Re: encryption

From: Mike Brannigan [MSFT] (mikebran_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/08/04 

Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 09:38:34 -0000

"Michael" <apollo@ozzienet.net> wrote in message
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> I didn't...but I don't see why I would need them, wouldn't they have been
> restored as is during the ghosting? Thats the part I don't get, all the
uder
> accounts exist as they did when I orginally encryted so what is missing?
Why
> does it not recognise the original user?
>

If you encrypted the files after you made the Ghost image then the image and
the account will not contain the generated keys used to allow your account
to do encryption.
Since these are randomly generated the first time you do an encryption then
even after the restore of the GHost image the keys generated for this
account will not match the ones used to do the encryption from the time
before the restore. 

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"Michael" <apollo@ozzienet.net> wrote in message
news:%23Q1GBYNBEHA.1732@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> I didn't...but I don't see why I would need them, wouldn't they have been
> restored as is during the ghosting? Thats the part I don't get, all the
uder
> accounts exist as they did when I orginally encryted so what is missing?
Why
> does it not recognise the original user?
>
>
> "Doug Knox MS-MVP" <dknox@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:uKnBGdMBEHA.1732@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> If you encrypted files, then you should have backed up the encryption
> certificates, as well.
>
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> "Michael" <apollo@ozzienet.net> wrote in message
> news:Ox3zfEMBEHA.3928@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > HI
> >
> > I had encrypted files on a seperate partition before having a problem
with
> > Windows XP, Simplest fix was to reimage C drive from a ghost backup that
I
> > have that has the whole system, updates and major programs ready so that
I
> > can refresh the computer when necessary. Problem is that even though all
> the
> > user accounts and passwords are there that were used to encrypt the
files
> I
> > cannot now get access to them, it says I do not have permission.
> >
> > What is the problem if I am reimaging the identical setup, shouldn't all
> the
> > user accounts etc be identical as well?
> >
> > Michael
> >
> >
>
>
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