Re: decrypt help...

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If you've imported the cert key and it is still not working, then evidently
it is the incorrect cert key, as the method works provided the correct cert
key is used. Your issue may lie in that the OS was changed from 32-bit to
64-bit on the files in which are encrypted and on the cert key itself.

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"kevin" <kohoran@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OiERBFfSFHA.3156@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> richard:
>
> i've been told (and read) that i did this backwards, and if i could go
> back and do it over, i would. but i've also been told (and read) that as
> long as i have access to the certificate/key, then i still have the
> ability to decrypt the files. i thought i had deleted the certificate/key
> combo completely, but, as noted, was able to recover it from the recycler
> folder and import it to my current user account. what i'm trying to find
> now is how -- if at all -- to use that certificate/key combo to open the
> files. that is, knowing the user-account name under which that cert/key
> was used to encrypt the files, can i recreate that account, import the
> cert/key and then open the files? or, can i somehow add my current
> user-account to the list of people with access to that cert/key?
>
> in other words, i'm trying to figure out the steps to decrypting files
> when the cert/key combo has been saved but the user account scrapped. it
> would seem, from what i've read, that i should be able to decrypt the
> files as long as i still have access to the cert/key combo, which i do.
>
> thanks,
> kevin
>
> aka "cranky" (hey, i've got a teething toddler at home who just learned to
> say "no". what can i say?)
>
>
> "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:ek37Z3dSFHA.2424@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> 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.
>>
>> --
>> 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
>> news:OMePlidSFHA.252@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> 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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