Re: Win XP File Excryption - corrupt user account
- From: "GreenieLeBrun" <GreenieLeBrun@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:16:49 +1100
NMjSQLLLC wrote:
I have a workstaiton that was setup to use file encryption for a
users My Documents directory. The user account assoicated with the
encryption certificate is no longer a valid user on the machine, nor
is the administrator's account that was the file recovery account. I
have the certificates available but they don't do me any good because
I can't log into the system as either of those accounts. When I
recreate the accounts new certificates were generated.
So my question is, is there a way to reassign an account to use a
different certificate, with when creating the account or by changing
an existing account.
They end user has a lot of old and valuable documents inaccessible as
the result of this problem. I've tried everything I could think of
but being new to certificates ....
I can't answer your question directly but the following links may help.
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
How To Encrypt a Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308989
How To Remove File Encryption in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308993
How To Encrypt a File in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=307877
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