Encrypting Files

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With Windows 2000 I can encrypt files so that only the encrypting user can
access them.

If that user then gets deleted and those files are still encrypted can
anyone access them?

I was understood that the Administrator was always able to access the files;
is this true?

Thanx
Gerald

 

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"Gerald Ray" <geraldr@alumnicomputer.com> wrote in message
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> With Windows 2000 I can encrypt files so that only the encrypting user can
> access them.
>
> If that user then gets deleted and those files are still encrypted can
> anyone access them?
>
> I was understood that the Administrator was always able to access the
files;
> is this true?
>
> Thanx
> Gerald
>

Yes, what you heard is true. The administrator is always able to unencrypt
the files. If the user creates a recovery agent, then the recovery agent
will also be able to unencrypt the files.

Nerd32768
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