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Cool David. SET allowallpaths TRUE don't recall ever seeing that in the
Help. Very nice. I don't know if the user will be able to follow those
directions but I can and that is very good to know.
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George Hester
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"Dave Patrick" <DSPatrick@nOsPAM.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> First you'll need to Control Panel|Admin Tools|Local Security Policy
> Recovery console:"Allow floppy copy and access to all drives/folders" set
to
> enabled
>
> To start the Recovery Console, start the computer from the Windows 2000
> Setup CD or the Windows 2000 Setup floppy disks. If you do not have Setup
> floppy disks and your computer cannot start from the Windows 2000 Setup
CD,
> use another Windows 2000-based computer to create the Setup floppy disks.
At
> the "Welcome to Setup" screen. Press F10 or R to repair a Windows 2000
> installation, and then press C to use the Recovery Console. The Recovery
> Console then prompts you for the administrator password. If you do not
have
> the correct password, Recovery Console does not allow access to the
> computer. If an incorrect password is entered three times, the Recovery
> Console quits and restarts the computer. Note If the registry is corrupted
> or missing or no valid installations are found, the Recovery Console
starts
> in the root of the startup volume without requiring a password. You cannot
> access any folders, but you can carry out commands such as chkdsk,
fixboot,
> and fixmbr for limited disk repairs. Once the password has been validated,
> you have full access to the Recovery Console, but limited access to the
hard
> disk. You can only access the following folders on your computer: drive
> root, %systemroot% or %windir%
>
> Then from the recovery console command line;
> SET allowallpaths = TRUE
>
> to gain access to all folders and try deleting from here.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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>
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>
> "George Hester" wrote:
> | Thanks. Actually I want the file removed and no it is not in Startup.
It
> | is a DRM protected Media File which cannot be removed and is sending the
> | user to a Internet Site. It is a trojan.
> |
> | --
> | George Hester
> | _______________________________
> | "philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message
> | news:utqdnc0ALtAq7WLfRVn-2A@athenet.net...
> | > George Hester wrote:
> | > > I need to remove a file at boot because after the boot process it is
a
> | real
> | > > ah heck. There is a good application for this I had it once but
can't
> | recall
> | > > name. I think it was posted here a month or so ago. Thanks.
> | > >
> | >
> | >
> | > don't know which post you saw...
> | > but you can take msconfig from an XP installation
> | > and transplant it into your win2k.
> | >
> | > it's any easy way to take apps out of startup
> | >
> | >
> | > without msconfig... it's not really too big of a deal though...
> | > you just need to manually take the app out of startup
> |
>
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