RE: XP native encryption

Try logging on as the domain admin, they should have key to unlock the
files.

-----Original Message-----
From: Fernando Serto [mailto:fernando.serto@memetrics.com] 
Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 9:29 PM
To: security-basics@securityfocus.com
Subject: XP native encryption

guys, I have a problem here where one of the users has encrypted all her
documents on her laptop, and as requested, she had administrative
rights. She had a friend playing around with her laptop during the
weekend, and I have no idea why that guy went through the user accounts,
changed the administrator password, logged in as local administrator,
DELETED the user account, RECREATED it, and changed the password back to
what it was. I think the user was too embarressed to tell me why this
guy had her password, and why he was playing around with her laptop, but
anyway, now she can't access her files, because they are encrypted.

do you know anyway to decrypt those files, in order to reencrypt using
the new username?

cheers,
Fernando

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Fernando Serto
Systems Administrator
Ph: +61 2 9556 0833
Mo: +61 403 338 005
Fa: +61 2 9555 6911

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