http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ How-To Geek Forums Topic: Laptop Encryption en Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:39:03 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/laptop-encryption#post-95925 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:21:41 +0000 LH 95925@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Go with ScottW's suggestion of TrueCrypt. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/laptop-encryption#post-95924 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:20:24 +0000 JHubbard92 95924@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Bitlocker is inbuilt to certain versions as Vista and is not available seperatly as far as I know, sorry. Does your company you work at use XP then? If so XP Professional has inbuilt EFS like vista which allows you to encrypt files and folders, but not full disk encryption like vista's Bitlocker. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/laptop-encryption#post-95922 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:13:00 +0000 ColinAirlie 95922@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Probably should have mentioned that all the work computers run XP. Can bitlocker run on that too or is it an inbuilt part of Vista?</p> <p>Thanks,</p> <p>Col </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/laptop-encryption#post-95292 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:51:14 +0000 JHubbard92 95292@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Yes I aggree with ScottW , bit locker would be suitable for the situation... </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/laptop-encryption#post-95291 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:46:22 +0000 ScottW 95291@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Colin, most corporate users will want to use full-disk encryption for a laptop that might be stolen or lost. If the company is worried about sensitive information falling into the wrong hands, then a full-disk solution is the only way to go because you never know what data will be helpful to competitors or embarrassing to the company if leaked.</p> <p>Vista Ultimate and Enterprise come with <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/features/bitlocker.aspx">BitLocker</a>, as Jordan mentioned. BitLocker is full-disk encryption, while EFS is just for encrypting individual files or folders. To use BitLocker, a system should really have a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_platform_module">Trusted Platform Module</a> (TPM), which is common on business-class laptops.</p> <p>Another way to go is with <a href="http://www.truecrypt.org/">TrueCrypt</a>, which is free and open-source. I have used TrueCrypt and it works well. There are other solutions out there, as well, some free and some commercial. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/laptop-encryption#post-95178 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:40:39 +0000 JHubbard92 95178@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>No problem, happy to help buddy :-) </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/laptop-encryption#post-95177 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:39:19 +0000 ColinAirlie 95177@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Thanks for replying Jordan, I'll have a look at them later on. It was in case someone from work leaves a laptop in a taxi, that sort of thing. </p> <p>I'll let you know how I get on. </p> <p>Thanks,</p> <p>Col :) </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/laptop-encryption#post-95169 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:28:35 +0000 JHubbard92 95169@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Well there are many applications available to encrypt documents, there are some especially made for Laptops but I would just use normal Encryption Software... Don't forget about Windows EFS and Windows Bitlocker which is built into Vista Ultimate operating systems, if you choose to use Windows EFS all you have to simply do is right click a file or folder, click the Advanced button, check the box "Encrypt contents to secure data" and click ok, it is as easy as that, but you must back up your <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/back-up-your-file-encryption-key-in-windows-vista/">Backup Encryption Certificate!</a></p> <p>I have provided a few links below for you to look at...<br /> ----------------------------------------------------------------</p> <p>- <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/back-up-your-file-encryption-key-in-windows-vista/">Backup Encryption Certificate!</a></p> <p>- <a href="http://blogs.howtogeek.com/mysticgeek/2008/07/24/encrypt-files-and-folders-with-just-one-click/">Other encryption software</a></p> <p>- <a href="http://blogs.howtogeek.com/mysticgeek/2009/04/13/easily-encrypt-selected-text-in-documents-with-2brightsparks-scramble-on-click/">Scramble on click</a></p> <p>- <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/microsoft-office/secure-your-private-word-2007-documents/">Secure you Word 2007 private documents</a></p> <p>----------------------------------------------------------------</p> <p>Hope this helps</p> <p>Thanks</p> <p>Jordan :-) </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/laptop-encryption#post-95123 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:08:48 +0000 ColinAirlie 95123@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Hello, could any of you possible enlighten me on laptop encryption? I need to find some for work, you see.</p> <p>Thanks,</p> <p>Col </p>