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Article #41863Re: PASSWORD
From: James C. Deal
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 1990 15:58
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 1990 15:58
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There is one way to get through the protection scheme used by pc-lock (but it can be risky.) What you do is pull the power plug from the hard drive then boot from a floppy. After booting, plug the hard drive back in. This defeats the scheme that makes the system always use the modified boot procedure from the hard drive. I had to use this method because my friend gave me the shareware test copy to try out myself, but forgot to give me the ORIGINAL password file. Thus when I installed it, my password got overlayed on what was already there and effectively locked me out of the system. I don't really feel this is a flaw with the software; it allows you to get into the machine, but with a LOT of trouble. Typically, people won't be taking the case apart to get at the software. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- deal-jc@cscosl.ncsu.edu James Deal
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!clyde.concordia.ca!mcgill-vision!bloom-beacon!snorkelwacker!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!mephisto!ncsuvx!news From: deal-jc@cscosl.ncsu.edu (James C. Deal) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: PASSWORD Message-ID: <1990Feb7.155852.29068@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> Date: 7 Feb 90 15:58:52 GMT References: <234.25C2B9DD@uscacm.UUCP> <107@blender.UUCP> <1990Feb7.080114.3436@uncecs.edu> Reply-To: deal-jc@cscosl.UUCP (James C. Deal) Organization: Operating Systems Laboratory (OSL), NCSU, Raleigh NC Lines: 16