Re: Editing the boot.ini file in Windows 2000

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From: Dave Patrick (mail_at_Nospam.DSPatrick.com)
Date: 11/08/04 

Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 19:09:32 -0700

Confirmed! You do indeed have access to the root of the system and or boot
partitions. 

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Regards,
Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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"Eric McG" wrote:
| Your standard quotation, for Recovery Console advice, has an error in it 
where
| it states; "You can only access the following folders on your computer:
| %systemroot% and %windir%", since these two environmental variables 
actually
| define the same path.
|
| You can access the root folder without enabling the Local Security Policy
| beforehand.
|
| Here's an excerpt from the MSKB article covering Windows XP (the article 
for
| Windows 2000 is not presently available, but this quotation is identical 
in it):
|
| ---quote--
| When you use the Windows Recovery Console, you can use only the following
| items: . The root folder
|      . The %SystemRoot% folder and the subfolders of the Windows 
installation
| that you are currently logged on to
|      . The Cmdcons folder
|      . The removable media drives such as the CD-ROM drive or the DVD-ROM 
drive
|
| ---end quote---
|
| To verify the Windows 2000 version of this subject, query Google for 
kb229716,
| then select the cached version.
|
| -- 
| Hope this helps..Reply in newsgroup only.
| Eric McGillicudy

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