Re: Virus, or maybe not

From: Curt Christianson (curtchristnsn_at_NOSPAMyahoo.com)
Date: 02/20/04 

Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 21:06:45 -0600

Thanks Dave,
In my haste I missed that part. I will give it a try tomorrow.
My thanks,
Curt
P.S. Glad to know you know I'm not a "Black hat", there's still some trust
in the world.
Curt
"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
news:uKo2vw19DHA.1268@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Curt:
>
> Again:
> You can get to the standard NT login screen bit hitting "Ctrl + Alt + Del"
and logon as
> administrator.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> "Curt Christianson" <curtchristnsn@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:e9HFzk19DHA.3816@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> | Thank you David,
> | Methinks at this point it is a total re-install of XP then. With no
> | passwords being accepted, no one can get far enough to get to Control
Panel.
> | Curt
> | "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
> | news:%23QGR9e19DHA.2368@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> | > Curt:
> | >
> | > We have conversed and I know you are no "Black Hat"
> | >
> | > Win98 is not a secure OS and all one had to do was delete the
> | %windir%\login_name.pwl
> | > (password list file) file.
> | >
> | > WinXP is a NT OS (NT4, Win2K and WinXP are all NT based OS's) and is
> | built on a more
> | > "secure" model and thus -- No, Safe Mode won't provide a way to delete
the
> | passwords.
> | >
> | > You have to logon to an "administrative account" and reset the
password
> | for each user
> | > manually via the "Users & Passwords" Control Panel applet.
> | >
> | > You can get to the standard NT login screen bit hitting "Ctrl + Alt +
> | Del" and logon as
> | > administrator.
> | >
> | > Dave
> | >
> | >
> | >
> | > "Curt Christianson" <curtchristnsn@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
> | > news:O99%239W19DHA.2404@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> | > | Hi David,
> | > | Thank you for the prompt reply.
> | > | I realize you do not know me, besides a e-mail exchange a few weeks
> | back,
> | > | but is there a way to boot the machine "F8 it" I think, and wipe out
the
> | > | passwords so the machine can be used again?
> | > | As I said, you have no way of knowing if I'm asking this for
nefarious
> | > | purposes or not, but based on my previous involvement with the
> | > | W98gen_discussion NG, you might know me well enough to know this is
> | truly a
> | > | legitimate request on my part.
> | > | The landlord just wants his guys to be able to access the machine
again,
> | but
> | > | with none of the passwords working, I'm kinda at a loss.
> | > | TIA,
> | > | Curt
> | >
> | >
> |
> |
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