Help << Im A -:swear:-

[Impotence]

Ok, i have to get a bus soon so please excuse the short(and rushed) explination of the problem! (complete with all grammer and sp mistakes! [will sort them out later])

For reasons i will not go into, i plcaed a batch file in the startup folder of a computer that caused a few probelms :/

Looks something liek this:-

:1
open command.com
open mspaint
open notepad
goto 1

this causes an endless loop, spawing command promt (old version, isnt disabled on that computer) paint and notepad! The computer is BUMED.

Did i mention this was a school computer? im kinda wanting to sort it FAST (at the moment ive just unplugged the power lead).

The bios isnt passworded so i can change the boot order, so i was thinkign a live CD.... but ive only mounted drives in linux once. I also need something that starts a little bit faster (getting into nix thru a live cd is about 5 mins).

All i need to be able to do it delete "mario.bat" from the startup folder in "all users"

im such a :swear: :swear: :P

any comments/suggestions are welcome!

 

[Sniper]

hmm, I think using a live cd would be the best solution, since that batch file is stuck in a loop.

Is there any chance that, if you let it loop for a bit, it will run out of memory and then let you end the task?

 

[Addis]

If you can't do it using safe mode then boot with a windows xp recovery cd (you could cause damage if you try to use a linux cd to delete a file on an NTFS partition). Then delete it from recovery console.

Just out of curiosity, why the hell did you write that? Didn't you think it would loop?

 

[Sniper]

how about pressing F8 when loading, then selecting "last known good configuration" would that not work?

 

[Impotence]

It was actually a test for april fools day/muckup day last day of term, and im leaving this year so we allways 'muck' the day up.... peopel have done things such as hire bouncy castles and BBQ's.

I did know it would loop, just i didnt know it would be THAT good. I managed to kill the prompt window which was spawing them, but it didnt really help! 15 mins later when i had to leave it was still going nuts (it did give quite a few memory errors!) i never manged to do anything, start menu or get to the actual startup folder to delete the :swear: batch!

Safe mode, this is strange... i tried it but it never goes past one of the drivers, it just sits there (i gave it a few mins) so im guessing they have disabled it somehow :(

I will give the give the windoze disc a try. tho im guessing i will have to remove the admin password (i have the toolz :P).

Hopefully no oen will try to use that computer until i get a chance to sort it, coz if they do then they are likely to report that its not working to the EST tec, and he will be like 'omg wtf, liek dude ffs!' and lock my account :P (thats if he bothers to check who was the last person to log onto that computer, but he leems liek a lazy git so maby not!

what i have learnt from this is not so be soo stupid (and how to :swear: up a computer in 20 secs!)

I think im just going to stick with my netsend bat :P

net send * sorry, but this is not going to be a good day!
net send * click ok to continue
:pwnt
net send * omg, this just keeps on going!
net send * rofl
net send * yeah, just you keep on clicking!
goto pwnt

the wildcard ( '*' ) means that thoose mesages will appear on every computer in the domain (ie every computer turned on @ school) so that wil cause choas!... about 500 msg's on every computer (and they dont go away when you restart the computer :P). As im leaving it should cause me too many problems and i dont think the user agreement covers that... better not get caught anyway! :D pleanty of ppl leave there computers logged on, so i will use one of them!

thanks guys, esp Addis as i would never have thought of using the recover console!

@ sniper, you get a nice thankyou click if "last known good configuration" works! (the last recovery point shoudl be when the copyied the ghost to the hdd)

@ Addis, im guessing your still at school, the best way to get around the content filters (that i know) is to find a web based proxy with URL encryption! (try some of theese, http://ipinfo.info/html/anonymous-surfing_2.php)