You work as a desktop support technician at Domain.com. The Domain.com network consists of a single Active Directory domain named Domain.com. All servers on the Domain.com network run Windows 2000 Server and all client computers run Windows XP Professional.
Domain.com has four departments named Marketing, Sales, Research and Development, and Manufacturing. Mia Hamm is the manager of the Research and Development department. Mia Hamm uses a client computer named Certkiller -SR237 on which she recently created a folder named ManDocs. The ManDocs folder contains several files and folders. The Research and Development department is in the process of developing a revolutionary new multimedia device in which Domain.com has invested considerable resources. Domain.com management is concerned about possible industrial espionage from Domain.com’s competitors. Later that evening you enable file encryption on all user documents and folders in the Research and Development department.
A few days later, Mia Hamm complains that she cannot compress the files and folders in the ManDocs folder.
What should you do?
A.
Make Mia Hamm a member of the Power Users group.
B.
Make Mia Hamm a member of the local Administrators group on Certkiller -WS237.
C.
Format the hard disk on Certkiller -WS237 with the FAT32 files system.
D.
Inform Mia Hamm that she cannot compress encrypted files and folders.
Explanation:
Windows XP Profession does not allow the compression of encrypted files. Whenever a compressed file is encrypted it loses its compressed state and whenever an encrypted file is compressed, it loses its encrypted state.
Incorrect Answers:
A, B: The owner of a file or folder is able to enable compression of that file or folder.
Mia Hamm created the ManDocs folder and is therefore the owner of that folder. She does not need to be a member of the local Administrators group or a member of the Power Users group. The problem is that Windows XP Profession does not allow the compression of encrypted files.
C: The FAT32 file system does not support file compression or encryption.
Reference:
Lisa Donald & James Chellis, MCSA/MCSE: Windows XP Professional Study Guide, Third Edition, Sybex, Alameda, 2005, pp. 8, 314-315.