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Can EFS be set on a per group basis?
I've been asked to create some file store for our directors that will contain sensitive information. They have asked that it not be possible for other admins to read the data.
I immediately thought ...
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How to view EFS encrypted external hard driver on multiple PCs?
If I encrypt a USB drive using Windows 2008 EFS, will I be able to view the the contents of the drive on another PC (is there a way to provide credentials?)? The Windows 2008 system is using Windows ...
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Large temp files created in Windows Server 2003 temp folder
I'm managing a Windows Server 2003. A couple of times the server has crashed with error message saying that the C: drive is full. After searching folders to free up space, I found that lot of temp ...
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Disabling EFS--what to do if there are any encrypted files?
I am in the process of retiring an old Windows-integrated CA and bringing online a new, properly-configured one (several, actually). Most of our systems are unable to use EFS thanks to Group Policy... ...
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Keeping a Secret
I have a .NET Windows Service that needs to store a secret on the machine and protect that secret from local system administrators. It is OK if domain admins have access.
This secret is not user ...
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Access denied to EFS encrypted files after PC joins domain
I'm experiencing strange behavior with Windows Encrypted File System:
I have a machine that is in workgroup mode (not joined to a domain)
I encrypt an entire directory structure on the machine ...
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Replicating EFS encrypted files
Recently I attempted to configure Microsoft's DFSR on Windows 2008 R2 to replicate a folder which was encrypted with EFS. The setup gave no errors or warnings, but later I read that DFSR does not ...
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EFS encrypted Office documents lose additional users after saving the file
I create a new Word document in 'Office Open XML' format (docx). I then encrypt it using EFS and add several other users to access the file.
Now I open the document and edit it, after saving it, the ...
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Ensuring no EFS files remain on a Windows XP SP3 system
Lets say I have a user in my organization who has forgotten his/her Windows logon password to their office computer. As an IT manager, I can log in via the Administrator and reset that user's ...
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EFS Remote Encryption
We have been trying to setup EFS across our domain.
Unfortunately Reading/Writing file over network share does not work, we get an "Access Denied" error.
Another worrying fact is that I managed to ...
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POP connector Exchange Server 2010
An old server with Exchange 2003 is being replaced with a new 2008 R2 server (x64) running Exchange 2010.
On that 2003 machine we had a tool called EFS (Email Forwarding System) but the tool is old ...
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add certificate to all files in EFS-folder with script
I try to set up collective access to EFS-folder. I want to add certificates of all users to all files in folder. Is it posible do with using powershell scripts or some another way?
Thanks.
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EFS over network
Two Windows 7 computers, NON-AD environment. An identical username/password exists on both machines.
If I use EFS to encrypt files on computer 1, then install the EFS certificate on computer 2, ...
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Windows EFS file sharing anomaly
Fyi, I can confirm this happening in Windows Vista (Business) and Windows 7 Professional in WORKGROUP mode (as both a client and a server). I am not totally sure if this is a Superuser question or a ...
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How to create a local IIS site with encrypted wwwroot using EFS on Vista
I'm preparing a laptop to take with me while travelling, so all my user data is encrypted using EFS in case someone decides to steal it. I also need to set up a couple of local sites for development ...
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How to setup Samba4 to enable NTFS encryption?
I'm currently giving the sernet.de samba4 (rc1) appliance a shot (running inside vmware player on Windows 7). Providing a share is no problem, but the client still can't choose to encrypt files. What ...
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EFS encrypted file, impossible to delete
I have a SBS 08. A user received some files send from a mac. He unzipped it with his windows 7 locally and copied it on a network shared drive on the SBS. The files (some fonts) were already in green ...
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Group Policy Recovery Agent EFS not being used
I am trying to get EFS working on our workstations. First when I tried to set a directory to be encrypted I got a warning about the Recovery Agent certificate being invalid.
It turned out that the ...
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EFS encrypted files cannot be opened, even with the right key
I created a folder on my Win7 Pro machine, set it to encrypt contents to protect data. Then I opened MMC, added the Certificates snap-in for "my user account", expanded Certificates - Currrent User > ...
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Debug USB Mouse/Keyboard on Windows XP?
I have an older hard drive that has some EFS data on it. I tried booting from the HD, but as soon as the Windows boot, the USB Mouse and KB goes off. The HD has an older version of Windows so it's ...
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Recover EFS encrypted files
I have a machine here that is joined to a domain. Some days ago, I did a disk image of that workstation because the HDD was begin to fail. I put the new drive in the machine and the user now complains ...
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Access denied to encrypted files after changing password
I have an account on Windows Server 2008 R2, which at the moment I am using as a desktop.
I had certain files encrypted under a standard user account.
I changed my password, and then lost power ...
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Sharing EFS encrypted
I have standalone, nodomain server. EFS is used on this server for one folder. How to share the encrypted folder? Users on the server are created locally. I tried to export the owner folder ...
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Gain access to other people's encrypted files
For a proof of concept I am building a server which will host 2 users.
Both users are local admin, and both users are domain users.
User1 will encrypt the files with EFS so he can get transparent ...
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Can user protect his files from untrusted administrator? [closed]
I am looking for means to prevent my Windows administrator from accessing my files.
My plan is to cipher my files with EFS. As far as I know administrator can access ciphered files if he has EFS ...
