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I have tried hard to find the information I need to be ready to encrypt my
files on my laptop. I’m know able to do basic thing but not confident enough
to use it. The reason is that I have made test and it shows that my
comprehension is far from perfect.
Here is the case I try to solve:
- I have a home network (not a domain);
- Two of my pc have Xp pro installed (one is a laptop).
I want to encrypt the laptop folder “My documentsâ€. And, I want to be sure
that I can lost the Laptop (that will be bad) and restore the backup. I
think that a good strategy will be to create “recuperation agentâ€.
So I created a new account in my laptop and used it the following way:
1. I created a “recuperation agent certificates†with the cipher /r command;
2. I added the certificate to Security Strategy (My laptop is in French so
it might be named differently)
3. I encrypted a test file with my main user account;
4. I backed up the file with the XP backup utility;
5. I restored the file in a different folder with the recuperation agent
account;
6. Since the original file was in a private directory, I had to take the
ownership of the folder file;
7. I loaded the recuperation agent private keys.
7. And it works! I can read and decrypt the file.
So what is wrong! I made the same process but creating the “recuperation
agent†on my other PC. It works and I can add the certificate has a
recuperation agent in my laptop.
1. I created a “recuperation agent certificates†with the cipher /r command
on the "base PC";
2. I used the certificate to create a recovery agent on the laptop.
3. I encrypted a test file with my main user account;
4. I backed up the file with the XP backup utility;
5. I restored the file in the base PC with the recuperation agent account;
6. Since the original file was in a private directory, I had to take the
ownership of the folder file;
7. I loaded the recuperation agent private key on the base pc.
But when I try to access the file MyTest.txt then Notepad start and gives me
“access deniedâ€. That’s it, if you can help, I will appreciate.
files on my laptop. I’m know able to do basic thing but not confident enough
to use it. The reason is that I have made test and it shows that my
comprehension is far from perfect.
Here is the case I try to solve:
- I have a home network (not a domain);
- Two of my pc have Xp pro installed (one is a laptop).
I want to encrypt the laptop folder “My documentsâ€. And, I want to be sure
that I can lost the Laptop (that will be bad) and restore the backup. I
think that a good strategy will be to create “recuperation agentâ€.
So I created a new account in my laptop and used it the following way:
1. I created a “recuperation agent certificates†with the cipher /r command;
2. I added the certificate to Security Strategy (My laptop is in French so
it might be named differently)
3. I encrypted a test file with my main user account;
4. I backed up the file with the XP backup utility;
5. I restored the file in a different folder with the recuperation agent
account;
6. Since the original file was in a private directory, I had to take the
ownership of the folder file;
7. I loaded the recuperation agent private keys.
7. And it works! I can read and decrypt the file.
So what is wrong! I made the same process but creating the “recuperation
agent†on my other PC. It works and I can add the certificate has a
recuperation agent in my laptop.
1. I created a “recuperation agent certificates†with the cipher /r command
on the "base PC";
2. I used the certificate to create a recovery agent on the laptop.
3. I encrypted a test file with my main user account;
4. I backed up the file with the XP backup utility;
5. I restored the file in the base PC with the recuperation agent account;
6. Since the original file was in a private directory, I had to take the
ownership of the folder file;
7. I loaded the recuperation agent private key on the base pc.
But when I try to access the file MyTest.txt then Notepad start and gives me
“access deniedâ€. That’s it, if you can help, I will appreciate.