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Tommy Forsman
December 14th 03, 02:39 AM
Hi!

When resetting user passwords on lokal XP machines. Windows says that
user/data info may be lost. What kind of data may I loose if resetting user
passwords?

Tommy

Alun Jones [MS MVP]
December 14th 03, 02:39 AM
In article >, "Tommy Forsman"
> wrote:
>When resetting user passwords on lokal XP machines. Windows says that
>user/data info may be lost. What kind of data may I loose if resetting user
>passwords?

Certificates for EFS-encrypted files, if I remember correctly - and that
would also mean you lose the contents of the files.

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=290260 for more details.

Alun.
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Tommy Forsman
December 14th 03, 02:42 AM
Thanks for that answer!

Tommy

"Alun Jones [MS MVP]" > skrev i meddelandet
gy.com...
> In article >, "Tommy Forsman"
> > wrote:
> >When resetting user passwords on lokal XP machines. Windows says that
> >user/data info may be lost. What kind of data may I loose if resetting
user
> >passwords?
>
> Certificates for EFS-encrypted files, if I remember correctly - and that
> would also mean you lose the contents of the files.
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=290260 for more details.
>
> Alun.
> ~~~~

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