Re: how to shut off encryption

From: Torgeir Bakken (MVP) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam_at_hydro.com)
Date: 02/23/04 

Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 21:05:33 +0100

polina sorkin wrote:

> i have an hp laptop. recently, it died. i took my
> harddrive out, and attached it to my another computer. i
> recovered a majority of my files. the only problem is,
> before my hp died, i encrypted my "my documents"
> directory. now whenever i try to access it, it gives me
> an "access denied" error. is there anyway i can recover
> the data in that directory? i know the encryption works
> off of certain keys. i have the whole harddrive, so if
> the keys are on it, i have access to them. please help
> me. email me at psorkin@eden.rutgers.edu

Hi

As you have access to the user profile folders for the user that
encrypted the files and if you remember the password for the user
that encrypted the data, you might be able to save the files.

Take a look at this site for more details:

http://www.beginningtoseethelight.org/efsrecovery/ 

--
torgeir
Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of the 1328 page
Scripting Guide: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter

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