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Novell Client deleted in error

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by blaiseys

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Hi,

We've been given a laptop (with all the passwords, don't worry, I won't ask anyone to be a criminal) and I'd logged in. It first asks for a safeboot password and then a second password for Novell for Windows which is all well and good.

The laptop was very slow when I'd got in, with a million programs we didn't need and I thought I'd do us a favour and delete a few programs that were of no use to a home laptop, I have accidently deleted the Novell Client.

I can log in past Safeboot but when it asks for me to Ctrl Alt Del into Novell it does nothing.

Is there anything I can do, or is it a lost cause?

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by tsonandi

Hi,

I think you need to press F8 and choose Safe Mode. In safe mode install Novell client. You can get the software from http://download.novell.com. If you struggle to install in novell client remove novell client from the registry while in safe mode.

Regards

by oh smeg

To reload this system so that it is in As New Condition with it's Software Load.

That would get away from all of the security that has been included and delete any need for a domain connection that is no longer present.

Col

by seanferd

Can you bypass that Novell login?

Did you delete all of the Novell software?

Best bet may be to reinstall Windows, but...

You can try to disable the call for the Novell logon with Autoruns from Microsoft.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx
Just unzip the file into a folder, and double-click the Autoruns file (ignore autorunsc, it is the command line version)
Check the Winlogon, Services, and Logon tabs for obvious Noevell/Netware entries, and uncheck them. See if that helps any.

As noted above, you can reinstall the client in Safe Mode, or you can make sure all of the Novell Netware software is deleted in Add or Remove Programs in Control panel.

If you don't have a copy of the Novell Client install package,(search for it on the computer, or look to see if there is a Novell folder, or an Options folder) you may be able to get it here http://download.novell.com/index.jsp if you can remember the version.

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