Re: recovery from cipher

From: Steven L Umbach (sumbach@ameritech.net)
Date: 03/07/03 

From: "Steven L Umbach" <sumbach@ameritech.net>
Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2003 22:12:04 GMT

Walter. Download efsinfo onto your computer. It will give you more info such
as who can decrypt the file, the recovery agent, fingerprint info to compare
to your certificate, etc. You can view your certificate my installing the
certificate snap in mmc. It will be user certificate. Did you try to uncheck
the "encrypted" attribute in folder/file properties?? --- Steve

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=243026
http://www.jsifaq.com/SUBH/tip3600/rh3684.htm

"Walter Kerelitsch" <w@bittekeinspamchello.at> wrote in message
news:im7aa.82128$AV5.1022543@news.chello.at...
> hi steven,
>
> "Steven L Umbach" <sumbach@ameritech.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:7g4aa.8067$3g.1299385@newssrv26.news.prodigy.com...
> > Hi Walter. If you use just one account and that account is local
> > administrator you should be able to decrypt files assuming you did not
do
> a
> > reinstall of the operating system or overwrite the profile somehow.
>
> I usually use just *one* account, it is an admin, and i haven't
reinstalled
> the OS. I also didnt knowingly overwrite the profile (situated in
"documents
> and settings"?)
> I also tried the operation on the administartors account - with the same
> effect...
>
> > Did you
> > perhaps export/delete your efs certificate/private key??
>
> no, I didn't - neither nor.
>
> Try using the
> > cipher command. Cipher /? will show options. Cipher alone will display
> > encryption status of folders in a directory. Possibly you encrypted a
> > folder higher up in the chain? Start at drive root to see what folders
are
> > encrypted. I hope you did not encrypt any system folders. When you get
to
> > the directory that has the encrypted folders use cipher /d to try to
> decrypt
> > the folder that way. --- Steve
>
> yes, I also have tried it with the DOS-command cipher. but the problem is
> the same - when cipher accesses a ciphered file, it too hangs up...
>
> my encrypted folder is *only* user data (containing .xls and .doc).
>
> any help????
> many tia!
>
> walter
>
>
>
>
>

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