Safe to change mystery 'Current Owner' after decryption?

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Can you access the folder? Can you see the files in the folder?

If so, just create a new folder and move the files into it.

By the way, I think you mean NTFS, not EFS.


"PAGA" <PAGA@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Before formatting my hard drive, thank god I remembered to backup and
> decrypt
> my one and only folder and sub-folders containing EFS-encrypted files.
>
> When I copied these formerly encrypted, but now decrypted files back to
> the
> newly formatted hard drive, I noticed that the "Current Owner" is now a
> mystery number: S-1-5-21-(9 digits)-(9 digits)- (10 digits)-1003.
>
> Who, or what is this new current owner?
>
> Is it safe to claim ownership of these files in my own name, from the top
> folder only, or could some residual EFS function turn my previously
> decrypted
> files to gibberish later, when I least expect it?
>
> Thanks,
>
> PAGA
>
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin (More info?)

Hope you got your problem solved. EFS is a generic term, whereas NTFS (The
NT File System) is the actual EFS you are using.


"PAGA" <PAGA@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Scott,
>
> Just found this message -- thanks for your help.
>
> PAGA
> Sydney
>
> PS: EFS was an MS acronym I found and used in the Help files, (Encrypted
> File System?), but I guess it's not a common one.
>
> "Scott M." wrote:
>
>> Can you access the folder? Can you see the files in the folder?
>>
>> If so, just create a new folder and move the files into it.
>>
>> By the way, I think you mean NTFS, not EFS.
>>
>>
>> "PAGA" <PAGA@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:A2A12B22-330C-4911-B092-E5F1F07DCD3F@microsoft.com...
>> > Before formatting my hard drive, thank god I remembered to backup and
>> > decrypt
>> > my one and only folder and sub-folders containing EFS-encrypted files.
>> >
>> > When I copied these formerly encrypted, but now decrypted files back to
>> > the
>> > newly formatted hard drive, I noticed that the "Current Owner" is now a
>> > mystery number: S-1-5-21-(9 digits)-(9 digits)- (10 digits)-1003.
>> >
>> > Who, or what is this new current owner?
>> >
>> > Is it safe to claim ownership of these files in my own name, from the
>> > top
>> > folder only, or could some residual EFS function turn my previously
>> > decrypted
>> > files to gibberish later, when I least expect it?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > PAGA
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>