Specifications

The Endpoint Encryption for Files and Folders Logon
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The Endpoint Encryption for Files and
Folders Logon
The Forced Logon
When Endpoint Encryption for Files and Folders is installed on the client computer and
the computer has restarted, the user logging on to Windows may be forced to perform
a Endpoint Encryption for Files and Folders logon (authentication), depending on the
corresponding policy setting. If forced, it means that the user cannot cancel or bypass
it. The authentication dialog will persist.
The forced logon is enabled in all policies by default and must be disabled prior to
creating the corresponding install set for the disabling to have effect; the reason
being that the client won’t synchronize until after the first logon. Thus, if you want to
disable this setting, it has to accompany the install set, i.e. the install set must be
created based on the particular policy containing this setting (disabled forced
logon).
NOTE:IfyouarerunningEndpointEncryptionforFilesandFolderstogetherwithEndpointEncryptionforPC
itispossibletoconfigurethesystemsuchthatthelogontoEndpointEncryptionforFilesandFoldersis
automaticallybasedontheauthenticationdoneinEndpointEncr
yptionforPC.Wi
ththisconfiguration,the
userwillnotseetheEndpointEncryptionforFilesandFolderslogononceauthenticatedtoEndpoint
EncryptionforPC.PleaseseetheGeneralsectionofthisdocumentformoreinformation.
Also, be aware that if any protected file is accessed, a logon will always appear but it
will be possible to cancel this logon.
Authentication desktop view switching
By default, the Endpoint Encryption for Files and Folders logon dialog appears on a
separate desktop view. It is possible to configure if the desktop view switching shall
occur or not by making changes to an INI file.
The configuration file controlling the desktop view switching is the
sbc4.ini file,
located in the Endpoint Encryption for Files and Folders program directory, a subfolder
called
Data:
• Windows 2000/XP: [SYSDRIVE:\Program Files\ McAfee\Endpoint
Encryption for Files&Folders\Data]
• Windows Vista: [SYSDRIVE:\Program Data\ McAfee\Endpoint Encryption
for Files&Folders\Data]
Using the user’s standard desktop view instead is accomplished by adding the
following entries to the
sbc4.ini file: