Re: Windows Recovery Console

From: Fritz (fritz_at_biteme.net)
Date: 05/17/04


Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 11:29:42 -0400

How do you know agp440.sys is the culprit?
If it's because that's the last thing you see on the screen when in your
bootlog then it could be the next thing that tries to load after agp440.sys.

"Neil Fox" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:dc8101c43be3$f3e28460$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>A PC was giving a problem with a Blue Screen, found it
> was hanging on the load of agp440.sys.
>
> Used KB article 324764 to boot the system into the
> Recovery Console. I nneded to repair the disk with CHKDSK
> so that I could see a Windows Installation.
>
> No able to see Windows Installation 1.
>
> No the tricky part. All the PC's I sell I keep the
> administrator password in my inventory records. However I
> did not set up this PC and have tried many different
> passwords that the owner could think of to no avail.
>
> Is there any way of finding the password as otherwise I
> will not be able to disable the agp440 service meaning
> that system will need a complete reinstall.
>
> The person who owns the PC uses it for his graphic design
> company ond has not backed up his work for some months,
> so a format and reinstall would be really screw things
> up. ( before you say I told him he was stupid for not
> backing up)
>
> Can anyone give me any pointers on this one?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Neil Fox



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