Guest raghu.vnin@gmail.com Posted July 27, 2008 Posted July 27, 2008 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 \(MVP\) Posted July 27, 2008 Posted July 27, 2008 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 Posted July 27, 2008 Posted July 27, 2008 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 Posted July 27, 2008 Posted July 27, 2008 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
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