Re: EFS Document Recovery

From: Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam_at_hydro.com)
Date: 03/07/05


Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2005 15:32:03 +0100

Andyboy114 wrote:

> We have a password policy which changes passwords every 40 days, so when the
> user changed his password, he can no longer access his encrypted documents.
>
> Unfortunatley there is no specified data recovery agent or password reset
> disk.
>
> I have full admin access to the machine, is there any way to recover these
> encrypted documents?
Hi

In a domain, the domain administrator is the default data
recovery agent...

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