Win XP Pro Encryption

Gerryw,

If you do remmember the name of the program that recovers encrypted files or
have a link to it I would appreciate it.

Also, if there is a way of recovering the key via the registry that also
would work form me.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks
Robi

"Gerryw" wrote:

> Hi all,
> My machine (AMD 64 3000+, ASUS K8V SE Deluxe M/B, 1.5gb DDR 3200 mem, ATI
> Radeon 9600 and 2 Maxtor HDs 160 SATA & 80 ATA133) was starting to slow down
> quite a bit and I finally decide to get rid off all the accumulated rubbish
> and do a complete reinstall of Win XP pro.
>
> The problem is that after reinstalling XP Pro/SP2 (not a repair) and
> reinstalled the programs that I needed I found that I was unable to access my
> DATA folder which I had encrypted for security reasons.
>
> Can anybody let me know why this has happened? The Win XP Pro/SP2 my
> settings and the other programs are all the same as before so why can't I
> access my files?
>
> Help is wanted URGENTLY,
> Thanks for your help
> Regards
> Gerryw

Gerryw,

If you do remmember the name of the program that recovers encrypted files or
have a link to it I would appreciate it.

Also, if there is a way of recovering the key via the registry that also
would work form me.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks
Robi

"Gerryw" wrote:

> Hi all,
> My machine (AMD 64 3000+, ASUS K8V SE Deluxe M/B, 1.5gb DDR 3200 mem, ATI
> Radeon 9600 and 2 Maxtor HDs 160 SATA & 80 ATA133) was starting to slow down
> quite a bit and I finally decide to get rid off all the accumulated rubbish
> and do a complete reinstall of Win XP pro.
>
> The problem is that after reinstalling XP Pro/SP2 (not a repair) and
> reinstalled the programs that I needed I found that I was unable to access my
> DATA folder which I had encrypted for security reasons.
>
> Can anybody let me know why this has happened? The Win XP Pro/SP2 my
> settings and the other programs are all the same as before so why can't I
> access my files?
>
> Help is wanted URGENTLY,
> Thanks for your help
> Regards
> Gerryw