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(Message started by: mynm156 on Nov 21^st, 2005, 6:41pm)

Title: Hey Computer geeks/GODS
Post by mynm156 on Nov 21^st, 2005, 6:41pm

My X-wife pissed off our 16 year old son and he deleted all the other profiles on Windows XP except for his own.
Can I get passed it?? I am not my X Wifes BIGGEST FAN but she is in the middle of her Masters program and cant get to her school work. Any ideas?

Thanks!

Your Brother N Pain

MYNM156

Title: Re: Hey Computer geeks/GODS
Post by TomM on Nov 21^st, 2005, 6:47pm

First thing I'd do is check the recycle bin and restore it if it is there.

Title: Re: Hey Computer geeks/GODS
Post by mynm156 on Nov 21^st, 2005, 6:50pm

Dude it wont even open windows without a password. I cant get to anything.

Title: Re: Hey Computer geeks/GODS
Post by Jonny on Nov 21^st, 2005, 6:51pm

on 11/21/05 at 18:47:14, TomM wrote:

First thing I'd do is check the recycle bin and restore it if it is there.

And then whack the kid in the mouth, well, thats what id do ;;D

Edit to add:...can you get it started in safe mode?...you can restore from there I think

Title: Re: Hey Computer geeks/GODS
Post by vig on Nov 21^st, 2005, 7:00pm

get in under his profile...

does he wish to see 17?

Title: Re: Hey Computer geeks/GODS
Post by mynm156 on Nov 21^st, 2005, 7:07pm

SAFE MODE is that F7 on boot?

Title: Re: Hey Computer geeks/GODS
Post by unsolved1 on Nov 21^st, 2005, 7:21pm

It's gone. Say a prayer.

UNsolved

PS>I doubt system restore will work. If the administrator was properly put to the right person, he would not have been able to do this in the first place. Next time, if they must share a computer, make sure she is the administrator and he has a limited account.

Title: Re: Hey Computer geeks/GODS
Post by TomM on Nov 21^st, 2005, 7:25pm

on 11/21/05 at 18:50:57, mynm156 wrote:

Dude it wont even open windows without a password. I cant get to anything.

Dam! He passworded the PC?
12V electrodes to the doo-dads should do it.
Beat it out of him...uhm...check that...try the electrode thing again.
If he deleted the profile and made sure it was gone from the recycle, he's gonna be one hurtin' kid b/c it's gone.

Title: Re: Hey Computer geeks/GODS
Post by unsolved1 on Nov 21^st, 2005, 7:28pm

If you have the system disc(s), you could reformat and kick him off ! But you still have lost all files. :-/

Title: Re: Hey Computer geeks/GODS
Post by Jonny on Nov 21^st, 2005, 7:31pm

Title: Re: Hey Computer geeks/GODS
Post by Jonny on Nov 21^st, 2005, 7:34pm

Not sure if this works, but Im tryin, Bro

http://www.pctools.com/file-recover/?ref=google_fr

Title: Re: Hey Computer geeks/GODS
Post by vig on Nov 21^st, 2005, 7:34pm

worse comes to worse, you can take out the hard drive and put it in a second computer as the D: drive and read from there....

all is not lost....
yet

are you telling us he refused to log in for you?
I'd be reaching for the taser
dude's cruisin' for a bruisin'!
You do feed, clothe, and shelter him don't you?
;;D

Title: Re: Hey Computer geeks/GODS
Post by Kris_in_SJ on Nov 21^st, 2005, 8:05pm

I'm no guru - hopefully one will come along soon.

First - there are some great disc recovery programs available for free on the web. Just Google it.

Second - if that doesn't work, get your puter to a puter expert who can most likely recover the lost files (which, believe it or not are probably still there).

Third - ground your teenaged son for the rest of his life, and deny him access to all computers until he can afford to buy one of his own. He can go to the library to do his surfing!

Kris

Title: Re: Hey Computer geeks/GODS
Post by totka2 on Nov 21^st, 2005, 10:01pm

format c: - on your x-wife :-/

Title: Re: Hey Computer geeks/GODS
Post by Opus on Nov 21^st, 2005, 11:44pm

Solution, get Koppix (http://www.Knoppix.org/) The 3.9 ISO is on 1 CD. Then if he hasn't set a password on the BIOS ( if he did that can be fixed too), boot into Knoppix and see what you can find. If you find what you want you will need a USB hard drive formated to FAT32. Then you can copy the data to the hard drive. Alternately if you have a DVD-ROM and a CD-RW then you can boot Knoppix to the DVD and burn to CD what you find. If the data was really deleted and you booted windows then it is probably gone. If you had Norton recycle bin they they are probably still there.

If you can't do this then you can send the hard drive to a geek you know and they can put it in their box and check it out.

Either way do a do a clean install. it may have a root kit on it now, and use the security measures above.

Opus/Paul

Title: Re: Hey Computer geeks/GODS
Post by cootie on Nov 22^nd, 2005, 12:17am

I'd threaten the kid with deletion ! Dam that would piss me off..........hope you get your stuff back and he gets what he deserves !! Why not delete all his privileges for a year.......what a PUNK Pam >:(

Title: Re: Hey Computer geeks/GODS
Post by Drk^Angel on Nov 22^nd, 2005, 7:35am

Did the kid remove the user accounts, or delete the profile directories? Unless the kid was tryin' to be really malicious, I doubt he would've deleted the profile files, but then again, I don't know how psychotic the kid is. If i was the kid, I'd be holdin' the files for ransom.

