Re: Recovering EFS from a Backup

From: Shreeniwas Kelkar [MSFT] (skelkar_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/07/05 

Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 15:03:40 -0800

Why do you mean by "could not decrypt". Can you be more specific and
describe the exact steps you are trying, the error you get, etc.

Also, can you see your EFS certificate in the MY store. Does is have a
private key associated with it? 

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"Mike Go" <MikeGo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:EC1E3972-DD2A-4847-84CE-6CD05E16BE30@microsoft.com...
> Jan,
> I tried logging on the local account, but could not decrypt. Not sure why.
> Mikego
>
> "Jan Peter Stotz" wrote:
>
>> Mike Go schrieb:
>>
>> > Stung by EFS!
>> > Can anyone help me recover my EFS files... I was a stand alone machine 
>> > when
>> > I encrypted, I didn't create a recovery agent (bad, bad, bad) and then 
>> > I
>> > joined a domain.
>>
>> That should not be a problem with EFS. Use your local account instead of
>> your new domain account and everything should be fine.
>>
>> Jan
>>

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