Friday, January 07, 2011
Anu
STEPS:
1. Login as Administrator
2. Go to Start - Run and type in cmd and click OK. At the prompt type cipher /r:Eagent and press enter
This prompt will then display:
Please type in the password to protect your .PFX file:
Type in your Administrator password
Re-confirm your Administrator password
The prompt will then display
Your .CER file was created successfully.TheEagent.cer and Eagent.pfx files will be saved in the current directorythat is shown at the command prompt.
Your .PFX file was created successfully.
Example: The command promptdisplays C:\Documents and Settings\admin the two files are saved inthe admin folder. (For security concerns, you should house the twofiles in your Administrator folder or on a floppy disk).
3. Goto Start - Run and type in certmgr.msc and click OK.
This will launch theCertificates Manager.
Navigate to Personal and right click on thefolder and select All Tasks/Import.
The Certificate Import Wizard willappear.
Click Next.
Browse to the C:\Documents and Settings\adminfolder.
In the Open dialog box, change the Files of Type (at thebottom) to personal Information Exchange (*.pfx,*.P12).
Select the fileEagent.pfx and click Open.
Click Next.
Type in your Administratorpassword (leave the two checkboxes blank) and click Next.
Make sure theRadio button is active for the first option (Automatically select thecertificate store based on the type of certifcate).
Click Next.
ClickFinish.
(You'll receive a message that the import was successful).
Toconfirm the import, close Certificates Manager and re-open it.
Expandthe Personal folder and you will see a new subfolder labeledCertificates. Expand that folder and you will see the new entry in theright side column.
Close Certificate Manager.
4. Go toStart - Run and type in secpol.msc and click OK.
This will launch theLocal Security Policy.
Expand the Public Key Policies folder and thenright click on the Encrypted File System subfolder and select Add DataRecovery Agent...
The Wizard will then display.
Click Next.
Click theBrowse Folders... button.
Browse to the C:\Documents and Settings\adminfolder.
Select the Eagent.cer file and click Open.
(The wizard willdisplay the status User_Unknown. That's ok).
Click Next.
Click Finish.
You will see a new entry in the right side column.
Close the LocalSecurity Policy.
You, the Administrator are now configured as the default Recovery Agent for All Encrypted files on the Local Machine.
To Recover Encrypted files:
Scenario #1
Ifyou have completed the above steps BEFORE an existing user encryptedhis/her files, you can log in to your Administrator account andnavigate to the encrypted file(s).
Double click on the file(s) to viewthe contents.
Scenario #2
If you have completed theabove steps AFTER an existing user has already encrypted his/her files,you must login to the applicable User's User Account and thenimmediately logout.
Next, login to your Administrator account andnavigate to the encrypted file(s).
Double click on the file(s) to viewthe contents.
*Warning
Do not Delete or Rename aUser's account from which will want to Recover the Encrypted Files. Youwill not be able to de-crypt the files using the steps outlined above.
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