From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On 
Behalf Of Barnes, Kenny
>I was told by IBM
>that while doing a restore to another client and challenged for the
>encryption password, was confirmation.  In testing, if I deleted the
>encrypt key from the registry of a Windows 2000 client, I was also
>challenged.  Which is confusing, since doc's I read stated that if the
>key were lost, you could not restore the data? 

Not exactly. If the key is *forgotten*, the data is lost forever. If you
know the key and input it, the key is written back into the registry.

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Mark Stapleton (stapleton AT berbee DOT com)
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