"FromTheRafters" <erratic.howard@gmail.com> wrote in
news:iu0js9$5g2$1@dont-email.me:

>
> "Li'l Abner" <blvstk@dogpatch.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns9F0DB99022E81butter@wefb973cbe498...
>> This is a Windows 7 laptop. It boots up to a momentary "Safe Boot"
>> screen which soon goes away and is replaced by "Windows Stable Work".
>> Control-Alt-Delete + Start Task Manager pops something up which goes
>> away before you can read it and then it goes bck to the main screen
>> which still has Windows Stable Work on it. If you let it scan and
>> then tell it to Fix Errors, then you finally get to the point where
>> you can close it and the Windows Desktop. Most anything you try to do
>> pops up a "Warning" with the name of an infection and a choice to
>> Deny or Enable Protection. Of course I didn't pursue this. That can
>> be closed with Alt-F4. Regedit won't run. A reg file won't run. Batch
>> files won't run. They're all intercepted by that warning popup. I can
>> open My Computer and browse everything on the drive and on my thumb
>> drive. A text file will open in notepad. Pictures will open. Renaming
>> exe to com doesn't cut it either. And I get the same exact results in
>> Safe Mode. If it were XP, I could probably log in to the
>> Administrator account and get around it. But Windows 7 doesn't have
>> an Administrator account.
>>
>> What do I do now?
>>
>> Of course, the restore to factory option is there, but as before I'd
>> like to avoid that if possible.
>
> Not a solution, but for your information.
>
> http://www.petri.co.il/enable-the-wi...or-account.htm

Well, *maybe* not a solution, but I did manage to get the account created
and it comes up clean. I couldn't quite do it like the document said
because it wanted me to run the command prompt from Windows. But I
couldn't run anything in Windows. However, theres a "Safe Mode with
Command Prompt".
It worked from there.

So thank you very much for that. I'll add that to my bag of tricks. I may
be able to fix it from there. I'm going to try Dave's idea first because
I need to get the drive out so I can get all the documents and stuff of
it before I lose it all.


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