microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin

Fahd Akhtar wrote:

> I am in serious need of help from all tech gurus.
> My laptop's d: drive is on ntfs. I made a folder and put some pics into
> it. I had ALLOWED ONLY my user account & administrator account to access
> that folder / files. For improved security, I had also encrypted its
> contents
> [properties--->genral tab--->advanced-->encrypt contents]
>
> Now only I could view the file. But my windows crashed & had to reinstall
> it. But after re-installing the windows, I cannot view a single pic and it
> says "preview not avaiable" To make matters worse, I cant change the file
> attributes nor changes its ownership or anything else. following pics
> might give u an idea and better able to solve my problem. Kindly click on
> the following link to see the digital copy of the errors I receive.

This is what comes of using tools you don't clearly understand. You
apparently did not back up your encryption key. The folks at Elcomsoft may
be able to help you get back your pictures (this is not free) but if not,
they are gone.

http://tinyurl.com/6l6xx - MS information about EFS (Encryption)
http://www.elcomsoft.com/aefsdr.html - Encrypted files retrieval application

http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/encrypt.htm - encryption info
http://www.beginningtoseethelight.org/efsrecovery/ - more encryption info

Malke
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