Boot-up question

Mervin Williams wrote:

> I was instructed to use the msconfig utitily to change the boot.ini file to
> open in safe mode (minimal). Unfortunately, that machine came from a
> partner's old company, so I do not know the local machine's Administrator
> password - and since 'Safe Mode with Networking' was not selected (where I
> could logon as the domain administrator), I am unable to log onto the
> machine.
>
> Is there a way to change the boot-up mode to 'Safe Mode with Networking' so
> that I can logon using a domain account?
Hi,

I suggest you reset the local Administrator password with one of the
methods mentioned here (creating the boot CD or floppy on another
computer):

http://securityadmin.info/noframes/faqget.asp#password

http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_admini...r_password.htm


--
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...r/default.mspx

Try creating a boot disk. For the floppy to successfully boot Windows 2000
the disk must contain the "NT" boot sector. Format a diskette (on a Windows
2000 machine, not a DOS/Win9x, so the NT boot sector gets written to the
floppy), and copy Windows 2000 versions of ntldr, ntdetect.com, and boot.ini
to it. Edit the boot.ini to give it a correct ARC path for the machine you
wish to boot. Below is an example of boot.ini. The default is to start the
operating system located on the first partition of the primary or first
drive (drive0). Then drive0 partition 2 and so on.

[boot loader]
timeout=10
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000 0,1"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Windows 2000 0,2"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000 1,1"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINNT="Windows 2000 1,2"

Then F8 and choose your startup option.

--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

"Mervin Williams" wrote:
|I was instructed to use the msconfig utitily to change the boot.ini file to
| open in safe mode (minimal). Unfortunately, that machine came from a
| partner's old company, so I do not know the local machine's Administrator
| password - and since 'Safe Mode with Networking' was not selected (where I
| could logon as the domain administrator), I am unable to log onto the
| machine.
|
| Is there a way to change the boot-up mode to 'Safe Mode with Networking'
so
| that I can logon using a domain account?
|
| Thanks in advance,
|
| Mervin Williams
|
|

I was instructed to use the msconfig utitily to change the boot.ini file to
open in safe mode (minimal). Unfortunately, that machine came from a
partner's old company, so I do not know the local machine's Administrator
password - and since 'Safe Mode with Networking' was not selected (where I
could logon as the domain administrator), I am unable to log onto the
machine.

Is there a way to change the boot-up mode to 'Safe Mode with Networking' so
that I can logon using a domain account?

Thanks in advance,

Mervin Williams

Hi,

I think delete sam file will be better.

"Mervin Williams" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I was instructed to use the msconfig utitily to change the boot.ini file to
>open in safe mode (minimal). Unfortunately, that machine came from a
>partner's old company, so I do not know the local machine's Administrator
>password - and since 'Safe Mode with Networking' was not selected (where I
>could logon as the domain administrator), I am unable to log onto the
>machine.
>
> Is there a way to change the boot-up mode to 'Safe Mode with Networking'
> so that I can logon using a domain account?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Mervin Williams
>