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Dave Smithz
Hi There,
I purchased XP Pro instead of Home because of the encryption capabilities.
However,1 year on I have only just looked into them prompted by theft of a
friends laptop.
I went through the Windows Help tutorials which seems to state that
encryption is good and once activated is transparent to me as a user.
However before I encrypt the entire "My Documents" folder which is quite
large at about 10GB, I want to know if there are any issues,
E.g.:
1. Will I notice a marked slowdown in performance on my PC?
2. Is it quite easy for the files to then become encrypted?
3. Are there times when the encryption is not so transparent, particularly
as a bit of a developer who uses software like Visual Studio.
4. Are there any other issues that I should be aware of?
Thanks in advance for any thoughts on the above matter.
Kind regards,
Dave
I purchased XP Pro instead of Home because of the encryption capabilities.
However,1 year on I have only just looked into them prompted by theft of a
friends laptop.
I went through the Windows Help tutorials which seems to state that
encryption is good and once activated is transparent to me as a user.
However before I encrypt the entire "My Documents" folder which is quite
large at about 10GB, I want to know if there are any issues,
E.g.:
1. Will I notice a marked slowdown in performance on my PC?
2. Is it quite easy for the files to then become encrypted?
3. Are there times when the encryption is not so transparent, particularly
as a bit of a developer who uses software like Visual Studio.
4. Are there any other issues that I should be aware of?
Thanks in advance for any thoughts on the above matter.
Kind regards,
Dave