RE: Windows EFS and Changing a Local Account Password

["Depp, Dennis M." <deppdm () ornl gov>]

No. There is a certificate that is created & installed with The Local
admen account. This certificate is used to encrypt The EFS files .

Denny

-----Original Message-----
From: winshel () camden rutgers edu [mailto:winshel () camden rutgers edu] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 2:23 PM
To: security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: Windows EFS and Changing a Local Account Password

If you are using Windows Encrypted File System (EFS) on a PC that is not
part of domain, and you change the password of the local user account
that was used to encrypt files and / or directories, will you be locked
out of the ecnrypted files?



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