Re: Stolen

From: Jeff Cochran (jcochran.nospam@naplesgov.com)
Date: 02/24/03 

From: jcochran.nospam@naplesgov.com (Jeff Cochran)
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 14:15:21 GMT

On Mon, 24 Feb 2003 02:03:08 -0800, "David" <KD4everN9901@aol.com>
wrote:

>first off thanx for your time in reading this. ok two
>weeks ago my laptop was stolen.. i use win2000 pro, and
>for some reason i left it unlocked that day(i know duh
>me), i got it back last thursday and they have changed all
>of my passwords, and everything i have tried everything i
>know to do.. my 3 1/2 floppy is messed up so i can't
>reinstall or anything.. i dunno what else to do.. i've
>gotten despart and come here and have downloaded a few
>programs that say they will crack it open, and use linux
>to reset them and all.. but everything has to be on the
>system.. its kinda getting a little frustating ya know..
>anyways any idea's someone could give me would be of great
>appeciation.. and again thanx for your time.

If you can boot from a CD you can still use the Linux tools, otherwise
you'll need to get your floppy working. You may also need to reset
your CMOS and wipe and reinstall the OS.

Jeff

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