Re: EFS - Recovery agent
From: Roger Abell (mvpNOSpam_at_asu.edu)
Date: 03/28/05
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Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 17:49:37 -0700
That info you quote is so for Windows 2000.
In Windows XP there is no default recovery agent for
a stand alone system.
You have not mentioned your version of Windows Pro.
Also, the account must have NTFS permissions on the
file to be able to decrypt it.
-- Roger Abell Microsoft MVP (Windows Security) MCSE (W2k3,W2k,Nt4) MCDBA "barabba" <barabba72@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:8ec33ba5.0503271514.1fa0dd3a@posting.google.com... > 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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