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Why Does SGN v5.40 Take 8+ Hours To Encrypt Windows 7 Devices?

Sumladar

The time it takes to encrypt Windows 7 Enterprise devices isn't looking good.  I have tried on at least 10 different newer models from Dell and Lenovo.  I've also tried it on an SSD drive (Intel X25-M) and still took 8+ hours for encryption.  Additionally the time to go from power on to the Windows desktop has now tripled.  When I tested the same devices with Windows XP with SP3 installed I experienced excellent encryption times (compared to SGE anyways) and the boot up time had an acceptable increase in of less than double.

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    Hi Sumladar,

    thank you very much for submitting your experiences when using SafeGuard Enterprise.

    The increasing of the initial encryption time may be due to the intent to consume as little as possible resources in order not to “disturb” the user during initial encryption at the cost of a longer absolute time. Windows 7 offered here more possibilities to do that than previous Windows versions. We are reconsidering this approach and intend to implement further optimizations in the coming releases.

    At the moment this is the info that I can provide you with.


    Thank you very much

    Best Regards

    Dan

    :1113
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    Hi Sumladar,

    thank you very much for submitting your experiences when using SafeGuard Enterprise.

    The increasing of the initial encryption time may be due to the intent to consume as little as possible resources in order not to “disturb” the user during initial encryption at the cost of a longer absolute time. Windows 7 offered here more possibilities to do that than previous Windows versions. We are reconsidering this approach and intend to implement further optimizations in the coming releases.

    At the moment this is the info that I can provide you with.


    Thank you very much

    Best Regards

    Dan

    :1113
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