[dba-Tech] Boot to command line in Windows 7

[John Colby]

Windows password is not particularly secure.  A few years back I broke into
a laptop "locked" by a drunk friend... for an instructor using an app on a
usb stick.  It just "found" the password.  No idea more than that...

It was 6 years ago so you are going to have to google how it works for
yourself but I did it.

On Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 5:39 PM Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks Stuart,
> That got me part way there, but Iit's been so long since I booted this old
> box that I've forgotten the password. But at least I'm up.  Now all I have
> to do is ransack my memory, what little of it remains.
>
> On Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 4:40 PM Stuart McLachlan <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>
> wrote:
>
> > Does pressing and continuing to hold down the F8 key as soon as you power
> > up  give you
> > the "Advanced Boot Options" screen?
> >
> >
> > On 9 Feb 2022 at 10:00, Arthur Fuller wrote:
> >
> > > I have an ancient box with win 7. I want to boot directly to the
> > > command ine, skipping Windows, so I can run chksk /f.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
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John W. Colby
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