Re: Guest Login Password

Leave to Microsoft ... if this is not suppose to be a Security feature ... I
hope they explain WHY they did this.
Are they planning on putting Boot Managers out of business with Vista?

"John John" <audetweld@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I use BootIt NG from time to time, usually when you want to return the boot
process to ntldr you are told to uninstall the third party boot manager
first. It might be possible to do it in some other manner but I have never
tried it.

As for Vista, I only found out about the changes a few months ago when I
too was trying to help someone with a similar problem. Upon doing a bit
of research I found out that Vista does not use ntldr and that you have to
use Vista tools to properly remove the boot loader, that failing you can
try other measures but they are not as easy as using the tools.

John

Larry Gardner wrote:

Well, you learn something everyday. Does this also hold true if you use
a third-party boot manager.

Regardless, I hope they can access the Administrator account from Welcome
screen.

I use Acronis and used to use System Commander. I believe Acronis builds
it's own Boot Partition and moves everything there for the different OSs.

"John John" <audetweld@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Larry Gardner wrote:


Why did that MVP tell you to re-install. Wish you would have ask
earlier.

Next time, just do this:

1. Control Panel | System Properties | Advanced | Startup and Recovery
2. Click on Edit button
3. Delete the entry for Windows Vista partitions
4. Set Default Operating System to Windows XP

After you reboot in Windows Xp:

1. Administrative Tools | Computer Management | Disk Management
2. Delete Vista partition.

That would not have worked, Larry. The Vista boot manager is completely
different than the loader for previous NT versions. It has to be
uninstalled properly to have the XP boot loader regain control of the
boot process.

John







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