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Can't get access to command prompt

 
 
desperate
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      23rd Dec 2003
Got the Blaster virus, now my windows XP password won't
let me in. Is there anyway I can bypass the password and
get to a command window so I can clean my harddrive...

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Matt Coy
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      23rd Dec 2003
Restart to Safe Mode or Safe Mode with Command Prompt

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tre...t_failsafe.asp
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"desperate" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Got the Blaster virus, now my windows XP password won't
> let me in. Is there anyway I can bypass the password and
> get to a command window so I can clean my harddrive...
>
> Desperate



 
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Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)
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      23rd Dec 2003
You might try Safe Mode. Start the system, start tapping F8, when the menu
appears, select Safe Mode and press enter.

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"desperate" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Got the Blaster virus, now my windows XP password won't
> let me in. Is there anyway I can bypass the password and
> get to a command window so I can clean my harddrive...
>
> Desperate



 
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