HI I AM CURRENTLY STUDYING WINDOWS 7 CONFIG. I AM TRYING TO ADD A DATA RECOVERY AGENT ON WORKSTATION CONNECTED TO A SERVER RUNNING 2008 R2, BUT HOWEVER FIRST I NEED TO ISSUE THE USER A RECOVERY CERTIFICATE BEFOR I CAN COMPLETE MY TASK MY WORKSTATION IS RUNNING WINDOWS 7. PLEASE CAN ANYONE HELP THanks JON CLARKE

Hi, What problem did you meet of EFS? Do you have trouble to use recovery certificate for encrypted files? Some useful information you can refer: What is Encrypting File System (EFS)? Create a recovery certificate for encrypted files Furthermore, Windows 7 has a new function Bitlocker can also encrypt drive: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee449438(WS.10).aspx Hope that helps. Regards, Leo Huang Please remember to click “Mark as Answer” on the post that helps you, and to click “Unmark as Answer” if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.