Re: decryption without a password key



"Patrick Keenan" wrote:

"Amy" <Amy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Is there a possible way to decrypt files without a password key??? I
formatted my PC and forgot to save the key...I know that you dont believe
me
but its the truth, I swear.

So you're trying to decrypt the encrypted backup? You used EFS?

EFS relies on the account credentials. The "password key" isn't enough.
If you invoke EFS, you must export the account credentials and store them
securely. Unfortunately, this step is not mandatory.

There are some alternate methods involving a designated recovery agent.
However, it's unlikely that this was done, and it's much too late now.

For the most part, if you don't have the certificates, and can't get them,
the data is not retrievable.

Sorry, there are very seldom happy endings to this question.

HTH
-pk


EFS? Whats that? I know that someone knows how to decrypt without a key, even you maybe, but people dont wanna talk about that because they dont wanna get fired or something but there is a way I know...4 sure there is...
.

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