LynnFurther reading tells me that Windows asks you to back up an encryption the first time you encrypt a file.So it seems to be a bug of some kind. I'm uncertain about whether to follow the Windows prompt and create a back up encryption key. My main impulse at this point is to figure out how to disable encryption on this machine!
Since the first prompt came when I turned on the computer this morning, this suggests I encrypted a file before turning off the computer last night. But aside from the fact that it seems impossible to do that inadvertently, typing 'cipher' at the c:\ prompt immediately gives me a full list of my directories with a reassuring 'U' for unencrypted beside each one.On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 2:38 PM, J R FOX mailto:jr_fox@xxxxxxxx wrote:Could be. (I have not installed a 7 or 8 in many months . . . so I don't know what they may be doing differently these days.)Jordan
From: Lynn Brenner mailto:lynn.brenner.nyc@xxxxxxxx
To: xywrite@xxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2015 8:35 AM
Subject: Re: a Windows 7 question re 'encryption key'
On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 11:12 AM, J R FOX mailto:jr_fox@xxxxxxxx wrote:What was the source of your W7 ? Retail box ? OEM disc that came with the computerRetail box.. . .What they do say is that they've recently installed Windows 7 or Windows 8.Is it possible that MS delivers the prompt as a precautionary warning -- i.e., in case you decide in future to encrypt files, you'd better back up your encryption key -- but is too verbally challenged to make that clear?