You are a help desk technician for your company. All users have Windows XP Professional computers. Ten users run a custom application named Finance on their computers. Finance stores user passwords in a file named Passwords.ini. By default, the Passwords.ini file is stored in a folder named C:WinntApp1. The location and name of the file can be changed by an administrator. Each Passwords.ini file is unique. Each computer contains a single logical drive, which is drive C and is formatted as NTFS. In order to comply with a new company security policy, you need to ensure that the Passwords.ini files are encrypted. What should you do?
A.
In the properties of the C:WinntApp1 folder, use Windows Explorer to select the option to encrypt the contents of the folder. Accept the default settings on the Confirm Attributes Changes dialog box.
B.
Ask a network administrator to share a new encrypted folder named PassFiles on a network server and to permit users to read the files contained within the folder. Copy the Passwords.ini file from each computer into the PassFiles folder. On each computer, configure Finance to use the Passwords.ini file in the PassFiles folder.
C.
Create a folder named C:Files. Copy the Passwords.ini file to the C:Files folder. In the properties of the C:Files folder, select the option to encrypt the contents of the folder. Accept the default settings on the Confirm Attributes Changes dialog box. Configure Finance to use the C:FilesPasswords.ini file.
D.
Create a folder named C:Files. Move the Passwords.ini file to the C:Files folder. Instruct the user of each computer to open the properties of the C:Files folder and select the option to encrypt the contents of the folder. Accept the default settings on the Confirm Attributes Changes dialog box. Configure Finance to use the C:FilesPasswords.ini file.
Explanation:
The user must encrypt the files. If the administrator encrypts the files, the user will not be able to access them.
Incorrect Answers:
A: The user must encrypt the files.
B: Each Passwords.ini file is unique. We cannot have 10 files with the same name in one shared folder.
C: The file is copied so the original is left unencrypted.