where to get a recover agent certificate

From: Luke (me_at_yourhouse.com)
Date: 05/30/03 

Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 18:06:14 GMT

When I was upgrading from XP Home to XP Pro, I changed my password on my
account, went away for some time, and forgot my password, so I had to log in
as Administrator, and reset my password. In doing so, I lost access to my
encrypted files.
Since then, I deleted the file, and started up a new one, but to prevent
this from happening again, I want to have a Recovery Agent.
Well, when I run the Add Recovery Agent Wizard, it asks for a certificate,
which I have not been able to find on my computer or export one from any of
my certificates I currently have, (Or maybe I am just exporting the wrong
one)
Currently, I have NO recovery agents listed on any of my encrypted files,
and I want to add one.
Until I can though, I backed up my efs certificate, which is something I
should have done before the upgrade to begin with, but I still want to add a
recovery agent in case my girlfriend loses her encrypted files this way (ie,
forgetting her password, and having me reset it, causing her to lose access
to her encrypted files)
I'm going to have her back up her efs certificate, just in case, but I would
still like to have a recovery agent.
Thanks for any information
Luke

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