Re: EFS Recovery Agent

From: Justin Tyme (Justin@aol.com)
Date: 11/11/02


From: "Justin Tyme" <Justin@aol.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 07:26:23 -0600


Tough break, If you setup it up the previous install backup administrator
was the recovery agent.

In a standalone environment the recovery agent is not setup by default, you
have to manually add it (import a certificate) via the local security
policy.

"Dave" <bojislayer@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:2bbd01c28889$d5ff4a50$3bef2ecf@TKMSFTNGXA10...
> I am in a real bind. Had a serious system crash on my XP
> Pro machine, and now cannot get to encrypted info. I
> tried to make me (the administrator) the recovery agent,
> but it will not let me. I am not sure what the heck is
> going on. I have read many of the KBA's, but they speak
> of domains and such only. I just want my info:(. It is a
> local computer, not networked...what can I do??



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