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Decryption of EFS file with certificate

Inter — Fri, 22 May 2009 06:28:52 +0000

one user has encrypted the file. we have the certificate, how to use that certicate to open the file by another user

How to prevent users from using EFS encryption in Windows Server 2003?

WindowsServerATE — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:54:24 +0000

I have two related question regarding Windows Server 2003:
1- How do I prevent users from using EFS encryption?
2- If a file, or a folder, is already encrypted using EFS by a user and the file permissions have been changed to prevent admin from deleting this file, how can the admin recover the encrypted file, as well as keep the contained data?

Windows Decrypt help needed

Kesevan — Mon, 26 May 2008 09:07:06 +0000

I have formatted my Harddisk without backing up my encryption key. Now, i have problem opening file which encrypted by me old OS. Can anyone advice me how to overcome this situation.

Decrypt EFS File without Key

Littlejuanito7 — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:29:46 +0000

Good morning,
We have run into a situation with one our users. They created an encrypted EFS file on their laptop and when they returned to the office they were unable to open it. When I looked for the cert, it was not there. Tried to reinstall the cert. that we had backed up, but it will not open the file. We have Deep Freeze installed on all laptops, does this have anything to do with it? Is there a way to open the file without the EFS cert.

Thanks,
Juan

Reusing EFS for multiple systems

Littlejuanito7 — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:48:33 +0000

We have been utilizing an encrypted folder on a thumb drive with our users and exporting the encryption certificate onto another thumb drive for back up purposes. Is it possible to set up a master drive with an encryption certificate already in place and use it to clone other drives? Our boss wants to avoid having to create certificates for each individual system and just reuse the same certificate for all the systems being cloned. Will the system end up creating its own certificate anyway? Thank you for the help.