Thanks for the links and references, Craig. If I can't restore this computer to normal operation, it won't be because of lack of information. The expertise available on this group is remarkable! Gerry
Craig wrote: Dan Penoff wrote: > > > If you were an enterprise user you could use the MS tool MSDart. Not > > sure if it’s available to non-customers, however. > > > > Ultimate Boot CD is another good tool for resetting or unlocking > > machines: > > The Ultimate Boot CD's web page is at > > https://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ > > Its download page, https://www.ultimatebootcd.com/download.html, also has > helpful information and checksums to check whether you have a good > download or not: > > ------------------------------------- > Please note that UBCD currently does not support UEFI Boot. If you have > a UEFI machine, please remember to turn on CSM Boot in your BIOS. > > Current release: V5.3.8 > > Download format: ISO image > Size: 695MB > Checksums: > [MD5 ] bede539499ee6fe9cfbb5e2a7ccf370e > [SHA1 ] cb2156f279fb5631d012ba0e9b1c1843af3004d6 > [SHA-256] 4b959e13dd6c6b643f70dca5e45277671585da02aced11711055ae11e4a9f3ac > ------------------------------------- > > BTW, I did a checksum on the ISO image I downloaded from majorgeeks.com > and it is good, which means using majorgeeks.com for that is OK. > > > > https://www.majorgeeks.com/content/page/5_bootable_isos_to_boot_and_repair_your_computer_for_free.html > > Major Geeks has a lot of stuff besides UBCD, particularly for "fixing" > Windows. > > Is that stuff any good? > > > Craig > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -- arche...@embarqmail.com <arche...@embarqmail.com> --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com