Try searching for cert.pfx ----- Original Message ----- From: "mightyscot ." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 12:43 PM Subject: cracking Windows 2000 EFS
> Hi, > > I am hoping that someone can help me save all my personal documents that are > encrypted with Windows 2000 EFS. I reinstalled my W2K without unencrypting > my documents and I did not back up the key used to encrypt the documents. It > was a standalone system so there is no Administrator with a recovery key to > help. My account was the administrator which got formatted with the > reinstall. I recovered the SAM file and tried replacing the newly installed > system's SAM file with my old SAM file in the hopes that it would think I > was the previous account and allow me to unencrypt my documents but W2K did > not like the switch and wouldn't let me log in at all. Is there a way to > unencypt my documents?? Is there a cracking program available or some other > method? I have tried searching for *.cer files to recover the certificate > used to encrypt the files but none existed. > > Thanks for any help, > MS > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. >
