Recent content by jnorlund

thanks but... Thanks for the reply after all this time. That didn't work for me, not sure if you had the exact same problem I did but I tried every permissions step possible and basically, since I don't have a certificate for recovery agent (because I never encrypted anything)....it won't let...

Anyone? A little help??

One other thought to piggyback the last one: I still have my full version of XP pro. Can I install XP using the settings in the Windows old file in Virtual box? Is that possible and will it give me the same login and SID as I had before?

I just found someone answering a similar problem with XP/Vista and he says: "You need to create an account with the same username, password, user number and machine sid as the original account, copy Crypto, Protect and SystemCertificates directories from X:\Docs&Settings\Username\Application...

I am hoping there is some small chance here. In anticipation for installing Windows 7 on my main drive I installed my new 1TB SATA drive as secondary under XP, formatted it and moved files to it. I had no problems accessing anything so I didn't think there would be any problem when I tried the...