Seriously, WTF? I rebooted. Logged in, and there's some notification asking me to backup the key because it is encrypting my file system. I didn't ask it to do that, and I wasn't even logged in as ...

Depending on the version of Windows you use, different types of encryption are available: Windows EFS (Encrypted File System) and BitLocker.

But before you add encrypted files to the index, it is recommended that you have Windows BitLocker, or a non-Microsoft encryption program, enabled on your system drive for security purposes.

Microsoft Windows features the native ability to encrypt files and folders on your hard drives and removable media using its Encrypting File System.

Learn how to enable or disable Automatic Encryption of files moved to Encrypted folders using Registry or Group Policy on Windows 11/10.

When you are done, don’t forget to unmount the encrypted folder to be protected again. On Windows In contrast to Mac operating system, Windows lacks features to encrypt or password protect files.

Windows 7 and Windows Vista’s Ultimate and Enterprise editions include a feature called BitLocker that can encrypt whole hard drives, right down to the system files and password caches.

Sent how?<BR><BR>If you attach an EFS encrypted file, for example, it gets decrypted before being attached to the e-mail and is sent sans encryption. Naturally if you copy them to a destination ...

How to encrypt your files and folders on Mac? If you have a Mac from late 2017 or later (with a T2 security chip or Apple silicon), then your system drive contents are encrypted by default. However, ...

The company behind 8 Zip, Finebits OÜ, have made a version of their app that uses Windows Hello to encrypt your files. We show you how it works and how to get in on the private beta to ...