This shows how to install PGP 8.x in Windows 98, ME, NT (sp6a), 2000, and XP. Windows 95 is not supported by PGP 8.x.

Download link for the latest mac and pc version:

http://www.pgp.com/products/freeware.html

The PGP 8.x installation file is located inside a .zip file. In order to install PGP, you must first extract it from the .zip file. Extracting the contents of a .zip file requires a 3rd-party extraction/zip program (except in Windows XP). Once you have extracted the PGP 8.x executable installation file, you double click it to begin installing PGP 8.0.

NOTES:

Before installing PGP 8.x software, PGP Corporation strongly recommends that you uninstall any previous versions of PGP, then restart the computer. Installing the most recent service pack for your operating system is required before installing PGP 8.x. To download the current service pack for your operating system please visit: http://windowsupdate.com. If you decide to install PGP 8.x without installing the most current service pack available for your operating system, unpredictable behavior may result.



Extract the contents of the PGP download file


Double click on the .zip file you downloaded from PGP’s website.
Choose a location to extract the PGP executable (.exe) installation file. *Tip: to make the extracted file easier to find later, choose Desktop for the extraction location.
When the extraction is complete, close all open programs—including any programs whose icons appear in your system tray.

Install PGP

NOTE: To install PGP in Windows NT, 2000, or XP, you must be logged in as an administrator.

Double click the PGP 8.x executable (.exe) file you extracted.
Click ‘Next’ on the Welcome screen.
Please read the License Agreement, then click ‘Yes’.
Read the 'PGP 8.x for Windows Read Me' then click ‘Next’.
If you have never used PGP before, choose 'No, I’m a New User' on the User Type screen and click ‘Next’. If you have keyrings already, choose “Yes, I already have keyrings” and click ‘Next’.
If you wish to accept the default installation directory, click ‘Next’. If you wish to specify the installation directory, click 'Browse,' specify where PGP will be installed, click OK, then click ‘Next’.
Check the boxes corresponding to the PGP components you wish to install, then click ‘Next’.
Click ‘Next’ to begin copying files.
If you wish to accept the default location for your keyrings, click ‘Next’. If you wish to specify the location of your keyrings, click the top 'Browse' button, specify the location of your public keyring, then click Open. Repeat this process using the bottom 'Browse' button for your private keyring, then click ‘Next’.
When the installation is complete, restart the computer if prompted.
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Still Stuck ?
watch a video of how to install pgp
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PGP Key Generation and Management

Summary:

This describes how to manage PGP 8.x keyrings in Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000, and XP. Included in this document are instructions for creating a PGP keypair, importing PGP keys, and changing or creating PGP keyring files.

Details:
PGP encryption is based on public-key cryptography. In order to use PGP you must create a PGP keypair—which consists of a public key and a private key. Your public key should be given to anyone who wishes to send you encrypted data. Your private key, however, should never be given to others, and its passphrase should be kept totally secret.

When someone wishes to send you encrypted data they use your public key to encrypt the data, which changes the data into illegible ‘cipher’ text. Once the data is encrypted with your public key, it may only be decrypted by your private key—for which only you know the passphrase. Thus when you want to send someone encrypted data, you use their public key to encrypt the data—which may then only be decrypted by their private key.

When data is encrypted with a public key, it is common to say that the data was encrypted ‘to’ the public key. For more information about public-key cryptography, please refer to the ‘Intro to Crypto’ document provided with your PGP software (it may be found under Start > Programs > PGP > Documentation).


NOTE:

If you lose your private key or forget its passphrase, you will be unable to decrypt any data which was encrypted to the public portion of your keypair. Therefore it is very important to remember your passphrase and have a back-up copy of your keypair.


Create a PGP keypair

Open the PGPkeys window (click the grey or gold padlock in your system tray—your PGPtray icon—then click PGPkeys).
To begin creating a new keypair, click the ‘Keys’ menu, then click ‘New Key’.
When the PGP Key Generation Welcome Screen appears, click ‘Next’. NOTE: If you are an experienced user and wish to specify the type, size, or expiration date of your keypair, click the ‘Expert’ button.
Enter your name and Email address, then click ‘Next’.
If you are certain that nobody else sees your screen, you may uncheck the ‘Hide Typing’ button to view your passphrase as you type it. Enter and confirm a passphrase for your private key, then click ‘Next’. NOTES: PGP is only as strong as your passphrase—choose a strong passphrase. Your passphrase is case-sensitive. If your passphrase is not 8 characters or longer, you may either click ‘Next’ on the following screen, or click back to lengthen your passphrase.
After your PGP keypair has been generated, click ‘Next’.
To complete the keypair generation, click ‘Finish’. You will now see your new keypair in your PGPkeys window—expanded to show your email address and digital signature.

