Help! My HD is blocked! and i can't acces no more!
help! erm... i have blocked my own pc for security resons but now i can't acces myselve! how can i gain acces back??? can't enter-download-or see C:/ or My Computer, or Configurationscreen please help!
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2. is it passworded.
3. did you use a program to do this with.
4. if it does boot can you boot to safe mode and see it there
5. can you only see it in dos mode..
a few things I need to know to see if we can fix it..
Yes the HD is passworded,
I can only login on Guest,
I cannot go to administrator no more,
and well, as a guest i can't do anything no more :'(
If you can no longer access Admin mode, in either normal mode or safe mode.
not much we can do here but start over.
the dos mode I am talking of is booting from a dos diskette in the A drive. not from the windows command prompt, that is not a true dos.
if you access the bios does it show a hdd listed there.
let us know these last two things.. and I can let you know the next step.
http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/
burn the iso using nero or your burning program and boot the cd and run ntpassword. don't remember which menu it's under. hope this helps.
ps (personl tip i learnt this one ...dont f*** around with stuff u know nothing about0
hope u get it fix m8
cheers
Log in as administrator and right click on C:\ in windows explorer. Hit properties.
Change the owner to everyone, and add everyone as a user. Make sure you let the changes propagate to child and parent objects.
That's not true at all. PC Cillin and Norton Antivirus will not protect your computer from intrusion due to a lack of password protection on accounts, or proper configuration of user ownership.
(ps he said he cant log in as administrator)
It doesn't protect hard drives or your PC from intrusion.
ive seen his name in soo many post about problems but ah well we where all like this at one stage
Chouw!
and why didnt you just format???
Please do not encrypt your whole XP boot drive as administrator, just encrypt things you make that you want encrypted. IF the Password files get not only encrypted by XP, which is normally how I set up boxes, but you use XP also to encrypt the whole drive, you end up with XP unable to authenticate anyone to log in-- what it needs is double-encrypted. Windows loads the secondary encryption stuff AFTER login auth.
Some people encrypt My Documents (that is ok if you want to do that), or certain folders they keep things in (ok so long as it is not the whole Windows folder or root of your boot volume), but encrypting the whole boot volume will leave you locked out of the PC. Only way I know to recover is to start over on a new drive, then UNENCRYPT your encrypted volume, then recover your data to your new install.
There ARE ways to accomplish this with other programs, as mentioned, too. BUT, XP can do this itself, in Pro version, if you tell it to. I've come close to managing it a couple times, and have maged to recover a few boxes like this, but doing so is neither EASY nor simple nor quick. Best of luck with your new install, and do NOT let XP expire your user passwords either, if it asks for a new password, give it one and remember the new one. Chances are, one of those two things happened, normal user and admin passwords were allowed to expire, or someone encrypted the whole boot volume, or BOTH.