I'm an idiot (was: "UnWise" files)

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hth
Al

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Toomasson" <jtoomasson@yahoo.com>
To: <stetson@unrealexpectations.ath.cx>
Cc: "scirocco list" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2003 3:13 PM
Subject: I'm an idiot (was: "UnWise" files)


> Ok - I've been trying to somehow get to my XP disc to repair the install,
but for some reason the system isn't taking the passwords I though I had for
the "administrator" user.
>
> Does anyone know how to bypass it or change it from the back end or in
DOS? Or am I screwed...
>
> thanks again everyone!  Jeff
>
> Jeff Toomasson <jtoomasson@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the instructions, Tim.
>
> Unfortunately, when I go to all the files you prompted me to examine, my
computer now says that they're no longer there. I have MacAfee, but for some
reason I can't remember it updating its registry in last few months (ever
since I installed XP).
>
> I guess I'm going to try the System repair function.
>
> Wish me luck - JT
>
> stetson wrote:
> I'd also recommend a full drive scan w/ "all files" selected in the
> Anti-Virus software you have installed (You _DO_ have AV installed,
> right?!?!? If not, and you have a M$ product on the internet, it's like
> hosting an roman orgy w/o condoms! Meaning that viral infections can run
> and play unchecked and will be propogating wildly.)
> If not, go get one (it's a wise investment), put it in your CDROM drive
> and reboot your machine. The 2 major ones (Norton AV and McAfee) are
> able to boot from an installation CD and run a complete scan of your
> hard drive w/ the virus definitions that were current at the time of it's
> release. These are not cheap. But they do work.
> There are "free" or "trail-ware" ones that you can download and install
> but they are usually used after the fact and I've never trusted their
> abilities as they were installed on a comprimised machine that may have
> recognized and disabled/hid from the AV software when it comes to their
> detection. That's why for "after the fact" virus removal I recommend that
> the AV software be bootable so it can't be working from an already
> comprimised situation.
> I'd also suggest the download of a program called "spybot" that identifys
> and removes nasty cookies that can get up to all sorts of mischeif by
> seding out personal information, reporting browsing habits, etc.
> Not life or death type stuff but now a necessary part of PC hygine and
> sometimes will remove software you had no idea had installed itself on
> your machine. I work in IT and it still cleans about 6-7 thing from my
> drive weekly.
>
> HTH
>
> Tim
>
>
>
> One can't proceed from the informal to the formal by formal means.
>
>
>
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