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Posted by =?Utf-8?B?dGVkb25pbWFu?= on September 11, 2007, 5:32 am
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Re: XP Pro SP2 Encryption not working
11 Sept., 2007 (17:26 local)
Thanx to Steve Riley, Greenie LeBrun and Roger Abell for the 3 distinct and
very
informative replies. That about covers it. I will send this same reply to all.
Sori for late reply. No line yet here and I got R Arthritis so bad I can't
go out
to
Cybercafe. Just now lucky. Good weather. Got a wifi connection again and
will try
few times if necessary to reply.
OK. I understand a lot better now and I'll try follow up those links.
Sorry abt the Notepad thing. I think at the time I had, like now, a fluke
wifi
connection and tried to squeeze in as much as possible. The connection
usually
lasts only 15 min's but today it's been holding for a while. We'll see.
For anyone interested, the Notepad error occurs only when (1) text file size
exceeds abt 30K and (2) when the ".LOG" function is enabled (auto date/time
insert). There is no error when (2) is not at top of file.
Thanks again,
--
Ted...
"Roger Abell [MVP]" wrote:
> In the future you might find it convenient to post one topic with
> the subject indicating the post content, rather than two unrelated
> questions which, as here, may not belong in the same newsgroup.
>
> Try settings the NTFS permissions on one of those EFS encrypted
> files so that some other account has Full Control at NTFS level.
> Then log into that account a try to access the encrypted file.
> You will get an access denied message. If that account attempts
> at lower-level to read the bits from disk it will just get AES
> encrypted bits.
>
> EFS is supposed to be transparent to the allowed account.
>
> The color shading you noticed is an optional setting in how
> Explorer displays items that are EFS encrypted.
>
> The return of the checkbox on the folder to its inital gray
> appearance, after you had used it to set the folder to encrypt
> contained files, is normal. That checkbox, like the Read-Only
> box, on folders is not an indicator of state but is a switch to
> use to set encryption, or read-only, on/off on the contained
> files. Being EFS encrypted (or being read-only) is (are) not
> actually properties of the folder but of the contained files.
>
> Roger
>
> > 29-Jul-07
> >
> > XP Not encrypting my folders and files...
> > -----------------------------------------
> >
> > New system, Win XP Pro SP2, 1 GB RAM, all NTFS partitions (no FAT32 format
> > option available during install).
> >
> > (1) Encryption Problem.
> >
> > Not sure if I understand the new terminology but thot that "encrypt"
> > meant
> >
> > "Convert ordinary language into code" so no one can read it until
> > decrypted.
> >
> > Well, that's not the case here. When I do my thing, all I get is a font
> > change
> > to green for the folder and file names, so on. When I tick and Apply,
> > "Details"
> >
> > remains shaded/inactive. There are no compressed files. The folder is in
> > C:\.
> >
> > I did see the dynamic file transfer pop-up an things hopping from left to
> > right; but after all that, everything in those "encrypted" folders is
> > still
> > accessible as usual in my account (which, by the way, was not
> > password-protected
> > - but is now).
> >
> > I subsequently placed a test folder under my account in "Documents and
> > Settings"
> > and followed same procedure. It had one file. I did not see the
> > file-transfer
> > pop-up this time and results were same. I can still access the folder and
> > file
> > at anytime without going thru any decryption procedure.
> >
> > Perhaps I just don't understand what MS means by "encryption" in the
> > context
> > of this OS. Am new to this issue.
> >
> > The info on the subject given in Help seems rather skimpy and doesn't
> > really
> > put
> >
> > any light on the subject for me. There is no meat in there. So I don't
> > really
> > know what's going on or what I may be doing wrong.
> >
> > Can any one clear this up for me please?
> >
> >
> > (2) Notepad Memory Problem.
> >
> > This has been bugging me for a long time, since the last XP computer I
> > worked
> > on. It looks like this is a standard bug or intentional. Whenever a
> > Notepad.txt
> > file reaches around 50 KB, a warning message pops up about 'not enuf mem
> > to
> > complete the operation' yet the file does open ok once I x out the
> > message. I
> > got 1 GB RAM in here and not many aps installed yet. It's annoying. Is
> > there
> > a
> > registry fix for this?
> >
> > Thanx in advance,
> >
> >
> > --
> > Ted...
>
>
>
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