Guest colton Posted October 29, 2008 Posted October 29, 2008 I am trying to encrypt a file and or document, but when I get to the "Advnaced Attribues" box to check "encrypt contents to secure data" it is not avaialbile (lilght grey instead of black)..............I know this may seem very minor to experts on computers but I simply can't figure it out and have to send a document encrypted via email............................any help is appreciated. thanks -- colton
Guest M.I.5¾ Posted October 29, 2008 Posted October 29, 2008 Re: encryption "colton" <colton@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:363CE879-C601-49E5-93DC-E06B3C3428A9@microsoft.com... >I am trying to encrypt a file and or document, but when I get to the > "Advnaced Attribues" box to check "encrypt contents to secure data" it > is > not avaialbile (lilght grey instead of black)..............I know this may > seem very minor to experts on computers but I simply can't figure it out > and > have to send a document encrypted via email............................any > help is appreciated. > thanks > You are using Windows XP home edition. Encryption is only available in the professional version. In any case, the XP encryption is not designed for sending documents to a remote computer as the key is specific to your computer. For what you require, try a product such as PGP (sadly, no longer free).
Guest ShadowTek Posted October 29, 2008 Posted October 29, 2008 Re: encryption "M.I.5¾" <no.one@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> wrote in news:49082262$1_1@glkas0286.greenlnk.net: > For what you require, try a product such as PGP (sadly, no longer > free). Just put the file into an encrypted archive. 7zip does archive encryption, and it is free.
Guest Twayne Posted October 29, 2008 Posted October 29, 2008 Re: encryption > "colton" <colton@earthlink.net> wrote in message > news:363CE879-C601-49E5-93DC-E06B3C3428A9@microsoft.com... >> I am trying to encrypt a file and or document, but when I get to the >> "Advnaced Attribues" box to check "encrypt contents to secure >> data" it is >> not avaialbile (lilght grey instead of black)..............I know >> this may seem very minor to experts on computers but I simply can't >> figure it out and >> have to send a document encrypted via >> email............................any help is appreciated. >> thanks >> > > You are using Windows XP home edition. Encryption is only available > in the professional version. In any case, the XP encryption is not > designed for sending documents to a remote computer as the key is > specific to your computer. > > For what you require, try a product such as PGP (sadly, no longer > free). And besides, XP's encryption is only while it's on the disk. As it comes off the disk, it is decrypted, so it's not a way to send an encrypted file to someone using normal means. The enc/deenc happens as it goes to/from the disk in XP.
Guest Twayne Posted October 29, 2008 Posted October 29, 2008 Re: encryption > "M.I.5¾" <no.one@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> wrote in > news:49082262$1_1@glkas0286.greenlnk.net: > >> For what you require, try a product such as PGP (sadly, no longer >> free). > > Just put the file into an encrypted archive. > > 7zip does archive encryption, and it is free. Yes, that's a good way to do it. Plus, no enc key disks & codes to mess with. WinZip, which still has a free version can also handle it.
Guest John Wunderlich Posted October 29, 2008 Posted October 29, 2008 Re: encryption "M.I.5¾" <no.one@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> wrote in news:49082262$1_1@glkas0286.greenlnk.net: > > "colton" <colton@earthlink.net> wrote in message > news:363CE879-C601-49E5-93DC-E06B3C3428A9@microsoft.com... >> I am trying to encrypt a file and or document, but when I get to >> the "Advnaced Attribues" box to check "encrypt contents to >> secure data" it is not avaialbile (lilght grey instead of >> black)..............I know this may seem very minor to experts on >> computers but I simply can't figure it out and have to send a >> document encrypted via email............................any help >> is appreciated. thanks >> > > You are using Windows XP home edition. Encryption is only > available in the professional version. In any case, the XP > encryption is not designed for sending documents to a remote > computer as the key is specific to your computer. > > For what you require, try a product such as PGP (sadly, no longer > free). I can't speak for PGP, but as a compatible freeware counterpart GPG is alive and well. In fact, combined with a Windows front end such as GPGShell or WinPT, I even prefer it over PGP. <http://www.gpg4win.org/> -- John
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