Microsoft Retracts Private Folder Option

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Saturday July 15, 2006 @05:47AM from the hey-no-takebacks dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Just recently, an update to Windows added the option to password-encrypt a personal folder. The intent was to allow users who share PCs to have a measure of privacy, but C|Net reports the company is now removing that functionality with a patch. IT managers hit the roof when the option was added, complaining of the possibility of lost passwords and inaccessible data." From the article: "'Oh great, have they even thought about the impact this could have on enterprises. I'm already trying to frantically find information on this product so that A) I can block to all our desktops and B) figure out how we then support it when users inevitably lose files. I can see the benefit in this product for home users, but it's a bit of a sloppy release by Microsoft,' Stuart Graham said in a posting on Windows Server-related site MSBlog."

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Re:That could've been a good feature! by Anonymous Coward · 2006-07-15 05:53 · Score: 5, Interesting

Here is an idea for those IT managers complaining, DONT allow users to install applications. What kind of a security policy do you have that allows users to just install software. Frankly I like this feature, it is simple to use for home, and is a better option than EFS at home.