Yesterday Win7 asked me to backup the Encryption Key.
The funny thing here is that I´ve never selected to encrypt files.
So the question is: Does windows encrypt files without my authorization or it´s just a reminder just in case I really had some encrypted files?
Thanks!
To add to Zigzag, I have used Bitlocker once, on a USB drive. Only if you have it turned on will Windows ask for a key.
Make sure you have it turned off because if your system becomes encrypted and you have no key...you are in big trouble lol.
Without looking at Brink's tutorial yet, yes I am running Win7 Pro. And I keep getting the system tray popup that asks me to back up my encryption key, even though I've never asked Windows to encrypt anything. When I type cipher.exe / u /n at a cmd prompt it does NOT show any encrypted files.
I _was_ running Win7 Ultimate RC, but I purchased the Win7 Pro upgrade and did the following:
1. Used my toshiba system restore disc to reinstall Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit OVER Win7 Ult RC.
2. Ran Win7 Pro upgrade disc to perform a custom install of Win7 Pro 64bit.
Even when I was using Win7 Ult RC I never encrypted anything. I've seen a few other posts in various fora where others are having the same problem, but no one has yet found a solution.
You may want to consider doing a clean install rather than an upgrade... format the drive during the installation process... that should cure your ills...
Tews, you will see in my post above that I did perform a "clean" install. Custom = Clean. It is the only way to "upgrade" from 32 bit Vista to 64 bit 7.
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