Re: can't encrypt/turn off read-only
From: Shenan Stanley (news_helper_at_hushmail.com)
Date: 04/12/04
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Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 18:35:45 -0500
XP Home Newbie wrote:
> I recently bought a laptop with Windows XP Home Ed. on it.
> I am new to XP, and totally new to administration, etc.
> There is only one user name on the computer, mine, and it
> is password protected. This means that file-sharing, etc.
> is irrelevant to me, because there is nobody to share
> with, and I have all the administrative powers.
>
> I was looking around to get a feel for the O/S, and
> noticed the encryption feature for files. However, for
> every single file on my hard drive, wherever and whatever
> it is, the encryption option/checkbox in it's 'properties'
> is grayed out, i.e. disabled. It's not a private file, and
> as I said, I have administrative control. Why is it
> restricting me?
>
> I noticed that a possible reason for this is that every
> single file on my hard drive has the read-only checkbox
> filled, meaning 'some files inside this one are read-
> only' - I don't see why this would be the case for some of
> the files I created which are EMPTY. The same goes for the
> C drive itself - a filled read-only checkbox. So I went to
> turn it off for one of my new, empty files - I click the
> checkbox so it is clear, I click 'apply', I accept
> Window's warning that this will make all the files within
> the file I'm changing that WERE read-only not so - and it
> looks like it's worked. However, when I close and reopen
> the 'properties' window for the file in question,
> the 'read-only' checkbox is filled again!!!!
>
> Why is it doing it, and will making files non read-only
> give me the option of encrypting them? If not, what will?
> As I said, it's not private files (or special ones
> like 'Windows' which XP may prefer me not to mess with)
> that I'm trying to change, and I should have full Admin
> authority.
>
> My laptop isn't, and probably never will be connected to a
> network or the internet. I reset the laptop completely
> using Packard Bell's Recovery Program (destructive - i.e.
> the computer was totally reset to when it left the
> factory) to make sure that in the Windows XP setup I
> didn't do anything bad with regard to security options,
> and it didn't enlighten me.
>
> Any help will be met with undying love.
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307877
This article describes how to use the Windows XP Encrypting File System
(EFS) feature to store files in an encrypted format on your hard disk.
Encryption is the process of converting data into a format that cannot be
read by others. You can use EFS to automatically encrypt your data when it
is stored on the hard disk.
*** The EFS feature is not included in Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition.
***
=) Sorry.
And ignore the Read Only thing.
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