Re: Win XP encryption

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From: David H. Lipman (DLipman~nospam~_at_Verizon.Net)
Date: 02/26/04 

Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 17:41:58 -0500

There is NO reason to have cross-posted this to a Win98 News Group !

Dave

"CMAR" <cma6j@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:%23midxhL$DHA.3536@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
| Win XP supposedly has encryption. But since no password is involved, and
| since anyone who has physical access to the computer can read every
| encrypted file, just like the user can, in what way are such files
| encrypted?
|
|

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