UINSTALL SECURITY

[LARRY]

I INSTALLED SECURITY ON MY FILES AND NOW I CAN'T GET TO
THEM. HOW DO I UNINSTALL THIS AND NOT HIDE MY FILES
ANYMORE.?

[Nicholas]

HOW TO: Remove File Encryption in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=3Dkb;EN-US;308993

Without a backup of the original Encryption Certificate Key, encrypted =
files
are unrecoverable as they will stay encrypted forever. There is no =
recovery
method since the encryption algorithm is now completely different with a =
reinstall
of Windows XP.

See if the following article helps in any way:

HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=3Dkb;en-us;308421


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Nicholas

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"LARRY" > wrote in message:
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| I INSTALLED SECURITY ON MY FILES AND NOW I CAN'T GET TO=20
| THEM. HOW DO I UNINSTALL THIS AND NOT HIDE MY FILES=20
| ANYMORE.?

[Joe Morris]

[rearranged to bottom-posting to make inline comments]

> "LARRY" > wrote:

> | I INSTALLED SECURITY ON MY FILES AND NOW I CAN'T GET TO
> | THEM. HOW DO I UNINSTALL THIS AND NOT HIDE MY FILES
> | ANYMORE.?

For starters, please use the "shift lock" key on your keyboard to stop
TYPING EVERYTHING IN CAPITAL LETTERS. Shouting at the readership here
doesn't improve communications.

More to the point of your question, what are you referring to as
"security"? In his response below, "Nicholas" assumes that you mean
encryption, but "security" could also be used to describe file and
folder permissions.

And finally, neither encryption nor permissions has anything to do with
hiding files. Visibility of a file or folder is a function of the
object's attributes, the attributes of the folder in which they reside,
and the "Folder Options" settings for your userid.

Nicholas wrote:
[snip]
> Without a backup of the original Encryption Certificate Key, encrypted files
> are unrecoverable as they will stay encrypted forever. There is no recovery
> method since the encryption algorithm is now completely different with a reinstall
> of Windows XP.

It's perhaps something of a nitpick, but the encryption algorithm
doesn't change between installations (unless Microsoft screws up and
changes it). What changes is the user's *encryption key* set which is
used to encrypt and decrypt files. Slightly simplified, every time a
new account is created (even if it has the same userid, password, and
other magic stuff as another account) a new, unique key is generated.

Joe Morris