Re: EFS - Recovery agent

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

Date: 28 Mar 2005 08:01:17 -0800

Thank you very much for your answer. I should have read better along the lines ;-)

"Roger Abell" <mvpNOSpam@asu.edu> wrote in message news:<e0RxE#yMFHA.2580@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>...
> 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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