On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 12:41:38 -0400, you wrote: >At 12:03 PM 8/13/2005, Hugh Gundersen typed: >>I might be wrong but if you can boot to emergency mode (hit F8 as it boots) >>the password is bypassed. However it might be be possible to install from >>there. > >Are you talking about Safe Mode ? I didn't think that booting to Safe Mode >allowed anyone to bypass pwds as that would be a major security faux pas. I >can do it with a utility on my XpPe disk but the utility I use only runs >from within Windows so it has to be on a XpPe or BartPe disk as it will not >work from a floppy even tho it's small enough. Many installations use no >Admin pwd which is also a no no but try it anyway leaving the pwd field >blank otherwise you'll have to speak to the IT guys. > > Hi Wayne
Yes - time zone lag got me.... Safe mode! I can boot to safe mode with my school laptop and bypass the admin password but cannot do much - like install something as (you know0 it's pretty basic in there. Just enough gumph to run the machne in 1987mode...... Sir Hugh of Bognor Intelligence is not knowing the answer but knowing where and how to find it! Hugh Gundersen [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bognor-bill.co.uk Bognor Regis, W.Sussex, England, UK ------------------------------------------------- Vyisder Asmeni Orsisarsis Asderisorsis. B.Cozderiz Vunarz PERORZ ------------------------------------------------- -- ---------------------------------------- WIN-HOME Archives: http://PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM/archives/WIN-HOME.html Contact the List Owner about anything: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html
