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Winxp encryption and edecryption after parallel install
I got a virus on my PC. Microsoft helped my do a parallel install so I could
at least retrieve my personal files, etc. I use winxp pro. Now I can only log into my new install. I was able to retrieve my personal info except, I had encrypted a particular folder and all it's contents prior to the new install. Now I can opent he folder and look at everything that is listed but I can't actually ope the file, most of which are document files. It says my old computer name only has permissions to acces the files. Microsoft tried to change my folder permissions to make my new install be the new owner of my files but it still won't let me pen the files. They also directed me to two websites called www.runsub.sublong.notlong.com and www.runsec.notlong.com to try to go into my registry and open the files but it also will not let me either. Anyone have any new solutions or software to do this decryption? |
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Winxp encryption and edecryption after parallel install
firehandler wrote:
I got a virus on my PC. Microsoft helped my do a parallel install so I could at least retrieve my personal files, etc. I use winxp pro. Now I can only log into my new install. I was able to retrieve my personal info except, I had encrypted a particular folder and all it's contents prior to the new install. Now I can opent he folder and look at everything that is listed but I can't actually ope the file, most of which are document files. It says my old computer name only has permissions to acces the files. Microsoft tried to change my folder permissions to make my new install be the new owner of my files but it still won't let me pen the files. They also directed me to two websites called www.runsub.sublong.notlong.com and www.runsec.notlong.com to try to go into my registry and open the files but it also will not let me either. Anyone have any new solutions or software to do this decryption? In the future - if you feel the need to post in multiple groups - please save yourself and those who might venture to answer you and cross-post instead of multi-posting. Please see the answer to your other posting (synching may take some time with Google Groups): http://groups.google.com/group/micro...8abfdd792f54e3 -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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Winxp encryption and edecryption after parallel install
NO I was not hiding porn. I had created a file with passwords on it. I had a
firewall but figured (not being a complete genius on computers) that if I encrypted this file and folder it would be hard for someone if they hacked my PC to just steal my info. Thanks for the info. Also if I knew I was going catch twenty kinds of !@#$% for asking I wouldn't have bothered anyone. I just seen where I could post a real problem on here and did so. "Shenan Stanley" wrote: firehandler wrote: I got a virus on my PC. Microsoft helped my do a parallel install so I could at least retrieve my personal files, etc. I use winxp pro. Now I can only log into my new install. I was able to retrieve my personal info except, I had encrypted a particular folder and all it's contents prior to the new install. Now I can opent he folder and look at everything that is listed but I can't actually ope the file, most of which are document files. It says my old computer name only has permissions to acces the files. Microsoft tried to change my folder permissions to make my new install be the new owner of my files but it still won't let me pen the files. They also directed me to two websites called www.runsub.sublong.notlong.com and www.runsec.notlong.com to try to go into my registry and open the files but it also will not let me either. Anyone have any new solutions or software to do this decryption? In the future - if you feel the need to post in multiple groups - please save yourself and those who might venture to answer you and cross-post instead of multi-posting. Please see the answer to your other posting (synching may take some time with Google Groups): http://groups.google.com/group/micro...8abfdd792f54e3 -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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Winxp encryption and edecryption after parallel install
firehandler wrote:
I got a virus on my PC. Microsoft helped my do a parallel install so I could at least retrieve my personal files, etc. I use winxp pro. Now I can only log into my new install. I was able to retrieve my personal info except, I had encrypted a particular folder and all it's contents prior to the new install. Now I can opent he folder and look at everything that is listed but I can't actually ope the file, most of which are document files. It says my old computer name only has permissions to acces the files. Microsoft tried to change my folder permissions to make my new install be the new owner of my files but it still won't let me pen the files. They also directed me to two websites called www.runsub.sublong.notlong.com and www.runsec.notlong.com to try to go into my registry and open the files but it also will not let me either. Anyone have any new solutions or software to do this decryption? Shenan Stanley wrote: In the future - if you feel the need to post in multiple groups - please save yourself and those who might venture to answer you and cross-post instead of multi-posting. Please see the answer to your other posting (synching may take some time with Google Groups): http://groups.google.com/group/micro...8abfdd792f54e3 firehandler wrote: NO I was not hiding porn. I had created a file with passwords on it. I had a firewall but figured (not being a complete genius on computers) that if I encrypted this file and folder it would be hard for someone if they hacked my PC to just steal my info. Thanks for the info. Also if I knew I was going catch twenty kinds of !@#$% for asking I wouldn't have bothered anyone. I just seen where I could post a real problem on here and did so. I am unsure where the 'porn' comment came from, at least when you are responding to *me*. I know you are frustrated about your issue - but I know I don't appreciate you jumping all over me for comments I did not make nor accusing me giving you "twenty kinds of !@#$%" when all I did was suggest that you (in the future) learn to post more efficiently (for you and those who might respond) and I pointed you to the answer I had given you in the other posting via Google groups so you would not have trouble finding it. I didn't give you "twenty kinds of !