Removes user certificates from Microsoft Windows when users remove their smart card. Remove certificates from Microsoft Windows on smart card removal If this setting is not configured or disabled, then certificates are not removed from Microsoft Windows on logoff. When this setting is enabled, the smart card must remain inserted during logoff for certificates to be removed from Microsoft Windows properly. Enable this feature if you are using a shared Microsoft Windows account and you do not want to see the certificates from all the users using their smart card on this computer, or if this computer is primarily used to issue smart cards for other users. Remove certificates from Microsoft Windows on logoffĭefines if user certificates are removed from Microsoft Windows when users log off. If this setting is not configured or disabled, then the certificate that will be used for EFS is automatically selected. This feature automatically selects which certificate will be used for EFS. Turn off automatic configuration of Microsoft Windows EFS smart card certificateĭisables the automatic configuration of the Encrypting File System feature with a smart card certificate after Microsoft Windows PKI smart card logon.