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Old January 12th 10, 11:41 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
zooeyhallne
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Default Creating Super Secret or Encrypted files on an XP computer share--

Hi everyone! A rather unusual question, but hope someone can advise.

I am the Network Administrator for my company. My CEO and his assistant
(there office is offsite from the main company) have an XP computer at their
location. File sharing is enabled on this XP computer, and there is a shared
directory on it that the CEO and his assistant have access to. This computer
is only accessible from within the CEO's office. I access it remotely using
the local administrator account to do occasional things such as updates, etc.

Since he puts sensitive company files on it, I would like to know if there
is a way that it can be secured or enrypted so that not even myself---with a
local computer administrator account---have access to the "super secret"
directory on this computer.

Is there something in Windows that would allow this, or perhaps some
third-party program? Any advice is appreciated!


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Old January 13th 10, 12:06 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
Shenan Stanley
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Default Creating Super Secret or Encrypted files on an XP computer share--

zooeyhallne wrote:
Hi everyone! A rather unusual question, but hope someone can advise.

I am the Network Administrator for my company. My CEO and his
assistant (there office is offsite from the main company) have an
XP computer at their location. File sharing is enabled on this XP
computer, and there is a shared directory on it that the CEO and
his assistant have access to. This computer is only accessible
from within the CEO's office. I access it remotely using the local
administrator account to do occasional things such as updates, etc.

Since he puts sensitive company files on it, I would like to know
if there is a way that it can be secured or enrypted so that not
even myself---with a local computer administrator account---have
access to the "super secret" directory on this computer.

Is there something in Windows that would allow this, or perhaps some
third-party program? Any advice is appreciated!


If they are decent with computing and backups - just look into any third
party encryption tool. TrueCrypt comes to mind.

But it is easy to lose data too - just forget that password.

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