Windows Insider EFS: Handle with Care The Encrypting File System, while serving a need, can also cause big headaches—especially with the XP implementation. Here’s how to do it right. By Bill ...

The Encrypting File System, while serving a need, can also cause big headaches—especially with the XP implementation. Here’s how to do it right.

How to Recover EFS Encrypted Files. While some businesses rely on computers more than others, most value the data they store on the machines and may consider at least some of it private or ...

Granted, Windows has file and folder encryption already via EFS. You could just direct users to encrypt classified information, or create an encrypted folder and require that all users place their ...

Laptops, external drives, and USB sticks are especially vulnerable to data theft, but with Windows and a few tools, you can ...

A folder or file with the EFS attribute set in the file properties window cannot be decrypted by other users of the computer without the account password of the user that encrypted it.

There are a number of methods to go about encrypting file names, but the simplest way to encrypt files is through the Windows Encrypting File System.

Problem: I login as admin and I encrypt a directory with EFS. I logout and then log back in on a test user account that is a non-admin limited account. I am unable to access the encrypted files ...

You keep selected files or folders encrypted on your internal drive. But are they protected when you use an online backup service?