Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Win2k woes

["George B. Robb III" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Awesome...  I have a similar boot disk NTCRACK.iso burned to cd that failed... 
your link is a MUCH better "distro" than the verson I have...   Thanks!!!!



On Wednesday 01 October 2003 11:23, Jerry Gamblin wrote:
> Sorry to disagree but if my sam gets corrupted I just boot with this LINUX
> BASED :) offline boot disk:
> http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html
> and change the password, reboot and away you go.
>
>
>
> Jerry Gamblin
> Network Security Specialist
> Linn State Technical College
> One Technology Drive
> Linn, MO 65051
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: George B. Robb III [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 11:04 AM
> To: MLUG Off-Topic Discussion
> Subject: Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Win2k woes
>
>
> If the SAM hive files are fubar then the best/easiest option is to put the
> HD in another windows machine and pull the data off that is important... 
> Put a gun to the bunnys head and start from scratch...   OR...  boot on CD
> (the 2k cd) and start up the recovery console... (I am sure you don't have
> an erd...) look in the winnt dir for a file called backup (If you want I
> can give better directions just email me)...  restore the hive files... 
> But, this only works for a while...   usualy you get system corruption
> again...   (caused by driver files and roll back... or just a nasty winders
> bug...) Finally, another option would be to put in an XP upgrade disk and
> do an upgrade install...  It should repair the SAM hive files...  (I have
> never tried this one though)...
>
> I agree with the comment eariler end the window virus and put a real os on
> there...  (I suggest Gentoo if you have a few days to compile)...
>
> Seriously you might show them knoppix...  if they like put something easy
> like mandrake or RH on there...  Heck Red Hat with up2date is almost as
> easy as windows...  Throw ximian evolution on there and they have as good
> if not better than outlook...
>
> Hope this helps...
>
> George
>
> On Wednesday 01 October 2003 10:53, Spurling, Shannon wrote:
> > I think the question is logon to what. Logon to MLUG, or logon to her
> > Win2K box?
> >
> > Shannon Spurling
> > WAN Engineer -Specialist
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ross, Matthew [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 10:52 AM
> > To: MLUG Off-Topic Discussion
> > Subject: RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Win2k woes
> >
> > > > Has she kept up to date with her patches, what login error is she
> > > > recieving, and did she notice an inordinant level of internet
> > > > activity just prior to rebooting?
> > >
> > > And has she tried starting in safe mode?
> >
> > Or better yet, reformatting and installing Linux? (sorry, somebody had
> > to say it...) ;-)
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George B. Robb III
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University of Missouri, Columbia
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