re: Recovery of encrypted profile folders - howto? Friday, July 17, 2009 at 9:50 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Adam Bradley (8786 messages posted) unless you can get the old install booting and log into that account then turn off EFS you are locked out, note that a repair install counts as a new install here if I recall correctly. Microsoft designed EFS lockouts pretty well and situations like this are why care should be taken when using NTFS security features. On Friday, July 17, 2009 at 4:06 pm, hoqenishy wrote: >I do know that I can't pull it off with a new install - currently, I'm making an >image of it so I can work with it a little easier. I was hoping there might be a >third-party utility that could help me out. A Google search shows that a couple of >utilities claim to do it, but I was hoping someone could chime in with any success >stories. > > Written in response to: re: Recovery of encrypted profile folders - howto? (hoqenishy: Friday, July 17, 2009 at 4:06 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Recovery of encrypted profile folders - howto? (hoqenishy: Fri, Jul 17, 2009, 3:03 pm) re: Recovery of encrypted profile folders - howto? (Adam Bradley: Fri, Jul 17, 2009, 3:34 pm) re: Recovery of encrypted profile folders - howto? (hoqenishy: Fri, Jul 17, 2009, 4:06 pm) re: Recovery of encrypted profile folders - howto? (Adam Bradley: Fri, Jul 17, 2009, 9:50 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum