Encryption Problem

[Guest raghu.vnin@gmail.com]

I had encrypted a folder under a particular user account. Now I am

unable to login to that user account probably due to incorrect

password. This means that I cannot access that encrypted folder at

all.

 

1. Is there any way I can un-encrypt it now?

2. I have another userid with administrative privileges. Can something

be done with this?

 

Thanks.

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Encryption Problem

 

 

<raghu.vnin@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:a21fffcf-dfe1-4496-8a1f-9f5c2915a139@2g2000hsn.googlegroups.com...

>I had encrypted a folder under a particular user account. Now I am

> unable to login to that user account probably due to incorrect

> password. This means that I cannot access that encrypted folder at

> all.

>

> 1. Is there any way I can un-encrypt it now?

> 2. I have another userid with administrative privileges. Can something

> be done with this?

>

> Thanks.

 

Sorry, the answer is "no" to both questions.

[Guest Twayne]

Re: Encryption Problem

 

> I had encrypted a folder under a particular user account. Now I am

> unable to login to that user account probably due to incorrect

> password. This means that I cannot access that encrypted folder at

> all.

>

> 1. Is there any way I can un-encrypt it now?

 

Not unless you or whoever created the encrypted folder saved the keys to

floppy or CD. It's pretty much unbreakable.

> 2. I have another userid with administrative privileges. Can something

> be done with this?

 

No, sorry

>

> Thanks.

 

If you continue using encrypted folders, be sure to check out how to

export the keys so you can recover files should anything happen.

 

HTH

[Guest Patrick Keenan]

Re: Encryption Problem

 

<raghu.vnin@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:a21fffcf-dfe1-4496-8a1f-9f5c2915a139@2g2000hsn.googlegroups.com...

>I had encrypted a folder under a particular user account. Now I am

> unable to login to that user account probably due to incorrect

> password. This means that I cannot access that encrypted folder at

> all.

>

> 1. Is there any way I can un-encrypt it now?

> 2. I have another userid with administrative privileges. Can something

> be done with this?

>

> Thanks.

 

If the account is damaged or if you change the password from outside the

account, there are only two ways to recover the encrypted data.

 

However, since you are asking this question here, it's very likely that

neither of them are available to you.

 

The first is to import the credentials you weren't required to back up, and

consequently probably don't have.

 

The second is to use the Designated Recovery Agent that so few people

specify.

 

You cannot decrypt the encrypted data with another account of *any* level

unless you import the encrypted account's credentials to it.

 

If you want to continue to have a chance of accessing that data, here is one

of the few things you can do. Remove the original hard disk and image it

to another drive (using something like Acronis TrueImage), and put *that*

drive in. You can boot from that drive and try whatever you like for

password recovery without fear of damaging the original account; if the

original is damaged you will never, ever, have any chance of recovery. If

you damage the image, you can always re-create it from the original drive.

You might want to make an image file to smooth the process.

 

Sorry there isn't better news.

HTH

-pk