Comments on: XP Pro: How to Prevent Others from Accessing Your Files http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/990/xp-pro-how-to-prevent-others-from-accessing-your-files/ Computer and technology tutorials and guides Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:56:44 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: seamonkey420 http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/990/xp-pro-how-to-prevent-others-from-accessing-your-files/comment-page-1/#comment-2198 seamonkey420 Sat, 17 Sep 2005 15:12:37 +0000 guid-fix-me!#comment-2198 however!!! NOTE!! if you do the above and then somehow lose your main harddrive that windows is on, you WILL LOSE DATA since the encryption key is UNIQUE to your system. Recommendation: BACKUP Your Encrypted Certificates or else you will not be able to ever open those files if you redo your windows setup or lose your windows harddrive... i know from experience, thank god i did a backup of the folders prior to encrypting them... peace however!!! NOTE!! if you do the above and then somehow lose your main harddrive that windows is on, you WILL LOSE DATA since the encryption key is UNIQUE to your system.

Recommendation: BACKUP Your Encrypted Certificates or else you will not be able to ever open those files if you redo your windows setup or lose your windows harddrive…

i know from experience, thank god i did a backup of the folders prior to encrypting them…

peace

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