You're welcome, Chad. I have posted that before, several times.

I think some folks feel intimated/confused about BitLocker and
are scared of using it. I haven't experienced any issues with
BitLocker, and once you turn off the authentication at boot up,
you forget that your Vista volume is even encrypted.

The beauty of it- your shadow copies, restore points, previous file versions
stay protected, and Vista can still access XP's volume just fine.


-Michael

"Chad Harris" <getsomevistainfoout.net> wrote in message
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> Thanks for that Michael. I don't know if that little tid bit had been up here before. i
> haven't played with Bit Locker and that makes it easier.
>
> CH
>
>
> "MICHAEL" <u158627_emr@dslr.net> wrote in message
> news:ONj8Q7KOHHA.4260@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>
>> "Thor" <valhalla@sweden.comm> wrote in message news:uYVloEGOHHA.5064@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> For me, BitLocker isn't a convenient way to dual boot between XP and Vista (I don't have a
>>> TPM and don't want to use the USB option).
>>>
>>> Are there free boot manager programs that will work? TIA
>>
>> If you want to use BitLocker just to protect your restore points-
>> you can turn-off the boot up authentication.
>> Go into BitLocker's settings, select turn-off BitLocker. You will
>> be given two choices, "turn off" BitLocker or "decrypt". Select "turn off".
>> This way, your Vista volume stays encrypted and protected, but you don't
>> have to worry about TPM or a USB drive for the key. Turn off only turns
>> off the boot authentication or the need for the long password.
>> Vista stays encrypted and protected from XP's tomfoolery.
>>
>> -Michael
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