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serious foolproof problem

Posted by drew [send private reply] at December 12, 2001, 02:11:40 PM

i have a computer that has foolproof on it and i can not run any of the programs in the windows folder. i can only put files on the computer. does anyone know or have any ideas on how to disable it?

Posted by CodeRed [send private reply] at December 12, 2001, 02:20:45 PM

I would recommend (optionally) backing your stuff up on a cd or another HDD. Then format and reinstall windows.

Posted by drew [send private reply] at December 12, 2001, 02:47:18 PM

how can i format the c drive if i cant get to the command prompt or select it under properites?

Posted by CodeRed [send private reply] at December 12, 2001, 03:23:35 PM

boot disk

Posted by eternaldisciple [send private reply] at December 12, 2001, 04:33:14 PM

I heard you can create a shortcut to C: and that will sometimes bypass some security stuff. Never tried it because...I never needed to. But you might. *shrug*

Posted by gian [send private reply] at December 12, 2001, 09:35:54 PM

Ummm... guys, we already helped someone do this just before.

Use a single floppy disk linux distro to boot into linux, and mount your C: drive, and delete C:\SSS (I think that's where foolproof hangs out), and that will prevent it from starting when Windows does

http://www.tpu.org/tea/Thread2./cg-9/id-396

Posted by CodeRed [send private reply] at December 13, 2001, 12:41:16 PM

Oooohh yeeeaaah.... Hahaha

Posted by drdevil [send private reply] at December 26, 2001, 06:26:01 AM

Gaz senses this is some kid trying to bypass his schools protection scheme :)
So he probably cant use a boot disk, however if its an AWARD bios, a password of AWARD_SW will work on most except the most recent versions.

Geez, I cant believe im helping ;)

Gaz

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