Re: admin disables restart in dos mode

From: hrvb (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/17/03 

Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 12:15:17 -0800

On the knowledge base article 315396 I am trying to do the
second item "How to start the computer in safe mode". I
hit F8 and choose safe mode with command prompt or MS DOS
then it asks me for a user name a password. I put the
local admin username and password in and it gives me the
message that the administrator has disabled starting the
computer in safe mode with MS DOS. Any additional
assistance you can give would be much appreciated. Thank
you.
>-----Original Message-----
>I am not sure what you are trying to do but there are a
few options. See the KB link
>below that describes Recovery Console which allows
limited access and utilities to
>the operating system and will require administrator
credentials. You can also boot
>into safe mode command prompt. Using a boot floppy from
Windows 98/ME will boot the
>computer into DOS, but you will be unable to access ntfs
file system. There are
>utilities that allow you to boot from a floppy to access
ntfs files. There are free
>utilities that do that, but allow read access only. The
ones that allow full access
>are not cheap. --- Steve
>
>http://support.microsoft.com/?id=315396
>http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/ntfsdospro.shtm
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>
>"hrvb" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:042601c3c42a$972300f0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> I have looked on the site and am looking in books, but I
>> can't find how to allow a restart of the computer in MS
>> DOS mode. When it prompts for a log on I use the local
>> admin, so it doesn't make sense to me. Please assist.
>
>
>.
>

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