Trouble with File Encryption

From: sad geoff (geoff_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/30/05 

Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 19:15:02 -0800

My windows XP pro install recently died while I was attempting to repair it.
Basically I was blue-screening on boot and nothing I tried would fix it. So
I removed that windows installation and installed on a different physical
drive. Now, the problem I'm having is that some of my files were encrypted
using my old install. How do I remove the encryption to salvage the files if
I'm not the creator? \

For the record I've tried taking control of the directories and using the
decrypt option. But it just keeps giving me the access denied message, what
should I do?

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