This is the reason why you should set an administrator password in an XP system, and give the users limited accounts. But then again... M$ doesn't want ppl to have too much info about their 'puter, or else they wouldn't be able to blame the users for the piss poor security on Winblows.

PFDAN................................................. Drk^Angel

Title: Re: Hey Computer geeks/GODS
Post by ExplodingEyeBall on Nov 22^nd, 2005, 9:14am

Just for the hell of it, log in as administrator and don't use a password.

I don't know how many home computers I've seen with no password on the admin account.

If you get in as admin, check the recycle bin. If there's nothing there, poke around in windows explorer and see if he made a backup somewhere.

If worse comes to worse, give him a piece of paper and a pencil then grab him by the neck and tell him you'll loosen up when he starts writing the password.

If you were closer to the Chicago area, I'd tell you to just bring it to me and let me have a go at it. I have some other... ummm.... tools???... for fixing 'forgotten' passwords.

Title: Re: Hey Computer geeks/GODS
Post by mynm156 on Nov 22^nd, 2005, 12:05pm

Well he put the guest profile back on. He has set it so he is the admin. As long as My X can get to her school stuff I am cool with it.

Title: Re: Hey Computer geeks/GODS
Post by Opus on Nov 22^nd, 2005, 12:58pm

I bet he is key-logging everything, don't trust that computer with anything sensitive. just my [smiley=twocents.gif]

Opus/Paul [smiley=smokin.gif]

Title: Re: Hey Computer geeks/GODS
Post by ExplodingEyeBall on Nov 22^nd, 2005, 1:11pm

on 11/22/05 at 12:58:59, Opus wrote:

I bet he is key-logging everything, don't trust that computer with anything sensitive. just my [smiley=twocents.gif]

Opus/Paul [smiley=smokin.gif]

Very good point.

My opinion. Get control of system then take it away from bratty 16 year old.

Title: Re: Hey Computer geeks/GODS
Post by Rock_Lobster on Nov 22^nd, 2005, 2:49pm

She needs to copy all of her files now. Copy them to a USB drive or burn them to a CD or the like.

Then wipe the system clean... put in the XP disk and start from scratch.
Set yourself up as administrator.
Set up an weak account for him... call it 'littlefaggot' or something like that. Install 'NetNanny' under his account so that he cannot get to his wanking sites.

Title: Re: Hey Computer geeks/GODS
Post by unsolved1 on Nov 22^nd, 2005, 3:37pm

on 11/22/05 at 12:05:18, mynm156 wrote:

Well he put the guest profile back on.

And her files were still on there ?

Title: Re: Hey Computer geeks/GODS
Post by vig on Nov 22^nd, 2005, 4:16pm

on 11/22/05 at 14:49:37, Rock_Lobster wrote:

She needs to copy all of her files now. Copy them to a USB drive or burn them to a CD or the like.

rock is right.
if her work is her life, she needs to protect herself.
frankly, I'd make two copies and put one somewhere remote and safe... like a safety deposit box or at gramma's house or somewhere....
be prepared.

Title: Re: Hey Computer geeks/GODS
Post by purpleydog on Nov 23^rd, 2005, 2:30am

on 11/22/05 at 14:49:37, Rock_Lobster wrote:

YOU are the parent, not your son. You are the admin. He is the user. littlefaggot sounds perfect. Or mommy'sboy. Take control of the machine, and make the passwords secure, and don't write them down.

[smiley=smokin.gif]

Title: Re: Hey Computer geeks/GODS
Post by Drk^Angel on Nov 23^rd, 2005, 10:01am

Wait... I've got a question... Okay... Obviously y'all set up your XP system for multiple users... So you prolly get a list of users that pop up when you boot the system... I would imagine that right now, it lists the little faggot's account and guest... Right? Okay... And when you boot in safe mode, it lists Administrator, littlefaggot, and guest... Right? Click on Administrator... Does it show a password box, or does it log into Administrator without a password? Preinstalled, OEM XP systems normally will not have an Administrator password set unless someone specifically sets one (M$ is so brilliant... Gotta love that top notch security).

BTW... If you can get into the Administrator account... I would suggest setting a password, recreating your accounts, grabbing the backup of your files from his desktop folder, delete his account, and make sure there is no accounts on the system which he knows the password for. Hell... While you're at it... Set a BIOS boot password just to really fuck with him.

PFDAN.................................... Drk^Angel

Title: Re: Hey Computer geeks/GODS
Post by mynm156 on Nov 23^rd, 2005, 10:32am

Guys READ what I wrote. Its my X WIFES computer. He was pissed at her not me. Yes I AM THE PARENT he knows that I would smash his life to bits if he ever tried that stuff with me. I am trying to help my X out and yes she could get to her files and yes I told her to ALWAYS make back up!

Title: Re: Hey Computer geeks/GODS
Post by fubar on Nov 23^rd, 2005, 1:59pm

Hmmm... My ex is batshit crazy and cannot control our kids at all either... HOWEVER, they do listen to me when I tell them not to fuck with their mom. Just because the kid is 'there' doesn't mean he is allowed to be a shit. I'd crack his skull for being a little shit and would not allow him to behave like this in the future.

I'm an ogre though.

Title: Re: Hey Computer geeks/GODS
Post by vig on Nov 23^rd, 2005, 2:34pm

I think the idea is that he should never do that to anybody. not just you, not just mom, whomever.