Re: Securing a WinXP notebook - Advice please

From: Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam_at_hydro.com)
Date: 07/26/04


Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 20:23:59 +0200

Sean McCourt wrote:

> I have a Windows XP notebook and am looking at securing the data, OS
> and programs.
>
> Could someone please give me some advice regarding this?
>
> If it is stolen etc I don't want people to have access to the OS or do
> a parallel installation.
>
> The data needs to be encrypted somehow, I am not to keen on using EFS.
>
> If a user gets access to the OS they will be able to get my program
> registration numbers which is another concern.
>
> I used PGP to secure the data but now a days it's a yearly
> subscription and quite expensive.
>
> If there are any good websites, docs, procedures and advice I would
> appreciate peoples opinions.
Hi

We use Utimaco's SafeGuard Easy for laptop protection, and are very
satisfied with the product.

http://www.utimaco.com/indexmain.html

-- 
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
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