EFS - Recovery agent

From: barabba (barabba72_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 03/28/05

  • Next message: Roger Abell: "Re: EFS - Recovery agent" 
    Date: 27 Mar 2005 15:14:39 -0800

    Hello all,

    Microsoft says, in its Windows 2000 Resource Kit, what follows:

    QUOTE
    =====
    By default, the recovery agent account is the highest-level
    Administrator account. On a stand-alone computer, this is the local
    Administrator.
    END QUOTE
    =========

    I encrypted a file in a Windows Pro standalone using a regular user.
    Then I logon as local administrator but was denied access to the file.
    So why the local admin cannot decrypt the file ? Shouldn't it be by
    default granted such right ?

    Thank you for your time. I'm a bit confused about this.

    Bar

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