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Disable the Encrypting File System in Windows 2000

  • Section(s): Network
  • Published on Apr 20, 2004.
  • Last Modified on Apr 20, 2004.
  • Last Modified by Wayne Maples.
  • Rated 4.8 out of 5 based on 4 votes.
There is a registry hack to allow or disallow the EFS:

Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\EFS
Name: EfsConfiguration
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1 disable EFS

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