Tails boots just fine from USB on my Lenovo T430. You might have to disable secureboot. Additionally you might have to enable "Legacy Boot" by going to Startup -> UEFI/Legacy Boot and change it from "UEFI Only" to "Both".
By works fine I mean that it boots, connects to the internet, and seems to be using TOR. I am disappointed that certain utilities for looking at the network (no mtr and traceroute fails even with sudo) are lacking. It is not enough to just trust them, we must also have the tools to verify. I am also troubled by the lack of ntp utilities (the time is always way off since I have my system clock set to UTC). The 4 GB RAM limit (I did not see a 64 bit option) also sucks IMO. On Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 5:44 AM, Gustin Johnson <gus...@meganerd.ca> wrote: > I have used the chntpw utility (a Linux utility) a few times to reset > Windows XP passwords. I think this also worked on Windows 7 but it did not > work on my Windows 8.1 install (not surprising since Windows 8 is using my > msdn/technet credentials). > > I always carry a systemrescuecd USB drive with me (it is also in my PXE > boot environment) so I am never without it. I am not sure which other live > Linux environments have this utility (IIRC Kali/Backtrack also has this > installed by default). > > You will also need the ntfs-3g utility so that you can mount the ntfs > partition. > > > On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 8:16 PM, Geekus Villagius < > thevillageg...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> After several failed attempts to get TAILS to boot my ThinkPad T420i >> from two USB sticks (Live TAILS DVD works), I am suddenly unable to >> get into the Windows OS. >> >> I get the oh so helpful message that the "User Profile Service service >> failed the logon". >> There are videos showing how to fix that, but everything seems to >> require access to the admin account. Sadly, my fingerprint reader has >> been the main means of logging on to Windows on the rare occasions >> when I use Windows. The password hint does not seem to help at all. I >> don't have a password reset disk, at least not in town. >> >> I can't seem to get safe mode either. >> >> Am I looking at a password cracking exercise, or is there another >> alternative? >> >> Ralph >> >> _______________________________________________ >> clug-talk mailing list >> clug-talk@clug.ca >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >> **Please remove these lines when replying >> > >
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