What's the Difference Between BitLocker and EFS (Encrypting File System) on Windows?

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Change my Subscription (or unsubscribe) Today's How-To Geek Articles By popular request, we're including a quick list of the daily articles at the top of the daily email as well as the regular format near the bottom. How to Find Your iPhone Using Your Apple Watch or iCloud How to Use the Reminders Feature in Google Calendar What’s the Difference Between BitLocker and EFS (Encrypting File System) on Windows? How to Invite a Household Member to Share Your Amazon Echo How to Add, Share, and Sync Calendars on Mac and iPhone How to Maximize Battery Life on Your Apple Watch How to Enable Handoff on Your Apple Watch How to Troubleshoot Printer Problems on a Windows PC How to Troubleshoot Printer Problems on a Mac Geek Comic Today's Tech Term Anchor An Anchor (a.k.a. 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If you have an Apple Watch, it's easy to find your phone using the ping feature, saving you the embarrassment or hassle of asking a friend or family member to call your phone to help you find it. Read This Article → How to Use the Reminders Feature in Google Calendar We all love our calendars. They help us stay organized, plan for important upcoming events, and coordinate with friends and family on the best time to meet up for that next barbecue in the park. But did you know that Google’s Calendar now features a new, unique Reminder system that you can use to be sure that nothing slips through the cracks unnoticed? Read This Article → What’s the Difference Between BitLocker and EFS (Encrypting File System) on Windows? Windows 10, 8.1, 8, and 7 all include BitLocker drive encryption, but that’s not the only encryption solution they offer. Windows also includes an encryption method named the “encrypting file system”, or EFS. Here’s how it differs from BitLocker. Read This Article → How to Invite a Household Member to Share Your Amazon Echo The Amazon Echo is a fantastic tool for using your voice to manage everything from shopping lists to music play lists, but what if you have other people in your household? Read on as we show you how to link multiple Amazon accounts to the Echo for shared music, lists, and more. Read This Article → How to Add, Share, and Sync Calendars on Mac and iPhone Utilizing your Calendar to maximum effect on your Mac or iPhone can really keep you on top of things. Today, we want to discuss how to add, share, and sync calendars on your Mac and iPhone so your agenda follows you wherever you go. Read This Article → How to Maximize Battery Life on Your Apple Watch Your Apple Watch battery provides sufficient power to last for most of a typical day under normal usage. Apple estimates most people will get an average of 18 hours of battery life from one full charge, depending on use. Read This Article → How to Enable Handoff on Your Apple Watch Handoff is the feature on Apple Watch and iPhone that allows you to start a task on one device and finish it on another. For example, you might check email on your watch and then switch to your phone to compose a reply. Read This Article → How to Troubleshoot Printer Problems on a Windows PC The paperless office isn’t yet here for many of us, and printers are still a fact of life. If your printer isn’t working quite right on a Windows PC, here are some simple troubleshooting tips that can fix it. Read This Article → How to Troubleshoot Printer Problems on a Mac Printers come in all shapes and sizes, but they have similar problems. Troubleshooting a printer on a Mac is similar to troubleshooting it on a Windows PC, but the options you’ll need to check are in different places on Mac OS X than they are on Windows. Read This Article → Advertisement Download Free eBook: Preserving Your Privacy in Windows 10 During the initial Windows 10 install, most people will accept the default privacy recommendations offered by Windows but if you care about your privacy, you want to make sure Windows 10 is sending Microsoft as little data as possible.Click here to download