Re: NTFS File Encryption Question

On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 16:35:20 -0400, Barry Watzman
<WatzmanNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>I have a USB removeable hard drive with two partitions, one FAT and one
>NTFS. Being very concerned about the security of the files stored on
>this device, I turned on file encrytpion for many files and folders, and
>those files and folders are now shown as "green" entries, which I've
>never used before.
>
>And I can read those files just fine on the computer on which I made them.
>
>Now, however, I wanted to be able to read those with my laptop, so I
>thought I would export the encryption keys to a ".pfx" file, which I did
>and put on the FAT partition, protected with a password.
>
>Now I put the USB drive on my notebook, and I click on the .pfx
>certificate file, and I "import" the certificate, telling it that I want
>a password to be required every time the certificate is used, and
>everything seems to go well.
>
>But when I try to open up an encrypted document on this drive on my
>notebook, I am still denied access.
>
>What do I need to do to be able to access these files on my laptop?

Try taking ownership of the files from your laptop computer while the
USB drive is attached.
.

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