Re: where to get a recover agent certificate

From: Gary G (ms-s-n-a-forum_at_spamex.com)
Date: 05/31/03 

Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 20:25:57 -0500

Luke

Do you have a very good reason to encrypt files in the first place? If you
don't, you can save yourself a lot of grief.

Gary G

"Luke" <me@yourhouse.com> wrote in message
news:q4NBa.6$TL2.2249800@newssvr10.news.prodigy.com...
> 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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