Re: Please Help with Encrypted Folder

If the program from Elcomsoft did not find any EFS private key on your
computer then you are out of luck. You could take your computer to a data
recover specialist that also knows EFS and they could try to recover the EFS
private key from deleted files. However there would be no guarantee and the
fee for such services is usually substantial. --- Steve


"Kathryn C." <KathrynC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:C18A5E47-B7AE-401C-8F84-2F5AFF121237@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Right, and I don't even think I have the old profile, so it's a moot
> point.
> As for the "Administrator" account, I do have an account called "ASP.NET
> Machine A..." that does not appear on the Welcome Screen and which I
> cannot
> access even through the classic "log-in" methods, as it tells me: "The
> local
> policy of this system does not permit you to logon interactively". Is this
> account something that would be useful to me, or should I just forget it?
> Also, I'm able to access this account through the "Documents and Settings"
> folder in my C Drive. Can I do anything from there?
>
>
> "Steven L Umbach" wrote:
>
>> The problem is that you can create a new user account with the same name
>> but
>> it has a different SID and would not be considered the same to the
>> operating
>> system and would not work for EFS even if you copy the old profile over
>> to
>> the new user and use the same password. It is always a good idea to try
>> and
>> use the administrator account to decrypt the files but rarely is one
>> configured in XP Pro as unlike Windows 2000 it is not required nor
>> generated
>> automatically in XP Pro though a computer in an Active Directory domain
>> may
>> have one if the domain administrators configured one for enforcement via
>> Group Policy. --- Steve
>>
>>
>> "Ian" <Ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:489B72F7-348B-4A09-A588-D36A435AED83@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Your problem here is that you no longer have the encryptioon key, which
>> > was
>> > stored in the old user-profile.
>> >
>> > If you still have the old profile you can try re-creating the user.
>> > Everything must be exactly as it was before, same passowrd, profile in
>> > same
>> > location, etc.
>> >
>> > Alternaitvely see if you can decrypt the files logged-on as
>> > Administrator.
>> > There is always a second user with a key, normally this is either the
>> > local
>> > Admin or the Domain Admin.
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>


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