I HAVE A SLIGHT PROBLEM WITH EFS IN WIN XP PRO. SEVERAL MONTHS BACK, I ENCRPYTED A FOLDER AND SUB FOLDERS AND FILE ON A HARD DRIVE ON ONE OF MY SYSTEMS. LATER WHEN I TURNED THAT SYSTEM ON , I HAD TO LOG ON WITH MY PASSWOR FOR THE USER ACCOUNT THAT I USE. THE SYS WOULD NOT LET ME ON. INVALID PASSWORD. AFTER SEVERAL FRUITLESS ATTEMPTS, I FINALLY REBOOTED THE SYS AND USED F8 TO LOG ON IN SAFE MODE. USEING ADMINISTRATOR RIGHTS, I REMOVER MY USER ACT PW AND AFTER LOGGING ON TO THE SYSTEM NORMALLY, I WENT TO USER ACIUNTS ,MY USER ACOUNT PUT THE SAME PW BACK ON THE USER ACT THAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN BEFORE. LOGGED OFF AND BACK ON WITH PW. THEN I TRIED TO VIEW THE EBCRYPTED FOLFER/FILES TO NO AVAIL, TRIED TO DECRYPT THEM, NO AVAIL. I NEED HELP, CAN ANY ONE PLEASE ADIVSE ME AS TO A POSSIBLE WAY TO DECRYPT THOSE FILES. I WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL. MARTY CHANDLER