Re: EFS Recovery Agent

From: Karl Levinson [x y] mvp (jamescagney90210@excite.com)
Date: 11/02/02


From: "Karl Levinson [x y] mvp" <jamescagney90210@excite.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2002 21:30:08 -0500


Other accounts can be made the EFS recovery agent. If you haven't already,
search for EFS Recovery Agent at www.microsoft.com/support for instructions.

"NoSpam Please" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:423c01c281da$ffc5ec50$2ae2c90a@phx.gbl...
> Is it possible to assign the Recovery Agent to a userid?
>
> Had an employee leave the company and encrypted some
> files. EFSINFO reports only <domain>\administrator
> account has this capability. We intentionally disabled
> this account for security purposes.
>
> Tried recovering these files using Q313277 but no accounts
> have the Recovery Agent assigned against them.
>
> Am I outta luck?