RE: Built-in encryption questions

From: Tom (Tom_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/31/04 

Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 09:09:14 -0700

As fare as I am aware there are no backup keys, if you encrypt the data then
only the machine it was encrypted on can view the files, if it crashed then
it cant be vied period (even on the same machine). if you dont want other
users to view your files then go to c:\documents and settings\ then right
click your user name, go to the sharing tab and check the box that says "make
this folder private".

hope it helps

Tom, U.K

"TC2" wrote:

> Having a hard time getting this answered. I posted it here yesterday but it
> didn't show up.
>
> I posted this to the security section but got no response so I'm trying
> here.
>
> I tried encrypting a folder and its contents and noticed it changes all the
> file dates. That's a problem in itself. Isn't there a way to avoid or fix
> this?
>
> So I tried encrypting just the folder thinking that would block others from
> getting to the files inside. But when I logon as someone else
> (Administrator) the folder is
> in a different color but I can open the files inside just fine.
>
> If I get all this sorted out I'll use encryption but want some way to
> recover if the system crashes and I need to put this drive in another
> computer and pull off files. I see there are such things as recovery keys. I
> read numerous articles about them trying to get a handle on it. This is just
> a lone computer, no domain, no policies or whatever. All the stuff about
> recovery keys seem to apply to domain administrators and security consoles
> and administrator plug-in tools and a whole lot of hoops to jump through
> just to get a recovery key. Plenty of things to go wrong and then I can't
> recover my data.. Is there some straight forward way to do this?
>
> Thanks,
> Tom
>
>
>
>
>

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