Microsoft KB Archive/254156

= Encrypted files made available offline are not encrypted on the client =

Article ID: 254156

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q254156



SUMMARY
When you choose to make encrypted files available offline, you receive the following warning:

' ' is encrypted. If made available offline, the offline copy will not be encrypted.

If you continue and make the file available offline, the file is not stored encrypted, even though the encryption attribute is still selected.



MORE INFORMATION
Encrypted files that are made available offline are not encrypted on the local computer. The Offline Files feature in Windows 2000 uses a per-computer local cache that is shared by all users of the computer. This means that multiple users have access to locally cached files as long as they have the required access rights to the corresponding server copies. This type of shared access prevents encryption of the local copy because encryption restricts access to a single user.

Additional query words: efs csc

Keywords: kbenv kbinfo KB254156

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