Re: WIN2000 Encrypted Folders & Administrator Profile
From: Bevan (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/11/04
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Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 14:38:53 -0700
Steven & Torgeir,
Many thanks for your invaluable help.
I tried the manual approach & found there were a couple of
pieces missing and so decided to go the Elcomsoft route
which gave me the results I was looking for.
Best Regards,
Bevan
>-----Original Message-----
>Steven L Umbach wrote:
>
>> If you know the password to the old administrator
account and have the old profile
>> you may be able to recover the EFS files. The EFS
private keys used are stored in the
>> profile of the user and Recovery Agent for those files.
There is no easy way however
>> after a reinstall, without exported private keys to
import. Microsoft may be able to
>> help with a paid support call or try one of the EFS
recovery programs such as the
>> one from ElcomSoft which has a free download that will
at least tell you if it can
>> find the keys associated with the files before you
spend the $99. The program will
>> look for the EFS private keys and then you need to
enter the password that the user
>> used for that account. If your computer was a member of
a domain, a domain
>> administrator may be a recovery agent. Efsinfo can be
helpful in determining who can
>> decrypt EFS files --- Steve
>>
>>
http://www.fileboost.net/directory/utilities/encryption/009
693_advanced_efs_data_recovery_review.html
>Hi
>
>If you have access to the user profile folders for the
user that
>encrypted the files and if you remember the password for
the user
>that encrypted the data, you might be able to save the
files
>without paying for a program or support call.
>
>Take a look at this site for more details:
>
>http://www.beginningtoseethelight.org/efsrecovery/
>
>
>--
>torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
>Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
>the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
>http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/scriptcenter/de
fault.mspx
>.
>
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