April 8th 10, 01:36 AM
posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.security
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"Access Denied" on Encrypted Files although Certificate Still Exists and is Valid
"I-nfo-T-ainment" wrote in message
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Hi all,
I have an encrypted folder on my Vista-SP2-PC. From one day to the
next, the files in there could not be opened anymore; I am now getting
an "Access is denied"-error. Now, I know about certificates, and the
need to have exactly the cert. available with which the encryption was
done, and it is there, and still valid (not expired). Nothing has
changed with my user account, I am still using the same old
credentials I have always been using.
I tried cipher.exe with all appropriate parameters, I used it with an
exported version (PFX-file) of the certificate (exported with the
Private Key, everything just worked fine, nothing appears to be
corrupted) - no success.
Does anyone have a clue as to what COULD have happened, and how to
still get to my files, since the cert. is there, and valid? There are
no (known) issues on my PC, everything is running smoothly, there are
no errors in the Event Log, nor anything else that would denote any
kind of malfunction.
Key corruption?
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../cc722672.aspx
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