R. C. White
December 5th 03, 12:25 PM
Hi, Alex.
I can't answer your question, but you might have a better chance if you
correct the system date and time (and time zone?) on your computer.
RC
"Alexey Semenov" > wrote in message
...
> Hello everyone.
>
> Recently i have came across one serios problem which been a menace for
past
> two weeks.
>
> I have win xp pro. on P-III-1000, 512mbRam, 3HD's and some other goodies.
> Win Xp been serving me well for past 2 years with no problems at all. If
> something up just roll it back couple of days. But on July 19th i have
been
> using system commander 7.5 and by accident i have pressed a button which
> changed my registry (CID). From that point my computer created a new
> profile for administrator and user. I have tried to use last good known
> configuration but it did not help, then i tried system restore but system
> restore did not see the original restore points, even thought they were
> there. (i keep them on all three hard drives). Then when i checked
Documents
> and settings i saw that it still has my previous (original) profiles there
> and two more of the new one's. Here comes the problem.
>
> Computer does not see original profiles and only can be loaded with the
> newly created ones. On top of that i had encryption for some folders
enabled
> and obviously with new profiles i can not decrypt or view the files.
(Acess
> Denied) I have tried extracting private keys and certificates from those
> encrypted files and applying them to a new profile. It applies fine and it
> goes to the roots where they should be. but no luck still it won't let me
> open or view files.
>
> At this point i am out of options on it, but i really need those files out
> since some of them are contracts. I came across several programs on the
web
> that offer decryption but they do not work with SP1.
>
> Here is a my vie on the problem. Somehow registry was changed and assigned
> and created those new profiles, but it did not erase the old one's. It
> killed all of the opld restore points so there is now way i can go back
and
> even when restore points were there computer did not see them. Talking
about
> encryption i am able to sucessfully extract private key and certificate
from
> encrypted files and i am able to apply it to the new profile but still
> unable to decrypt or view.
>
> So my question is is there anyway to assighn those original profiles so
> that computer sees it and actually be able to log in using original
profiles
> (they are under documents and settings). If that is impossible what can i
do
> to decrypt those files.?
>
> Any ideas would be appreciated. Thank u very much for your help
>
> regards
>
> Alex
>
>
>
I can't answer your question, but you might have a better chance if you
correct the system date and time (and time zone?) on your computer.
RC
"Alexey Semenov" > wrote in message
...
> Hello everyone.
>
> Recently i have came across one serios problem which been a menace for
past
> two weeks.
>
> I have win xp pro. on P-III-1000, 512mbRam, 3HD's and some other goodies.
> Win Xp been serving me well for past 2 years with no problems at all. If
> something up just roll it back couple of days. But on July 19th i have
been
> using system commander 7.5 and by accident i have pressed a button which
> changed my registry (CID). From that point my computer created a new
> profile for administrator and user. I have tried to use last good known
> configuration but it did not help, then i tried system restore but system
> restore did not see the original restore points, even thought they were
> there. (i keep them on all three hard drives). Then when i checked
Documents
> and settings i saw that it still has my previous (original) profiles there
> and two more of the new one's. Here comes the problem.
>
> Computer does not see original profiles and only can be loaded with the
> newly created ones. On top of that i had encryption for some folders
enabled
> and obviously with new profiles i can not decrypt or view the files.
(Acess
> Denied) I have tried extracting private keys and certificates from those
> encrypted files and applying them to a new profile. It applies fine and it
> goes to the roots where they should be. but no luck still it won't let me
> open or view files.
>
> At this point i am out of options on it, but i really need those files out
> since some of them are contracts. I came across several programs on the
web
> that offer decryption but they do not work with SP1.
>
> Here is a my vie on the problem. Somehow registry was changed and assigned
> and created those new profiles, but it did not erase the old one's. It
> killed all of the opld restore points so there is now way i can go back
and
> even when restore points were there computer did not see them. Talking
about
> encryption i am able to sucessfully extract private key and certificate
from
> encrypted files and i am able to apply it to the new profile but still
> unable to decrypt or view.
>
> So my question is is there anyway to assighn those original profiles so
> that computer sees it and actually be able to log in using original
profiles
> (they are under documents and settings). If that is impossible what can i
do
> to decrypt those files.?
>
> Any ideas would be appreciated. Thank u very much for your help
>
> regards
>
> Alex
>
>
>