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Sheepherder
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Ghost 2003 & PW deletion
Dec 18
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, 2007 at 1:27am
I have an older custom built desktop running W2K (single user), w/ floppy and CD (no DVD). I have a new (~ 8 mo) Toshiba P205 notebook running Vista that I haven't fully setup yet, because I wanted to shrink primary partition more and dual boot w/ XP, but that's another subject for later. Notebook has no floppy and am very uneasy about whether DVD/CD drive is working properly. Has read two old pocket CD's, but doesn't recognize new CD-R discs, CD-RW discs, or Logitech mouse setup disc. Have Toshiba Disc Creator v. 2.0.0.6 that has "Disc to Image" and "Image to Disc" options and Pioneer DVD/RW DVR-K17LF drive.
I was trying to setup a wireless network for file and printer sharing. In the process, I STUPIDLY setup a password on the desktop, which I now cannot remember. Therefore I am locked out of desktop.
I want to either reveal or delete desktop password. I have been trying to follow guidance at
http://nightowl.radified.com/bootcd/started.html
, but am confused. Never used Ghost 2003 (or any other version) before. Downloaded copy from Vetusware.com as zip file which when unzipped yielded GHOST2003 dos_bd.exe (1,424 KB). Noted difference in file name and size from ghost.exe (1,008 KB) in instructions. Because of difference, I initially assumed I should install Ghost on notebook, but got a screen I didn't know how to deal with, so aborted install. Why do I need Ghost? What am I supposed to do with it? Do I just rename my file ghost.exe and place it on boot disk? Do I have correct copy? If not, where do I get one? Guidance has been clear so far, but I lack experience with Ghost to get over this hurdle. Please advise.
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Re: Ghost 2003 & PW deletion
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Dec 18
th
, 2007 at 1:47am
Sheepherder
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I was trying to setup a wireless network for file and printer sharing. In the process, I STUPIDLY setup a password on the desktop, which I now cannot remember.
Therefore I am locked out of desktop.
I don't have Vista, but maybe it's similar to WinXP. I am logged in to and using my main identity in WinXP--during the original WinXP install, I had to set that user id up--but there is a *default* administrator identity in addition to this main user identity--can you force Vista to the login screen and log on using that *administrator* identity--you could then run a password finder program and/or delete that other user account and start over with a new one.
Ghost will not help you with being locked out of a password protected desktop--unless you already have a backup image to restore that was created prior to creating the password protection--then a restore might take you back before that setup!
I don't know of any DOS based password finding programs that will find passwords on an inactive Windows OS--do you?
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GHOST2003 dos_
bd
.exe (1,424 KB)
Based on the above file name (bd=boot disk?), it looks like this is a self creating floppy boot disk creator--not just the stand alone Ghost file. But, as stated above--Ghost is not the tool you need at this point.
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