encryption

[Caroline Anderson]

I need help. I encrypted some file and can not decrypt
them. The message says I do not have access and I am the
one that encrypted them.
Thanks

[Mike Brannigan [MSFT]]

Caroline,

Were you the one that encrypted them, also have you reinstalled Windows XP
since you encrypted them.
If you did a reinstall and did not backup yours or the recovery agents keys
(if you made one) and do not have access to your entire original profile
then you have lost access to those files.

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Regards,

Mike
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"Caroline Anderson" > wrote in message
...
> I need help. I encrypted some file and can not decrypt
> them. The message says I do not have access and I am the
> one that encrypted them.
> Thanks

[Peter Clark]

may help:

http://www.beginningtoseethelight.org/efsrecovery/


>-----Original Message-----
>Caroline,
>
>Were you the one that encrypted them, also have you
reinstalled Windows XP
>since you encrypted them.
>If you did a reinstall and did not backup yours or the
recovery agents keys
>(if you made one) and do not have access to your entire
original profile
>then you have lost access to those files.
>
>--
>Regards,
>
>Mike
>--
>Mike Brannigan [Microsoft]
>
>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no
>rights
>
>Please note I cannot respond to e-mailed questions.
>Please use these newsgroups
>
>"Caroline Anderson" > wrote in
message
...
>> I need help. I encrypted some file and can not decrypt
>> them. The message says I do not have access and I am the
>> one that encrypted them.
>> Thanks
>
>
>.
>