Encryption Lockout

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The motherboard on my Desktop fried. So I am trying to recover the files to
my laptop and external USB drives. Unfortunately I had used the Windows NT
encryption, which lets only the user that encrypted the files view them. I
will never use Windows encryption again, I'll stick with AxCrypt for what I
need.
I have the drives in an external USB drive carrier and I can see all the
files and transfer, or use, the ones that weren't encrypted. However, when
I try to do anything with the encrypted files I get an access is denied
error. I have tried changing my log in name and the name of the computer so
that they are the same as the desktop user to no avail. I disabled
"Security Accounts Manager" and that didn't do any good either. Does anyone
have any hope?
David D. Pettyjohn


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Relevant Pages

  • Re: Encryption Lockout
    ... my laptop and external USB drives. ... Unfortunately I had used the Windows NT encryption, which lets only the user that encrypted the files view them. ... I will never use Windows encryption again, I'll stick with AxCrypt for what I need. ... I have tried changing my log in name and the name of the computer so that they are the same as the desktop user to no avail. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support)
  • Re: Encryption Lockout
    ... to my laptop and external USB drives. ... Windows NT encryption, which lets only the user that encrypted the files ... I will never use Windows encryption again, ... of the computer so that they are the same as the desktop user to no avail. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support)
  • Re: user does not have acces privileges
    ... to reinstall the windows to do that. ... ownership is the reason of the inaccessibility. ... I'm not an expert but I find out, it is not the encryption but ... "Zorro" wrote: ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.accessibility)
  • Re: user does not have acces privileges
    ... But now at the new files I should have the right EFS key in my computer. ... That means there is something wrong with the ownership settings and that was ... Or it is only matter if the encryption is combined with the ownership change? ... to reinstall the windows to do that. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.accessibility)
  • Re: Cannot access encrypted files after reinstalling Windows XP Professional
    ... able to break the encryption in a reasonable amount of time. ... > keys are generated each time you do an install, ... > they would be related to the Windows serial key, ... >>> All data files are stored on partition D:. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin)