click Typical (recommended
settings), and in Validate my identity as follows, click a method to use for
validation.
Depending on your Validate my identity as follows selection, you can
select (enable) or clear (disable) the Automatically use my Windows logon
name and password (and domain if any) or Require data encryption (disconnect
if none) check boxes. The following table shows which selections are
available.

If Require data encryption (disconnect if none) is not enabled,
encryption is optional. To prevent encryption, click Advanced (custom
settings), and then click Settings. In Data encryption, click No encryption
allowed (disconnect if server required encryption).

Validate my identity as follows Automatically use my Windows logon
name and password (and domain if any) Require data encryption (disconnect if
none)
Allow unsecured password Unavailable Unavailable
Require secured password Available Available
Use smart card Unavailable Available


b.. To individually enable, configure, and disable authentication
methods and encryption requirements, click Advanced (custom settings), and
then click Settings.
Important

a.. Modifying Advanced (custom settings) requires a knowledge of security
protocols.
Note

a.. To open Network Connections, click Start, click Control Panel, and
then double-click Network Connections.

 

[S.Sengupta]

Hi!JMI!
Sorry to say the EFS feature is not included in Microsoft Windows XP
Home Edition.
regards/
ssg/pronetworks.org

 

[Rayn]

Hi!JMI!
Sorry to say the EFS feature is not included in Microsoft Windows XP
Home Edition.
regards/
ssg/pronetworks.org

Yes, there is too a way to do this in Windows XP Home Edition, you must
first start in Safe Mode and set file permissions from there. Microsoft
Knowledge Base Article - 307874.

A

 

[GSV Three Minds in a Can]

Hello,

I've got XP Home and I'd like to know how to encrypt files. I've got NTFS
partitions on all the drives too.

XP Home doesn't support File Encryption. Anyway EFS is an extremely
dangerous tool in untrained hands, and you are much more likely to
manage to lose all your data using EFS than you are likely to have it
stolen by =not= using EFS .. a quick ramble though this NG using google
will reveal many tales of woe along the lines of 'I had to reinstall my
system, now I can't access my encrypted files', to which the answer is
'and you never will be able to, unless you have exported and saved your
encryption certificates'.

If you just want to hide them from someone, make them private (and have
a logon password), or 'zip' them to a zip folder which has a password on
it. If you need 'EFS' levels of security for commercial/military
reasons, you shouldn't be running XP Home.

 

[Mike]

Try nonags.com
www.nonags.com/nonags/security.html
I have not tried any of them but their are several
encryption tools here all freeware

 

[Rob Schneider]

Hello,

I've got XP Home and I'd like to know how to encrypt files. I've got NTFS
partitions on all the drives too.

Thanks in advance,

Jeff

Are you trying to encrypt the files to prepare them for sending to
someone else? Or do you want encrypted file system on the computer?

For the former, obtain (start by searching Google) file encryption
software. Many 3rd party progams exist for purchase or free download.
For the latter, upgrade to XP Pro.

 

[Alex Nichol]

I've got XP Home and I'd like to know how to encrypt files. I've got NTFS
partitions on all the drives too.

That is explicitly a Pro only facility

 

[Interspatial]

Use WinRar, slightly less convienient but a lot more secure.