Video Showing How to Create PGP Key Pairs

Import a PGP key

Open the PGPkeys window (click the grey or gold padlock in your system tray—your PGPtray icon—then click PGPkeys).
To import a key (or keypair), click the ‘Keys’ menu, then click ‘Import’.
Browse to the key you wish to import, then click ‘Open’.
When the Select Keys window appears, make sure the key you wish to import is highlighted, then click the ‘Import’ button. If you are only importing a public key, you’re done!
If you are importing your own public/private keypair, click ‘OK’ on the PGP information box.
Right click on the newly-imported keypair, then click ‘Properties’.
Click the ‘Implicit Trust’ checkbox, then click ‘Close’.

Video Showing How to Import PGP Keys

Change your keyring, or create a new one

Click the PGPtray icon (grey or gold padlock), then click ‘Options’.
Click the ‘Files’ tab.
To change your current keyrings to a different set of keyrings, type the location of (or browse to) the desired public and private keyring files, then click OK, and you’re finished!
To create brand new—and empty—keyring files, simply enter (or browse to) the desired location, then type a name for your new public and private keyring files.
When you click OK, you will be told that the files you specified will be created. Click ‘No’ twice if you want new and empty keyrings. Click ‘Yes’ twice if you want to copy your existing keyrings to the new location.

**PGP Recommendations:

Use PGP’s automatic backup feature to backup your keyring files. To enable or disable automatic backup, click the PGPtray icon, click ‘Options’, then click the ‘Advanced’ tab.


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PGP Key Generation and Management

Summary:

This describes how to manage PGP 8.x keyrings in Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000, and XP. Included in this document are instructions for creating a PGP keypair, importing PGP keys, and changing or creating PGP keyring files.

Details:
PGP encryption is based on public-key cryptography. In order to use PGP you must create a PGP keypair—which consists of a public key and a private key. Your public key should be given to anyone who wishes to send you encrypted data. Your private key, however, should never be given to others, and its passphrase should be kept totally secret.

When someone wishes to send you encrypted data they use your public key to encrypt the data, which changes the data into illegible ‘cipher’ text. Once the data is encrypted with your public key, it may only be decrypted by your private key—for which only you know the passphrase. Thus when you want to send someone encrypted data, you use their public key to encrypt the data—which may then only be decrypted by their private key.

When data is encrypted with a public key, it is common to say that the data was encrypted ‘to’ the public key. For more information about public-key cryptography, please refer to the ‘Intro to Crypto’ document provided with your PGP software (it may be found under Start > Programs > PGP > Documentation).


NOTE:

If you lose your private key or forget its passphrase, you will be unable to decrypt any data which was encrypted to the public portion of your keypair. Therefore it is very important to remember your passphrase and have a back-up copy of your keypair.


Create a PGP keypair

Open the PGPkeys window (click the grey or gold padlock in your system tray—your PGPtray icon—then click PGPkeys).
To begin creating a new keypair, click the ‘Keys’ menu, then click ‘New Key’.
When the PGP Key Generation Welcome Screen appears, click ‘Next’. NOTE: If you are an experienced user and wish to specify the type, size, or expiration date of your keypair, click the ‘Expert’ button.
Enter your name and Email address, then click ‘Next’.
If you are certain that nobody else sees your screen, you may uncheck the ‘Hide Typing’ button to view your passphrase as you type it. Enter and confirm a passphrase for your private key, then click ‘Next’. NOTES: PGP is only as strong as your passphrase—choose a strong passphrase. Your passphrase is case-sensitive. If your passphrase is not 8 characters or longer, you may either click ‘Next’ on the following screen, or click back to lengthen your passphrase.
After your PGP keypair has been generated, click ‘Next’.
To complete the keypair generation, click ‘Finish’. You will now see your new keypair in your PGPkeys window—expanded to show your email address and digital signature.

Video Showing How to Create PGP Key Pairs

Import a PGP key

Open the PGPkeys window (click the grey or gold padlock in your system tray—your PGPtray icon—then click PGPkeys).
To import a key (or keypair), click the ‘Keys’ menu, then click ‘Import’.
Browse to the key you wish to import, then click ‘Open’.
When the Select Keys window appears, make sure the key you wish to import is highlighted, then click the ‘Import’ button. If you are only importing a public key, you’re done!
If you are importing your own public/private keypair, click ‘OK’ on the PGP information box.
Right click on the newly-imported keypair, then click ‘Properties’.
Click the ‘Implicit Trust’ checkbox, then click ‘Close’.

Video Showing How to Import PGP Keys

Change your keyring, or create a new one

Click the PGPtray icon (grey or gold padlock), then click ‘Options’.
Click the ‘Files’ tab.
To change your current keyrings to a different set of keyrings, type the location of (or browse to) the desired public and private keyring files, then click OK, and you’re finished!
To create brand new—and empty—keyring files, simply enter (or browse to) the desired location, then type a name for your new public and private keyring files.
When you click OK, you will be told that the files you specified will be created. Click ‘No’ twice if you want new and empty keyrings. Click ‘Yes’ twice if you want to copy your existing keyrings to the new location.

**PGP Recommendations:

Use PGP’s automatic backup feature to backup your keyring files. To enable or disable automatic backup, click the PGPtray icon, click ‘Options’, then click the ‘Advanced’ tab.


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How to export and share your PGP Key

Summary:

This document describes how to distribute your PGP 8.x public key so that others may send you encrypted data. This document applies to PGP users who have Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000, and XP.


Details:

In order for other PGP users to send you encrypted data, they must have a copy of your public key on their PGP keyring. There are several different methods for other users to obtain a copy of your public key. Included in this document are instructions for emailing a copy of your public key (as an attachment or as a text block), uploading a copy of your public key to a public keyserver, and transferring a copy of your key via physical medium.


NOTES:

You may use PGP to digitally sign your emails and documents, and your public key verifies your PGP digital signature. Recipients of your PGP-signed data (who have a copy of your public key) are able to verify your signature—indicating that emails/documents are really from you.


Email a copy of your public key as an attachment

Open the PGPkeys window (click your PGPtray icon—grey or gold padlock in your system tray—then click PGPkeys).
Right click on the key whose public portion you will be emailing.
Click ‘Export’.
When the ‘Export Key’ dialog box appears, browse to the folder in which you want to save a copy of your public key. NOTE: Since you only want to send your public key to others, leave the “Include Private Key(s)” box unchecked!
Click the ‘Save’ button. A copy of your public key will be saved (as an ASCII-armored file) in the location you specified.
Attach the newly created .asc file to an email, and send it to those who need your public key.

Email a copy of your public key as a text block
see PGP KEYS thread for examples

Open the PGPkeys window (click your PGPtray icon—grey or gold padlock in your system tray—then click PGPkeys).
Right click on the key whose public portion you will be emailing.
Click ‘Copy’.
Open a new email message, right click anywhere in the body, and click ‘Paste’. A block of cipher text representing your PGP public key will be pasted into the body of your email.
Send your email to those who need your public key.
Upload your public key to a public keyserver

Make sure your internet connection is active.
Open the PGPkeys window (click your PGPtray icon—grey or gold padlock in your system tray—then click PGPkeys).
Highlight the key you wish to distribute to other PGP users.
Click the ‘Server’ menu, then click ‘Send To’.
Click the public keyserver to upload your public key. Once your key has been successfully uploaded, other PGP users may download it from the server and add it to their keyring.
Transfer your public key via physical medium

Open the PGPkeys window (click your PGPtray icon—grey or gold padlock in your system tray—then click PGPkeys).
Right click on the key whose public portion you will be distributing.
Click ‘Export’.
When the ‘Export Key’ dialog box appears, browse to the medium in which you want to save a copy of your public key. PGP recommends using a floppy disk. NOTE: Since you only want to send your public key to others, leave the “Include Private Key(s)” box unchecked!
Click the ‘Save’ button. A copy of your public key will be saved (as an ASCII-armored file) onto your floppy disk or alternate medium.
Give your disk to the PGP user who needs your public key.

Still stuck ?
Video of How to Export PGP Keys
**PGP Recommendations:

As a policy, PGP does not delete or remove public keys from its public keyservers. For this reason it is strongly recommended that you specify a designated revoker for your public key. If you ever lose your private key or forget its passphrase, you may revoke the related public key and upload a new one. Specifying a revoker requires entering the passphrase of your private key. To add a revoker to your key, right click on it, point to ‘Add’, and click ‘Revoker’. Highlight the key that will be designated as the revoker, then click OK. Enter the passphrase of your private key and click OK.



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You can get a free PGP account at http://www.cyber-rights.net/

^^
It is free web based email account based on PGP (actually based on hushmail).

I agree.

Its best to not rely in third parties to encrypt things for you, if they are compromised then so are you.

The Open Source alternative....

gnuPG a complete and free replacement for PGP which works *seamlessly* with Mozilla Thunderbird and the associated plugin Enigmail

If you need a hand setting it up or a way to test it, drop me a PM.

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Tor + Privoxy + FF Plugin = Nice

Anyone ever lost or forgotten and managed to recover a PGP Pass Phrase?

I had a paid-up PGP account but cannot remember my PassPhrase since I was on Gabapentin. Forgotten lots, in fact, when I was on that blasted Gabapentin... ..and the even worse, Pregabalin (Lyrica)!
Doctors and Pfizer say your memory comes back after a few weeks once you stop taking Gabapentin/Pregabalin but mine hasn't.

I don't think so, PJ.

Thanks.
As I, unfortunately, suspected - oh, well!

You know what would have saved all that... just tell people to learn how to use linux... What's more secure than that ????