Encryption on Windows Ultimate

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How to validate that my computer is now fully encrypted after you have downloaded the Windows Ultimate software that is supposed to contain encryption?

Steve

Ok.  Do you simply 'download' the DVD of Windows 7 Ultimate, or have you actually installed Windows 7 Ultimate?  Even if you have it installed, as I wrote above, nothing is encrypted until you take action to make it happen.  Your system is not "entirely encrypted" (all what you mean by that) simply by installing Windows 7 Ultimate.  You must take concrete steps to encrypt your data.

Is that what you want to do?

Are you referring to BitLocker, which encrypts the entire drive, or to the Encrypting File System (EFS), which allows you to encrypt files and folders individual?  In general, BitLocker is used in enterprise environments (this is why it is only available in Ultimate and Enterprise versions).

And yet once again, I urge you NOT to encrypt anything until you fully understand what you are doing.  BitLocker and EFS are designed with no "back door" or other means of data recovery, if you lose or forget the encryption key.  Because there is no way to recover data that has been encrypted with a corrupted certificate or missing, it is critical that you back up the certificates and store them in a secure location. You can also specify a recovery agent. This agent can restore the data. The recovery agent certificate serves a different purpose than the certificate of the user.

Make a read here:

What is EFS file system?

What is the difference between BitLocker Drive encryption and encrypting file system?

Encrypt or decrypt a file or folder

Best practices for the encrypting file system

Best practices for BitLocker in Windows 7 (intended mainly for an organization using Active Directory)

Using with BitLocker data recovery Agents

In Windows 7 BitLocker Drive encryption, frequently asked Questions

How to use BitLocker (Google search)

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