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Multi-User Environment 
Keep in mind, that the content of a mounted TrueCrypt volume is visible (accessible) to all logged 
on users. NTFS file/folder permissions can be set to prevent this, unless the volume is mounted as 
removable medium (see section Volume Mounted as Removable Medium) under a desktop edition 
of Windows Vista or later (sectors of a volume mounted as removable medium may be accessible 
*
In this section (Malware), the phrase “data on the computer” means data on internal and external storage 
devices/media (including removable devices and network drives) connected to the computer. 
†
DEP stands for Data Execution Prevention. For more information about DEP, please visit 
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875352,  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc700810.aspx
, and 
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/What-is-Data-Execution-Prevention
. 

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at the volume level to users without administrator privileges, regardless of whether it is accessible 
to them at the file-system level).
Moreover, on Windows, the password cache is shared by all logged on users (for more 
information, please see the section Settings -> Preferences, subsection Cache passwords in driver 
memory). 
Also note that switching users in Windows XP or later (Fast User Switching functionality) does not 
dismount a successfully mounted TrueCrypt volume (unlike system restart, which dismounts all 
mounted TrueCrypt volumes). 
On Windows 2000, the container file permissions are ignored when a file-hosted TrueCrypt volume 
is to be mounted. On all supported versions of Windows, users without administrator privileges can 
mount any partition/device-hosted TrueCrypt volume (provided that they supply the correct 
password and/or keyfiles). A user without administrator privileges can dismount only volumes that 
he or she mounted. However, this does not apply to system favorite volumes unless you enable 
the option (disabled by default) Settings > ‘System Favorite Volumes’ > ‘Allow only administrators 
to view and dismount system favorite volumes in TrueCrypt’.