Oh hey, that's a really good idea that hadn't occurred to me.
I could build an autorun CD to silent install VNC, or a USB memory key (??).
BartPE or a similar windows live CD sounds like an equally viable
option. Does BartPE come with VNC automatically enabled and on a
standardized port/password?
RDP would be trickier as the laptop has a base blank XP Pro install
with no admin or user passwords defined (hadn't gotten to that).
The laptop itself does not have a floppy drive (nor do I have a USB
one kicking around) so that's likely not the easiest solution.
Thanks for the suggestions Steven, I'll give a few of them a try
tonight and see what I can come up with.
On 7/13/07, Steven Kurylo <sk@infinitepigeons.org> wrote:
> > So considering that the laptop itself still boots, I'm wondering if
> > someone knows of anything (or can help me devise something) along the
> > lines of an automatic bootable CD that will load and autoflash the
> > video card with the proper bios (also held on the CD). I've had one
> > abortive attempt at this myself, as I really have no idea where to
> > begin.
>
> If there it a utility to flash it from linux, you could hook a
> terminal up to the serial port and have full access.
>
> Usually there is a boot floppy for flashing, so I'd try to reflash it
> blind. Either hope the manual is enough or boot on another machine
> and see what it looks like, or find someone with the same laptop to
> make proper instructions.
>
> You could make a silent VNC msi, install it on the machine, and I'd
> assume that would give you a regular desktop. If you can't manage to
> do an install (drop the file in your startup folder over the share?)
> get a windows live CD (bartpe?) with vnc on it. Or maybe RDP would
> work? If you haven't turned it on already, learn how to turn it on
> blind :-)
>
> --
> Steven Kurylo
>
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