Is WinXP file encryption disabled in Win XP Home version?

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bluddihun - 30 Dec 2004 18:09 GMT

I looked in help files, and when I right click etc, the "Encrypt.." check
box is there but greyed out (inactive)
I googled for for the answer and came up with lots for winxp pro but nothing
for home.
There are lots of things de-activated for the home version, does anyone know
if encryption is one of them?

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Jupiter Jones [MVP] - 30 Dec 2004 18:19 GMT

EFS (Encrypted File System) is not available in Windows XP Home.
If you need EFS, you need Pro.

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>I looked in help files, and when I right click etc, the "Encrypt.." check
>box is there but greyed out (inactive)
> I googled for for the answer and came up with lots for winxp pro but
> nothing for home.
> There are lots of things de-activated for the home version, does anyone
> know if encryption is one of them?

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Bob McCoy [MSFT] - 30 Dec 2004 19:38 GMT

There are really only two things that set XP Home apart from XP Pro, both
security related:

1) EFS is not included
2) You can't join a domain

So, in a sense EFS is not disabled in the Home version -- it's not included.

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Pete - 30 Dec 2004 23:22 GMT

Remote Desktop?

Pete

> There are really only two things that set XP Home apart from XP Pro, both
> security related:
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> > There are lots of things de-activated for the home version, does anyone
> > know if encryption is one of them?

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Colin Nash [MVP] - 30 Dec 2004 23:41 GMT

> Remote Desktop?
>
> Pete

And more... http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/howtobuy/choosing2.mspx

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Bob McCoy [MSFT] - 31 Dec 2004 17:52 GMT

That is exactly the chart I was looking for but couldn't find.

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>> Remote Desktop?
>>
>> Pete
>
> And more... http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/howtobuy/choosing2.mspx

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Cyber-Hun - 31 Dec 2004 18:18 GMT

Perfect. That is just the info I was looking for too.

>> Remote Desktop?
>>
>> Pete
>
> And more... http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/howtobuy/choosing2.mspx

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