Re: XP Folder security issue

Fahd Akhtar wrote:
I am in serious need of help from all tech gurus.
My laptop's d: drive is on ntfs. I made a folder and put some pics into it.
I had ALLOWED ONLY my user account & administrator account to access that
folder / files. For improved security, I had also encrypted its contents
[properties--->genral tab--->advanced-->encrypt contents]

Now only I could view the file. But my windows crashed & had to reinstall
it. But after re-installing the windows, I cannot view a single pic and it
says "preview not avaiable" To make matters worse, I cant change the file
attributes nor changes its ownership or anything else. following pics might
give u an idea and better able to solve my problem. Kindly click on the
following link to see the digital copy of the errors I receive.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/2425515/Security-Problems?ga_from_send_to_friend=1








If your encryption certificates and keys were not backed up before the reinstallation, and the workstation isn't part of a domain (whose Administrator might act as the designated recovery agent), those files are gone, for all practical purposes. Encryption works well and there is no "back door" or hack to access the files. (Wouldn't be much point to EFS if it were easily by-passed.)


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Relevant Pages

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    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support)
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    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers)
  • Re: Rename user systems folder
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    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: XP Folder security issue
    ... I made a folder and put some pics into ... I had ALLOWED ONLY my user account & administrator account to access ... apparently did not back up your encryption key. ... http://www.beginningtoseethelight.org/efsrecovery/ - more encryption info ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin)
  • Re: Password Protect Folders
    ... Open the Help and Support Center and see 'To encrypt a file or folder'. ... If you choose to use this feature, be sure to backup the encryption key. ... A less drastic approach is to simply move the folder to your user account. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin)