Silly question but I was pretty sure we bought the same model acer and mine
*does* have the intel graphics adapter and not the ATi. That said I agree
with the concensus that either a BartPE disc with VNC running in the
background or a linux live CD with similar would be your best solution. I
don't have a whole lot of experience with BartPE as of yet ... I tried to
build one with Kaspersky AV for work and it didn't turn out so good :P ...
so let me know how it goes :)
On 7/13/07, Keith Snape <lukano@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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