Re: making administrator account the DRA in XP Profession
- From: "Steven L Umbach" <n9rou@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2006 12:35:14 -0600
Yes the RA must be logged onto a computer where the RA private key exists to
decrypt files as the RA. The .cer file contains the certificate and only the
public key. The .pfx file would contain the private key. --- Steve
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;223316 --- EFS
best practices
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/support/dataprot.mspx
--- detailed info on EFS recovery.
"alexm" <alexm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:CED09171-F5B5-4E90-8BE8-AEF3365A9B00@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> First, I apologize; this question is rather simple, and has already been
> addressed. But I still can't get it to work.
>
> I encyrpt files with EFS on a user account on my standalone XP Pro
> workstation. I wish to be able to access to them from the admin account.
> I
> therefore wish to enable the admin account as a data recovery agent. I
> have
> done the following, while logged on to the admin account:
> used cipher /R:filename
> to generate a certificate (and private key)
> used gpedit to add this certificate to the encryption policy.
>
> However, I still cannot decrypt newly created files from the admin
> account;
> there seems to be another step I need to complete. Perhaps, I need to
> import
> the private key I created into the admin account.
>
> Can anyone tell me what I need to do, and tell me or point me to how?
>
> Thanks!
.
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