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no file access after reinstalling Win XP Pro sp2
I was having some problems with AVG firewall trial and finally just formatted
and reinstalled my Windows XP. Since then, I am unable to access my Microsoft Office 2003 files. Whenever I try, I get a message telling me I don't have sufficient permissions to access these files. I am the only user and have full admin rights. I am also using a trial version of Office 2003 and was before formatting. Has anyone had any experience with this type of problem? Can anyone offer any suggestions? I would like to avoid having to reformat again, but I will if I have to. |
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I just noticed that this has to do with files that I had previously
encrypted. I have since tried to remove the encryption, but am unable to. Can someone please help me with this as I need to get access to these files. "maritimegal" wrote: I was having some problems with AVG firewall trial and finally just formatted and reinstalled my Windows XP. Since then, I am unable to access my Microsoft Office 2003 files. Whenever I try, I get a message telling me I don't have sufficient permissions to access these files. I am the only user and have full admin rights. I am also using a trial version of Office 2003 and was before formatting. Has anyone had any experience with this type of problem? Can anyone offer any suggestions? I would like to avoid having to reformat again, but I will if I have to. |
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What did you encrypt the files with, MS Word or XPs EFS encryption
protocol? |
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"GreenieLeBrun" wrote: What did you encrypt the files with, MS Word or XPs EFS encryption protocol? XP EFS encryption. I am able to remove the folder encryption, but not at the file level. |
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Does anyone have any idea why I am having such a problem decrypting the
files? I can decrypt the folders without any problem. When trying to decrypt the files, I get the message access is denied. I would appreciate any help. I really need these files. "maritimegal" wrote: "GreenieLeBrun" wrote: What did you encrypt the files with, MS Word or XPs EFS encryption protocol? XP EFS encryption. I am able to remove the folder encryption, but not at the file level. |
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This link may help:-
How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default...308421&sd=tech |
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"GreenieLeBrun" wrote: This link may help:- How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default...308421&sd=tech Thank you for your reply, unfortunately this seems to only apply to Windows XP Home, I have Windows XP Pro and do not have a security tab. This is what happens after I right-click and choose Properties, I click on the Advanced tab and try to remove the encryption. An error occurred applying attributes to the file: Access is denied. My choices then are Ignore, Ignore All, Retry and Cancel. When I try opening the file, I get an access is denied message. I really appreciate the help you have provided thus far and hope that you are able to come up with a solution. I will be unemployed as of tomorrow and need to access my resumes. Thank you, Paula |
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I am assuming here that you encrypted the files using the EFS service
that is part of XP, if that is the case and you did not create a Recovery Agent and saved and exported the various keys and certificates then I am afraid that your chances of unencrypting your data is vanishingly small. The following two links (I have used the TinyURL service found at http://tinyurl.com/ to reduuce the size of the link addresses) may give you more insight into EFS. http://tinyurl.com/4ucsp http://tinyurl.com/9xmvk |
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Yes, I was using EFS. I did this a few months ago and am not sure exactly
what I did at the time. I don't have time to read all the information tonight, but I thank you for providing it. I will read it during the next few days. If you don't mind, I may have to ask you some more questions. "GreenieLeBrun" wrote: I am assuming here that you encrypted the files using the EFS service that is part of XP, if that is the case and you did not create a Recovery Agent and saved and exported the various keys and certificates then I am afraid that your chances of unencrypting your data is vanishingly small. The following two links (I have used the TinyURL service found at http://tinyurl.com/ to reduuce the size of the link addresses) may give you more insight into EFS. http://tinyurl.com/4ucsp http://tinyurl.com/9xmvk |
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