How can I stop Windows 2000 from using an encrypted format when I copy encrypted files to a server?

A. By default, when you copy locally encrypted files to a server, Win2K retains the encryption format. However, you might not want server-based files to be encrypted. For example, a laptop user might want to encrypt files locally for security reasons but want the server-based files to be unencrypted so that other users can view the files.

To stop Win2K from copying files to a server in an encrypted format, perform the following steps on the destination server:

After you make this change, you'll no longer be able to encrypt files on the server and Win2K will decrypt any encrypted files that users copy to the server.