EFS for the entire user profile

From: "Michael D. Ober" <obermd.@.alum.mit.edu.nospam>
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 08:31:29 -0600

Is is possible/advisable to encrypt the entire user profile for a logged in
user? The machine is a laptop.

Thanks
Mike Ober.

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