Windows 10: EFS suddenly enabled for device

Hi,


Suddenly, one of our windows 10 clients has an issue where it seems that EFS denies access to several files on his laptop and personal network drive. When looking at the files in Explorer, there is also a column with File Ownership which shows the name of our domain for example: "domain.com".


When any user on this laptop tries to open this file, it get's an access denied. When I check the file properties of one of these files, it does not have the Encrypt contents to secure data checked, so this should mean it is not encrypted?


The EFS service is running on this laptop, but we have not enabled this as part of our policies. When we disable the service, he still cannot open the files but also Outlook is not able to start anymore. Also opening files on his personal network drive have this issue when logged in on this laptop. When he logs on another laptop, he can access these files perfectly fine.


I hope anyone can help me to figure out why suddenly EFS is blocking access to these since last week and how I can resolve this.


A few things I have tried:

* disable EFS via the FSUTIL command

* Disable the EFS service

Still no luck

:)

 

Re-enable audio device

Hi,

I would be happy to assist you.

Before we proceed with troubleshooting, I would need little information on the issue.

• Are using speakers / head phones to listen to audio?

If you have disabled the audio device, then you might not see it under the list of playback devices. I would suggest you to follow these steps to make sure you see the disabled devices:

• • 
    Open
    Control panel.
    
  • 
    Click Hardware and Sound and then Click on
    Sounds.
    
  • 
    Under Playback tab, right click on the empty area and make sure
    “Show Disabled Devices” has a check mark on it. If headphones/Speakers are disabled, it will now show up in the list.
    
  • 
    Right click on the device and
    Enable it. Click OK.
    

If the issue still persists, try enabling speakers automatically using steps below.

• 
  Go to Settings> Click on themes> Advance sound settings> right click on the speakers or the audio device youo have connected > click on
  Configure device.
  
• 
  Test the sound level you want, click Next.
  
• 
  And configure the audio devices.
  

Hope this helps you. Do reply if you need further assistance on Windows 10.

Thank you.

 

Win 10 pro EFS Encrypting File System Problem (Dell)

Hi,

Thank you for being a part of Windows 10.

I appreciate you for providing details about the issue and we are happy to help you.

I suggest you to start the Encrypting File System (EFS) Service and check if it helps.

Follow the below steps:

• Press Windows key + R from the Keyboard.
• Type services.msc and hit Enter.
• Search for Encrypting File System (EFS) Service.
• Double click on Encrypting File System (EFS) Service and click on
  Start button.
• Click on the dropdown list and set the Startup type to
  Automatic.

If the issue still persists then, I suggest you to post the same question in TechNet forum for further assistance with this issue. Follow the below link to post your question in TechNet forum.

Technet forums

Kindly let us know if you need any further assistance with Windows. We are glad to assist you.

Thank you.

 

EFS

Ok that's good then.

So when you get a moment do what i suggested by deleting the existing EFS cert and let me know how you make out.