@#$%" but made a kind suggestion to make your life easier in the future (in this reponse.) In the other reponse in the other newsgroup - I merely gave you the only really reliable way to restore a folder encrypted with EFS in Windows XP Professional - linking you to the best practices which contained the way to restore a lost certificate (given you had backed it up.) If your other installation is still 'intact' - you might still be able to do it. If not - the chances are slim-to-none you will be recovering that data (unfortunately) and any method that might recover it would likely take substancial time and money. Is your other installation intact? You seemed to infer it was not. I am sorry there is not better news - but it does prove that a little research and knowledge goes a long way. Proper backups, following best practices, etc - all would have ensured you had a backup of at least the certificate if not the data in unencrypted form somewhere other than a single location. Perhaps now is not the best time, in your mind, for the following advice - but I will throw it out there because I know it is the right thing to give you the information and tools you need to avoid problems such as the one you have experienced now... In general - you need to perform some general routine maintenance on your computer (just like a vehicle or anything else you want to keep running.) You can do these things yourself or you can pay someone to do them for you (just like everything else you want to keep runnning.) - Keep backup copies of your installation media and the product keys/serial numbers needed to use them. - Schedule backups of your stuff (your documents, your pictures, your bookmarks/favorites, your email, your contacts, EFS certificates, etc) to external (to the computer - physically) media. - Keep the list of installed applications down to just what you use. - Perform the occassional CHKDSK on your hard disk drives. - Perform the occassional Disk Cleanup on your system. - Perform the occassional Defragmentation on your hard disk drive. - Scan with a decent few antispyware applications on occassion - just to make sure you have not collected any crud. (SuperAntiSpyware and MalwareBytes are two of the tops right now.) - Keep Windows patched and updated. - Keep your applications (office products, etc) updated. - Keep your antivirus software updated. Other things you can consider... - Check for hardware driver updates on occassion. This is one of those things where if you aren't having trouble - you probably can leave well enough alone - but there have been hardware driver releases that fixed problems you didn't even know you had - even security issues. - Clean up a little more thoroughly than Disk Cleanup allows for using something like CCleaner. While I cannot say you should use all features of the product - I do utilize them all with no adverse side-effects so far. You really are unlikely to need anything in terms of a firewall more than what is built into Windows - and adding anything just puts another variable in the mix to cause trouble down the line. I am not telling you *not* to run a third party firewall - by all means - if you desire to or feel you need to - go ahead. I'm just mentioning that most home users do not really benefit from it, IMO. Why add extra overhead and possible sources of trouble if you gain nothing for it otherwise? A good antivirus (while not essential) provides a good cushion for mistakes. The free ones are generally as good as the paid versions. You must make sure they are properly updating and stay functional, however. I would personally recommend against any/all products that do more than one thing in the arena of AntiVirus. Some of them do help somewhat in the antispyware arena - but none can claim complete coverage. I would avoid the 'suites' - the ones that come with a firewall, internet protection, email, etc. All you really need is a basic AntiVirus that checks files as they are accessed and the likes. Basically - nothing complicated - just a little time consuming - although much of it can be easily automated. I personally use JKDefrag to defragment my hard disk drive when the system is idle. My AntiVirus software (in whichever form it takes) automatically updates itself. I have Windows Automatic Updates set to notify me when updates are available so I can install at a time of my choosing (and thus reboot at that time.) I have email reminders/calendar entires that remid me to CHKDSK/Disk Cleanup on occassion (and I usually use CCleaner and AntiSpyware apps about the same time.) Whenever I get new software - I usually make ISO images of the CD/DVD and store it on a network drive (I have a couple - basically just drives that plug directly into my network and allow all computers on my network to access shares I setup. Inexpensive and easy.) I have scheduled tasks that copy my important (to me) directories and such to the same network drive already mentioned. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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Winxp encryption and edecryption after parallel install
Post is a few days old but if it's still being checked, there may be some
hope of recovery if the original userprofile-folder is still on the HD as a separate folder from the current profile. Take a look under 'Documents and Settings' If so you need to create an identically-named useraccount, set an identical password to the one in-force on the old account, log into it once, then as Administrator, move the old data ino the userprofile-folder this process creates. This may -if you are lucky- reactivate the encryption keys in the old profile. BTW I strongly advise users NEVER to turn on the EFS, it's a very poorly-designed system that causes numerous data-loss incidents. In one case, a user lost 10GB of data. Truecrypt is a more reliable alternative. "firehandler" wrote: I got a virus on my PC. Microsoft helped my do a parallel install so I could at least retrieve my personal files, etc. I use winxp pro. Now I can only log into my new install. I was able to retrieve my personal info except, I had encrypted a particular folder and all it's contents prior to the new install. Now I can opent he folder and look at everything that is listed but I can't actually ope the file, most of which are document files. It says my old computer name only has permissions to acces the files. Microsoft tried to change my folder permissions to make my new install be the new owner of my files but it still won't let me pen the files. They also directed me to two websites called www.runsub.sublong.notlong.com and www.runsec.notlong.com to try to go into my registry and open the files but it also will not let me either. Anyone have any new solutions or software to do this decryption? |
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