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.

Abusing a legitimate feature EFS allows users to encrypt specific files and folders with a symmetric key known as File Encryption Key, which is then encrypted with a public key (asymmetric ...

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.