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"Jerry Baker" wrote:

> I have two machines, A and B, which I share files between using a USB
> hard drive. They are both Windows XP SP2 and I am an administrator on
> both machines (although I am not a domain admin on machine B). I
> exported my EFS certificate AND private key from machine A and
> successfully imported it onto machine B. I can see the certificate AND
> private key of machine A in machine B's certificate store.
>
> Now, when I encrypt files on the USB drive using machine A, machine B
> cannot read them. They appear as though they are not encrypted (they
> aren't green) and cipher.exe doesn't place an E next to them. When I try
> to access them I just get "Access is denied" errors.
>
> I tried taking ownership of the files, and that didn't change the
> situation at all. I tried forcing the files to decrypt without success.
> I am completely unable to use machine B to access files encrypted by
> machine A.
>
> I have spent more than three hours reading every technet article
> regarding EFS as well as other people's problems posted on various
> boards and in this group. I still have not seen a simple explanation of
> how you can use EFS on files that will be accessed by other computers.
> Everything just says to import your certificate with private key and
> doesn't mention what to do after that.
>
> Thanks for any help you can offer.
>