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]
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> 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.
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> http://www.scribd.com/doc/2425515/Security-Problems?ga_from_send_to_friend=1
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If your encryption certificates and keys were not backed up before
the reinstallation, and the workstation isn't part of a domain (whose
Administrator might act as the designated recovery agent), those files
are gone, for all practical purposes. Encryption works well and there
is no "back door" or hack to access the files. (Wouldn't be much point
to EFS if it were easily by-passed.)


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