RE: XP native encryption

["Graydon Huffman" <ghuffman () wayne edu>]

I have never used this program to decrypt files (only to unlock admin
accounts and recover deleted files) but it may work for your situation. 

http://www.winternals.com/products/repairandrecovery/index.asp

- Graydon

Graydon A. Huffman
Systems Administrator
AVP Auxiliary Business Operations
Wayne State University
ghuffman () wayne edu
313.577.6871

-----Original Message-----
From: Fernando Serto [mailto:fernando.serto () memetrics com] 
Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 3:29 AM
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
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