re: PLEASE Check this out...
Friday, September 19, 2008 at 12:01 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Dan Sarandrea, MCSE
(6729 messages posted)
Rich, the registry edit posted by Valerie simply allows an automatic logon to the
RC by an administrator account. It's the same "tip" shown in this MS KB:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312149/
To me, it's an unnecessary opening of a security hole.
Theoretically, the only ones who should be experiencing the RC password problem are
people who have not applied any SPs to their XP installation (presumably they are
still waiting for the Blaster reboot loop to stop) and who are trying to access the
RC on an installation that was syspreped. I have to believe that's a pretty small
population.
If Valerie wanted to provide a spiffy RC tip, she should have posted this one:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310497/en-us
When you use the Windows Recovery Console, you can use only the following items:
• The root folder
• The %SystemRoot% folder and the subfolders of the Windows installation that you
are currently logged on to
• The Cmdcons folder
• The removable media drives such as the CD-ROM drive or the DVD-ROM drive
Note If you try to obtain access to other folders, you may receive an "Access Denied"
error message. Also, when you are using the Windows Recovery Console, you cannot
copy a file from the local hard disk to a floppy disk. However, you can copy a file
from a floppy disk or from a CD-ROM to a hard disk, and you can copy a file from
one hard disk to another hard disk.
Making the change allows you to use the set command to bypass the normal restrictions,
handy for recovering data from the My Docs folders.
But the RC is a clunky contraption that you don't have to put up with if you have
a BartPE disc!
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