Re: decrypt help...

No, you have it backwards. You create the recovery agent "before" you have
problems working with encrypted files - not after you experience trouble.
And loading/reloading an operating system will likely cause problems. I am
afraid that those files are no longer viable or usable. There is NO backdoor
to the files.

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Regards,

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)

If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!


"kevin" <kohoran@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> sorry if this has been asked (repeatedly?), but running into a problem
> decrypting some files and i'm seeking help.
>
> the details: i'm running xp pro 32-bit edition on a compaq athlon64. i
> installed the customer preview version of xp pro 64bit, but in doing so, i
> changed my user name and deleted the old user-name account. the problem,
> of course, is that i had encrypted some files with that old user account.
> i've created a recovery agent since, and have located (i think) the old
> certificate and key in the recycler folder. i've tried importing the
> certificate (with the system telling me it has imported it, and showing it
> as available to the user-named account i had deleted). but i still can't
> access the files.
>
> the question: how do i use the "old" certificate and key combo to
> unlock/decrypt the files, since i've already deleted the old user account?
> i had thought i could just import the cert/key into my current
> admin-privilege account and, voila, open the files. no such luck. i still
> get the "access denied" error message.
>
> thanks for any help, and, again, sorry if this has been posted to death.
>
> kevin
>


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