Re: Access denied- encryption

From: Manuel Fernandes (manuelf@hotmail.com)
Date: 09/10/02 

From: "Manuel Fernandes" <manuelf@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 18:22:32 -0700

I have followed the article and will wait and see how that works out.
Thanks and have a nice day!

"Torgeir Bakken" <Torgeir.Bakken-spam@hydro.com> wrote in message
news:3D7D39BF.1E2097F9@hydro.com...
> Manuel Fernandes wrote:
>
> > I am tired of Windows 2000 encrypting users files and then preventing
them
> > for accessing their own data. How does I stop this mess????
>
> From "Encrypting File System in Windows XP and Windows .NET Server" found
at
>
http://www.microsoft.com/WINDOWSXP/pro/techinfo/administration/recovery/defa
ult.asp:
>
>
>
> Empty recovery policy. When an administrator deletes all recovery agents
and
> their public-key certificates, an empty recovery policy is in effect. An
empty
> recovery policy means that no recovery agent exists, and if the client
operating
> system is Windows 2000, EFS is disabled in this configuration. The Windows
XP
> client allows EFS to operate with an empty DRA policy.
>
>
> Disabling EFS
> Disabling EFS is now possible using Windows XP if you want to block
certain
> computers from allowing users within a specific domain or OU in the Active
> Directory from encrypting data. In a domain environment, EFS may be
disabled on
> computers by using Group Policy.
>
> --
> torgeir
>
>

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