Neither Windows Vista nor Win7 allow the software producers to bypass the UAC (User Account Control) confirmation in case the applications that launch after startup demand administrator rights.

(according to Microsoft, the UAC would lose its significance this way)

However, there is a way which allows the users to bypass the UAC with the use of Task Scheduler – Windows Tools.

Therefore, we have created a XML rule which you can import into this scheduler and change the group to “Users”.

1. Download the rule from this address.
2. Unpack onto the drive.
3. Start ->Programs->Accessories->System Tools->Task Scheduler.
4. In the Task Scheduler choose Action->Import Task from the upper menu and from the drive choose a file DisCryptor-UAC-Startup-workaround.xml which you have unpacked.
5. In a window which will now open – in tab General choose Change User or Group (now there information “!!! CHANGE THIS TO “Users” !!!”) and into the following dialogue enter “Users” – now you can confirm everything with OK.
6. Reboot and it is done.

Into this field put a name or a company name – the authorized owner of the license. (The data in the order or invoice are irrelevant – it is just for eventual control of the license legality and as additional information for audit software)

In case you try to connect any non-encrypted physical drive from folder physical drives, the DisCryptor will report an error because it did not find an encrypted partition and it will mark the drive as disconnected by default and it will disappear from your system. Do not panic, your data are still on the drive, the drive just was not allocated a unit number and is invisible.

Go to Control Panel – Administrative Tools – Computer Management – Disk Management, choose the given drive, right-click on it and choose “Change Drive Letter and Paths”, in the following window choose “Add…” and set the letter you want to use for the drive. After the setup, the drive should immediately appear in the system.

No and there is absolutely no reason to create them.

We are the Police/ a Government agency/ a security agency/... and we are investigating a person that is using DisCryptor to protect his/her data. We can’t retrieve the data, could you please unlock the data for us? We can get a court order if you need one.

We are sorry, but our software was designed as security software and even our programmers are not able to retrieve the client’s data. The only possible way to get to the encrypted data is to enter the password, which only the person who created the disk knows.

When I encrypt my whole USB memory key, will I be able to open it on a computer which has no DisCryptor installed?

USB memory stick encryption works on the principle of creating a virtual disk as a file in the memory stick and creating a traveller.exe file which connects the given disk to the computer (when you open the .exe file, a window in which you enter the password will appear}. Thus the traveller’s disk functions independently, without the need of having the DisCryptor installed.

What if I want 1 server and 20 notebooks (so the DisCryptor runs on them without them being connected to the server)? Is such multi-license possible?

Server multi-license includes this possibility as well – the client’s part of the DisCryptor – similar to the Personal edition client can function independently and with a disconnected server – the client can function without a server.

A priority technical support over the phone or via e-mail, all updates such as patches (repairing updates), and new upgrades of the program (for example with new features).

Will I be able to retrieve my encrypted files if the file is damaged? If I can’t get to my data not because of my fault, but because of the software, who will reimburse me?

Anything can happen, but neither DisCryptor, nor any other software developer can guarantee you that all of your data, after the system or the program crashes, will be okay, nor can they give you any financial compensations.

The most important think is to regularly back up your data, as prevention for such situations. The damaged files are controlled by your windows file system (NTFS, FTS), which is able to repair your files in case of system crash or power failure.

Different ciphers have fixed lengths (based on the best results of the world cipher test). The lengths vary from 128bit up to 448bit.