Encrypting with exported keys easily?

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From: Dan Wright (postmaster_at_127.0.0.1)
Date: 06/03/04 

Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2004 13:15:12 -0700

Greetings,

My apologies if I have missed something. I swear I have done my
homework before posting.

I have a laptop running Windows 2000 containing very sensitive data
that is going to travel twice a week with some not-too-technical users.
I would like to make that laptop as secure as possible. This is a
non-profit so I would like to avoid spending a lot of money if I can.

The data in question in an Access database and a gig of jpegs. The
remote location is a bank with no network access.

I had intended to use EFS and store the certificates on a pendrive.
That way a person who stole the laptop would need the pendrive to see
the files. I did not realize that the users would need to import then
delete the certificate each time they access the directory. I don't
think that is practical for them.

Is there a way I can make this seamless for them? Is there a third
party product I should look into?

How would you go about securing the data on the laptop without making
life miserable for the very nice ladies fromm accounting?

Dan

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