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- From: lowey@jester.usask.ca (CrazyMan)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: Did microsoft really write an OS/2 "Terminator" crash prog?
- Date: 30 Dec 1992 06:41:10 GMT
- Organization: University of Saskatchewan
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- References: <1992Dec29.142331.777@mec.ohio.gov>
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- oecn_smith@mec.ohio.gov wrote:
- : In article <laird.725643909@thistle.ecn.purdue.edu>, laird@thistle.ecn.purdue.edu (Kyler Laird) writes:
- : > shurr@cbnews.cb.att.com (larry.a.shurr) writes:
- : >
- : > I'd sure love some simple security that would keep people from deleting
- : > files like config.sys. I thought that something like that was available
- : > for OS/2, but I can't recall.
- : >
- : > --kyler
- :
- : Hmmm, I must be simpleminded, but setting permission to read-only should keep
- : the casual user from doing to much harm.
- :
- : bob - smith@leeca.oecn.ohio.gov
-
- That will work. Also, don't forget about the ALT-F1 trick when booting your
- computer. That will copy the CONFIG.SYS, and .INI files from the /OS2/INSTALL
- directory back to the proper place. So, if someone deleted CONFIG.SYS
- you just ALT-F1 when you boot up, and it's back again.
-
- Here's the actual quote from the OS/2 README file:
-
- ======================================================================
- Warning: This procedure removes any desktop
- customization done since installing
- the operating system.
-
- 1. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart the
- computer.
- 2. Before the OS/2 Logo panel appears, hold
- down Alt+F1 for 20 seconds.
-
- The current versions of the CONFIG.SYS, OS2.INI,
- and OS2SYS.INI files are renamed and replaced by
- the default installation versions in the
- \OS2\INSTALL subdirectory. If you have a
- STARTUP.CMD file, it also is renamed. This
- deactivates the startup feature.
- ======================================================================
-
- I suppose you could replace the relevant files in these directories with
- later versions, so that once you have the system running correctly, you
- could go back to that version of the system, instead of the default
- installation.
-
- - Kevin Lowey (Lowey@Sask.USask.CA)
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