Re: restore point and encryption

"Bill" wrote in message news:1FBF84F0-1C6A-465D-A538-526DB9E47237@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I am using winXP pro
and I have some encrypted file which I can no longer read

I was able to find some old restore points but they are not registering on
microsoft restore. Going through the website I discovered that I may be able
to retreive them
but will that help with the encryption.


I doubt a restore point will include certificates. You need to have the EFS cert that you created when you enabled EFS (i.e., it gets created the first time that you use EFS). There are several ways to see if you have the cert. One is to open Internet Options, Content tab, Certificates. See if you have a personal cert. If so, check its properties to see if it an EFS cert. You'll see the purpose of the cert under Details under the Enhanced Key Usage value.

So just how did you lose the EFS cert that you had when you enabled EFS on some files? It sounds like the encrypted files might not be yours. You "have some encrypted files". Okay, so how did YOU get those encrypted files? Did you create them or did someone else, perhaps on a different computer?

I am just assuming that you encrypted using EFS because that is what comes included in Windows XP Pro. Could be you encrypted using some other product. Could be you are asking about .zip files that are password protected. Could be you are asking about TrueCrypt volumes. We don't know because you have provided no details on how you encrypted the files.

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