Re: Administrator and Microsoft Recovery Console

From: Juan (soyquiensoy_at_terra.com)
Date: 08/07/04 

Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 21:29:40 -0700

To change back to auto-logon;
Start\Run\control userpasswords2\Users tab\remove check from
"Users must write their name and password to use the computer"

To delete the About:Blank hijacker you need to install
Ad-aware6 and Spybot also install CWShredder and
HijackThis... if by chance one does not delete it, one of
the others will... Spybot will most likely get it.
http://www.fixyourwindows.com/downloads.htm

When Spybot ends the scan, right click on the hijacker and
select more details\jump to location\ this action takes you
to the registry key in case you prefer manual edition but the
program will do this for you. Check it this way; when Spybot
jumps to the registry key, add it to the favorites menu and exit
the registry.. next clean the hijacker with spybot and close the
program, next go back to the registry and see what spybot
changed in the registry.

Install AdAware6 (Free)
http://www.lavasoft.de

Istall Spybot Search and Destroy (Free)
http://www.safer-networking.net/

 Install CWShredder (Free)
 http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html

Install Hijack This (Free)
http://mjc1.com/mirror/hjt/
Read the Tutorial pages before deleting what HijackThis
finds on your system to be sure you don't delete normal stuff..
(only if the previous programs don't clean your computer).
http://www.aumha.org/a/hjttutor.htm
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/htlogtutorial.html

Install SpywareBlaster (Free)
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/

--------------Original Message----------------
"Paul True" <PaulTrue@discussions.microsoft.com> escribió en el mensaje
news:6F0B1084-03E3-4096-943D-172EFCB64909@microsoft.com...
> I am trying to follow a Computer Cops post about how to remove the
> about:blank hijacker. One of the steps is to run MRC to edit a hidden .dll
in
> the registry.
>
> I loaded and booted in MRC mode and it said I had to be an administrator.
> This is just a home PC running XP Pro. So, I went to Control Panel User
> Accounts and I created a password as administrator and now when I boot to
> Windows I have to log on and type my password, which I don't wat to have
to
> do, and when I select Micrsoft Recovery Console at the dos screen when I
> reboot and type in the password I created it says invalid password.
>
> Now it appears to me that I have changed how my computer starts
irrevokably,
> however, that doesn't make sense since it's my computor.
>
> So, two questions: Why can't I start the MRC, or more to the point; how
can
> I? And, how can I then return to the simple original start-up, i.e., push
the
> button and up comes my desktop?
>
> Thank you for reading this.