Cannot Decrypt Files

From: Robert (Robert_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/01/05

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    Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 18:18:01 -0700

    Hi,

    I am looged in to a standalone W2K machine as the user who encrypted the
    files. Efsinfo and MMC Certificates have indicated that my certificate
    thumbprints are the same. Efsinfo however states that the user is unknown
    even though CN=<myuser>..not sure if that matters. An intersting side note
    is that when I attempt to request a certificate with the same key from my
    personal efs certificate I receive an error message stating that the selected
    certificate has no private key. Any help would be appreciated.

    TIA,
    Robert

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