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Customizing Your VAIO Computer
Important Notice
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Do not encrypt the Documents and Settings folder.
Encrypting the files in the folders containing basic user keys and others, which are listed later in this section, using the
Encrypting File System (EFS) will disable you to launch your TPM software successfully and decrypt the encrypted data if:
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The TPM software has been installed.
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The platform has been initialized.
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The EFS functionality has been enabled in user initialization process.
With the default settings, the files in the folders below are prevented from encrypting by having system attributes.
Do not change the system attributes of the files in the folders below.
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Folders containing basic user keys and others
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Infineon\TPM Software 2.0\BackupData
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Infineon\TPM Software 2.0\PlatformKeyData
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Infineon\TPM Software 2.0\RestoreData
C:\Documents and Settings\<account>\Application Data\Infineon\TPM Software 2.0\UserKeyData
(All folders are invisible by default.)
In addition, encrypting the following folder will disable you to log onto your system.
C:\Documents and Settings\<account>\Local Settings (invisible by default)
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Encrypting the archive, backup, and token files will disable emergency restoration.
Encrypting the password reset token and secret files will disable password reset.