Corrupted Profile and Encryption

From: Johnny (Tjt367@hotmail.com)
Date: 06/30/02 

From: "Johnny" <Tjt367@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 14:36:40 -0700

PLEASE DISREGARD THIS INQUIRY. I have figured out my
problem and have fixed it. Thank you for those who took
time to look into my question.

>-----Original Message-----
>I have quite a situation. One of my users (one of 3
>computer administrators), has encrypted some important
>files on my system. Recently, that user has had a
>corrupted profile, in which the system has provided a
>temporary default profile for the user. My question
>is: "How do I decrypt the files in my situatuion?" The
>certificate is issued to the user, but its temporary
>default profile does not allow me to decrypt the files.
>
>I have a possible solution, but I'm not sure if it will
>work and I'm afraid it will allow me to never decrypt
the
>files. My solution follows: I plan to repair the user's
>profile by following instructions provided by
Microsoft's
>Support Database (
>http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?
>scid=kb;en-us;Q318011 ). The instructions include
>creating a brand new account, copying the username's
>corresponding files of Documents and Settings directory
>and transferring them to the new account.
>
>Thank you in advance to anyone who can help me with my
>situation. If possible, please give step-by-step
>procedure.
>.
>

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