Re: HELP---------HELP

From: Medo_in_Egypt (MedoinEgypt_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/07/05 

Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 14:16:03 -0700

ok,

thanks for your reply,

but i want to know the answer for these questions, please help me,

1- is there anyway to solve this situation, either if i am using 3rd Party
software, or is there any thing i can do it to let this files to open and
delete the encryption ?

2- in the future, how can i make the backup for the Keys and how can i
restore them , in order to make a good plan for that , please help me , can
you please .

3- can i make a copy from the key of the other user who in the same
workgroup, or the key for the Administrator of the domain to solve this
Problem, can I ? if so can you tell me the required steps to solve this
situation as soon as possible ?

4- can i use the Administrator account of my Workgroup, and do the same
steps like step no 3, please help me

Please help me.

"David H. Lipman" wrote:

> From: "Medo_in_Egypt" <MedoinEgypt@discussions.microsoft.com>
>
> | DEAR ALL,
> |
> | I HAVE SOMETHING HAPPEN TO MY USERS.
> |
> | I HAVE 5 USERS, ALL OF THEM IS UNDER THE SAME WORKGROUP, AND ALL OF THEM IS
> | WINDOWS XP-PRO SP2.
> |
> | THEY ARE IN DIFFERENT WORKGROUP, THAN MY ORIGINAL WORKGROUP, BECAUSE THE 5
> | USERS ARE FROM ANOTHER CONSULTANT COMPANY AND THEY ARE WORKING FOR PERIODE OF
> | 8 MONTHS.
> |
> | ANYWAY, ONE OF THE USERS, HE WAS WORKING ON HIS PC, AND USED TO SAVE HIS
> | FILES - EITHER IF ITS WORD OR EXCEL, ON ONTHER FOLDER.
> |
> | HE USED TO LOGIN TO HIS PC WITH THE USER NAME ( YTR) AND THIS USERS IS FROM
> | ADMINISTRATIVE GORUP.
> |
> | FOR SOME RESOANS, THIS USERS HE MAKE ENCRYPTED FILE SYSTEM OVER THIS FOLDER
> | AND ALL OF THE FILES WHICH IS UNDER THIS FOLDER.
> |
> | AFTER SOMETIME, THIS USERS WE DISCOVER TAHT HE FORMATE HIS PC COMPLETELY ,
> | EXCEPT THE PARTITION WHICH IS INCLUDE HIS FOLDER - THE ONE WHICH WAS
> | ENCRYPTED-.
> |
> | AFTER HE FORMATE HIS PC COMPLETELY, HE CREATE THE SAME USER ON THE MACHINE ,
> | AND THEN HE TRIED TO OPEN THE FILES, NAD HE DISCOVER THAT HE IS UNABLE TO
> | OPEN , AND WINDOWS DISPLAY ERRO MESSAGE THAT INDICATE HE DOES NOT HAVE A
> | COMPLETE PREVILGES .
> |
> | I LOOKED TO PERMISSION AND I FOUND THAT , EVEN THE USER HIM SELF IS HAVE
> | FULL CONTROL OVER THIS FOLDER AND ALSO EVERYONE HAVE THE SAME PERMISSION .
> |
> | HOWVER HE IS UNABLE TO OPEN THE FILE.
> |
> | ONCE I TRIED TO UNCHECK THE MARK FOR EFS, I FOUND THAT ITS DISPLAY ERROR
> | MESSSGAE AND ITS UNABLE TO REMOVE THE ENCRYPTION AND DISPLAY ACCESS DENIED.
> |
> | CAN ANY ONE TELL ME HOW CAN I OPEN THE FILES AND LET ME SEE IT?
> |
> | THE MAIN THING WE FORMATE THE PC COMPLETELY.
> |
> | I DO NOT KNOW IF I AM CORRECT ON THIS PLAN, WHICH IS THE FOLLOWING:-
> |
> | 1- As LONG AS THEY ARE 5 USERS, AND ALL OF THEM ARE UNDER THE SAME
> | WORKGROUP, CAN I COPY THE CERTIFICATE FROMT HE OTHER USER AS WELL AND THEN
> | TRY TO REMOVE THE ENCRIPTION.
> |
> | I WAS TRYING EVEN TO CHANGE THE OWNERSHIP, BUT ITS COULD NOT WORK.
> |
> | PLEASE ADVICE ME .
>
> The problem is your broken keyboard !
>
> Fix that broken "Caps Lock" key.
>
> --
> Dave
> http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
> http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
>
>
>

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