EFS and Vista... and XP

re: EFS and Vista... and XP

David V. Corbin — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:24:17 GMT

I realize MArks post is 3+ years old, but I wanted to make sure everyone was aware that the link he references DOES provide a fix:

"To resolve this issue, install Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1). For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: "

935791 (support.microsoft.com/.../935791 ) How to obtain the latest Windows Vista service pack

re: EFS and Vista... and XP

pete — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 19:01:01 GMT

nevermind....this doesn't work for the problem

re: EFS and Vista... and XP

pete — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:58:53 GMT

download link for bitlocketogo ....

www.microsoft.com/.../details.aspx

re: EFS and Vista... and XP

pete — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:55:26 GMT

windows.microsoft.com/.../what-is-the-bitlocker-to-go-reader

re: EFS and Vista... and XP

Mark — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:20:39 GMT

I would have thought this issue would have been given more coverage on the internet... Surely I'm not the only person who wants to dual boot XP and Vista while accessing EFS encrypted files with both OSes?

Anyway don't know if you've seen this before mate, but it might provide a bit more info:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939391

Too bad they say nothing about a fix!

Cheers.

re: EFS and Vista... and XP

Another satisfied customer — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 09:52:58 GMT

My data was encrypted in XP; its certificate was backed up. I had to reinstall XP several times throughout my use of it, but never had any trouble; I would just restore the backed up key, take ownership, and everything would be fine.

I upgraded to Vista; I reinstalled Vista, imported my previously functional encryption key, but still cannot access my data. Evidently this is because my data was re-encrypted with a new key of which I was unaware?

re: EFS and Vista... and XP

SpatDSG — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:47:29 GMT

can u tell us more about your situation.. from reading your mail it doesnt sound like you should lose access to your data.

re: EFS and Vista... and XP

Another satisfied customers — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 01:04:49 GMT

Oh, that's terrific guys! I'm glad that Vista warned me about this change, so that I was able to back up the new key that I apparently needed when it changed my files behind my back!

Seriously, I was so happy when I could no longer access any of my encrypted files even after dutifully importing the (old) backed-up encryption key. Maybe someday MS will learn to stop changing things without telling people (cf. silent Windows updates).

re: EFS and Vista... and XP

SpatDSG — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 18:02:31 GMT

what does that have to do with EFS compat?

re: EFS and Vista... and XP

Fred — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:31:10 GMT

This is because Vista uses EFS and BitLocker. XP just uses EFS.

BitLocker encrypts all data on a system volume to prevent unauthorized users from successfully booting the PC with a different operating system or swapping the drive to a different computer to read the data. BitLocker is included with the Enterprise and Ultimate editions of Windows Vista.