The information in this article applies to:
SYMPTOMSWhen you attempt to compress or encrypt folders in Windows 2000, the Compress and Encrypt check boxes within the property sheet of the folder are selected and unavailable. Also, you may not be able to create files in the folder. CAUSEThis behavior occurs because you may have compressed a folder in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4 that contains files or folders encrypted in Windows 2000. This could have occurred after either:
RESOLUTIONTo resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0. For additional information, please see the following article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 5. MORE INFORMATION
Compression of Windows 2000 NTFS volumes, folders, or files is not allowed on computers running Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 5. Additional query words:
Keywords : nt4sp5fix |
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