Sharing encrypted files between 2 computers
I have setup a VPN connection on my Windows 7 Pro computer and can connect to it over VPN from another Windows 7 computer. I've setup a share on the VPN host and can access all of the shared files and folders from the remote computer. I can't however share encrypted files between the 2 as per http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Share-encrypted-files . I have followed this document to the letter but still can't share the files, open the files or copy the files between the 2 computers.
April 17th, 2012 9:54pm

Hi, Before moving on, I would like to know the network environment of these two computer. If one of them is in a domain? If so, please check the policy on domain controller site first. Meanwhile, please be sure export and import the certification successfully.Kim Zhou TechNet Community Support
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April 19th, 2012 6:12am

Neither is on a domain, they are both in separate workgroups. The certificates are imported and exported properly according to the document in my original post.
April 23rd, 2012 9:56am

Hi, Have you encountered any error message during opening the encrypted file? In addition, stop and re-start Credential Manager service and EFS in Services.msc.Kim Zhou TechNet Community Support
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April 24th, 2012 5:53am

I get 'Access is Denied'. I can however delete the file.
April 24th, 2012 11:12am

I know this is an old thread, but in case you are still trying to make this work, I thought I'd share my experience. I, too, had problems sharing encrypted files on XP. I've since upgrades all of my home systems to Win 7 Pro (and used the same cert for encryption that I used in XP) and it works flawlessly. Since it worked for you in Win2k, I'd say it was a bug introduced in XP that caused the problems. Cheers... - dennis
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May 2nd, 2012 12:37pm

This IS on Windows 7, nothing to do with W2K.
May 2nd, 2012 2:07pm

Hi, Any updates? please drop me a note. Best regards, Jason Mei 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.
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May 9th, 2012 12:28am

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