Re: Cannot Decrypt file

From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers@nospam.cableone.net)
Date: 03/30/03 

From: "Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@nospam.cableone.net>
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 08:37:45 -0700

Greetings --

    If the your encryption certificates and keys were not backed up
before the reinstallation, and the workstation isn't part of a domain,
those files are gone, for all practical purposes. Encryption works
well and there is no "back door" or hack to access the files.
(Wouldn't be much point to EFS if it were vulnerable.)

Bruce Chambers

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"Hananiah" <hananiah@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message 
news:00a901c2f69e$ca914960$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> I had to re-install Windows XP and other programs on my
> Compaq Presario 2700 (2715US) recently. I did a backup of
> my Profile in the Documents and Settings folder of my
> Windows XP Professional Machine using the backup utility
> that comes with Windows XP. When I reinstalled and
> restored my profile and settings I am unable to decrypt
> my outlook.pst file. I have the full profile structure
> intact. I tried to add another user to the "Encryption
> Details for..." "Users who can transparently access this
> file:" listing but got another error message. Is the
> anyway for me to decrypt this file?

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