Create Ultimate Boot CD using Vista Ultimate?

[Mr. Arnold]

I want to create an Ultimate Boot dvd on this laptop that is using Vista
Ultimate.

I want to boot off of the dvd, but the machine I want to do this with has
Win 2k3 server.

I want to do this, because the boot dvd has a tool I can use to change an
user account's password.

This machine was part of a domain, so I can't use the machine as is until I
get it off of the domain and over to a workgroup.

Can I do this with the way I want to do by using UBCD based off of Vista?

If so, how do you make the dvd so that it's bootable. I see instructions on
how to do if it's XP. which involves the XP install dvd. I have the Vista
install dvd, but I see nothing on how to do it for Vista.

I even downloaded the UBCD ISO for Vista and extracted the files to the
blank dvd, but it will not boot from the dvd even on the laptop running
Vista.

 

[Mr. Arnold]

You don't extract the files from an ISO, you burn an ISO image.
Maybe that's why it wouldn't boot.
ImageBurn will reliably burn a bootable ISO image:
http://www.imgburn.com/

Thanks that worked. It was all for not, as I could boot with the dvd on
Vista and see the accounts and change a password, but I couldn't do the same
thing on Win 2k3 server, as it wouldn't show me the accounts. I think it has
something to do with the Win 2k3 server has settings to be on a domain that
it blocked it.

 

[Mr. Arnold]

Which boot disk did you try and what is the program that edits passwords?

I used the Ultimate Boot for Windows that has a utility to change the
password. Anyway, I was able to get off of the machine what I needed,
just by booting normally even with the machine set to use a domain.