Re: Cant access encrypted folders

"JayP" <JayP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello!

I have Windows XP Pro in my laptop and I have an administrator profile on
it.

I have encrypted and made folders private. Windows prompted for changing
of
password and so I did, now as a result of this I am not able to access
those
folders as the "access is denied". I am not able to change back the same
password as the system has the rules for preventing of that too.

What to do with this? Thanks in advance for answers!

I believe you will have to find a way to change the password back to what it
was when you encrypted the files.

The Encrypting File System
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/topics/cryptographyetc/efs.mspx

Best practices for the Encrypting File System
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/223316/en-us

How to back up the recovery agent Encrypting File System (EFS) private key
in Windows Server 2003, in Windows 2000, and in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/241201


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