How to create an encrypted rewriteable diskimage that doesn't require admin to mount on Windows 10?
I want to run some portable programs on a computer where I am not admin. I need the program data to be encrypted. How can this be achieved?
I have looked at the builtin diskmgmt.msc that can create VHD-images that are rewritable which I can then run with Bitlocker but it requires admin. I have also looked at ISOs because they can be mounted as a regular user but my research come up inconclusive whether they support my requirement that they should be rewritable and/or support some kind of encryption.
How can I create a safe environment that doesn't require admin rights under these circumstances?
On my Mac I would just create a dmg and double click to mount it. A solution like that would be ideal.
Notes: It might be possible to get permissions to SETUID (or what Windows 10's corresponding function is called). I can also ask the admin to open a command prompt with admin rights but after that I am on my own (even though they can open a command prompt with admin rights they won't give me the admin password).
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I want to run some portable programs on a computer where I am not admin. I need the program data to be encrypted. How can this be achieved?
I have looked at the builtin diskmgmt.msc that can create VHD-images that are rewritable which I can then run with Bitlocker but it requires admin. I have also looked at ISOs because they can be mounted as a regular user but my research come up inconclusive whether they support my requirement that they should be rewritable and/or support some kind of encryption.
How can I create a safe environment that doesn't require admin rights under these circumstances?
On my Mac I would just create a dmg and double click to mount it. A solution like that would be ideal.
Notes: It might be possible to get permissions to SETUID (or what Windows 10's corresponding function is called). I can also ask the admin to open a command prompt with admin rights but after that I am on my own (even though they can open a command prompt with admin rights they won't give me the admin password).
windows-10 encryption iso-image disk-image non-admin
asked Feb 7 at 12:04
EmLiEmLi
1283
Tried VeraCrypt (aka new TruCrypt)? And are you sure you don't need any admin/root rights to mount a file on macOS? Debian says "mount: only root can do that" but regular users are sometimes given special permission to use it too without any extra hassles
– Xen2050
Feb 7 at 12:13
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I want to run some portable programs on a computer where I am not admin. I need the program data to be encrypted. How can this be achieved?
I have looked at the builtin diskmgmt.msc that can create VHD-images that are rewritable which I can then run with Bitlocker but it requires admin. I have also looked at ISOs because they can be mounted as a regular user but my research come up inconclusive whether they support my requirement that they should be rewritable and/or support some kind of encryption.
How can I create a safe environment that doesn't require admin rights under these circumstances?
On my Mac I would just create a dmg and double click to mount it. A solution like that would be ideal.
Notes: It might be possible to get permissions to SETUID (or what Windows 10's corresponding function is called). I can also ask the admin to open a command prompt with admin rights but after that I am on my own (even though they can open a command prompt with admin rights they won't give me the admin password).
windows-10 encryption iso-image disk-image non-admin
asked Feb 7 at 12:04
EmLiEmLi
1283
I want to run some portable programs on a computer where I am not admin. I need the program data to be encrypted. How can this be achieved?
I have looked at the builtin diskmgmt.msc that can create VHD-images that are rewritable which I can then run with Bitlocker but it requires admin. I have also looked at ISOs because they can be mounted as a regular user but my research come up inconclusive whether they support my requirement that they should be rewritable and/or support some kind of encryption.
How can I create a safe environment that doesn't require admin rights under these circumstances?
On my Mac I would just create a dmg and double click to mount it. A solution like that would be ideal.
Notes: It might be possible to get permissions to SETUID (or what Windows 10's corresponding function is called). I can also ask the admin to open a command prompt with admin rights but after that I am on my own (even though they can open a command prompt with admin rights they won't give me the admin password).
windows-10 encryption iso-image disk-image non-admin
windows-10 encryption iso-image disk-image non-admin
asked Feb 7 at 12:04
EmLiEmLi
1283
asked Feb 7 at 12:04
EmLiEmLi
1283
asked Feb 7 at 12:04
EmLiEmLi
1283
asked Feb 7 at 12:04
EmLiEmLi
1283
asked Feb 7 at 12:04
EmLiEmLi
1283
1283
Tried VeraCrypt (aka new TruCrypt)? And are you sure you don't need any admin/root rights to mount a file on macOS? Debian says "mount: only root can do that" but regular users are sometimes given special permission to use it too without any extra hassles
– Xen2050
Feb 7 at 12:13
add a comment |
Tried VeraCrypt (aka new TruCrypt)? And are you sure you don't need any admin/root rights to mount a file on macOS? Debian says "mount: only root can do that" but regular users are sometimes given special permission to use it too without any extra hassles
– Xen2050
Feb 7 at 12:13
Tried VeraCrypt (aka new TruCrypt)? And are you sure you don't need any admin/root rights to mount a file on macOS? Debian says "mount: only root can do that" but regular users are sometimes given special permission to use it too without any extra hassles
– Xen2050
Feb 7 at 12:13
Tried VeraCrypt (aka new TruCrypt)? And are you sure you don't need any admin/root rights to mount a file on macOS? Debian says "mount: only root can do that" but regular users are sometimes given special permission to use it too without any extra hassles
– Xen2050
Feb 7 at 12:13
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Tried VeraCrypt (aka new TruCrypt)? And are you sure you don't need any admin/root rights to mount a file on macOS? Debian says "mount: only root can do that" but regular users are sometimes given special permission to use it too without any extra hassles
– Xen2050
Feb 7 at 12:13