On 06/01/2015 12:43 PM, John R Pierce wrote:
On 6/1/2015 10:30 AM, g wrote:
i would wipe win7, but not an option at this time.
thats the only sane thing to do with a used computer being redeployed, format it completely, and clean install your desired software.
so, just what do you think "but not an option at this time" means? ;-)
there's a util called NTPASSWD that can reset the password of a windows system, this util is run by booting a cd or usb stick, and directly modifies the 'SAM' in windows
obviously you did not read all of what i posted. had you read paragraph following what you responded to, you would/may/might have become aware that i did pull *ntpassword*. note correct spelling. ;-)
(somewhat akin to booting a rescue CD on 'nix, and editing /mnt/etc/shadow to remove passwords).
if find such can be much easier by booting init level 1 to edit /mnt/etc/shadow. after which, 'init 2', logging in as root to run 'passwd' [proper spelling] to set new root user password and any other user passwords.
being that i "copied files" from pogostick.com, meant that i had pulled the cd version also, so i burned the cd version.
when i booted ntpassword cd, i cleared passwords for both admin and owner. rebooted, now 'administrator', 'owner' and 'guest' are all with out passwords.
as owner, i created the 2 system recovery dvd's and the application dvd.
logged out as owner, logged in as administrator and i was able to run;
X:syslinux.exe -ma X:
now i have a bootable usb stick with ntpassword.
all of which brings me back to my original question;
how can i make usb stick bootable from linux?
any/all suggestion/help is greatly appreciated.
thanks in advance.