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On Fri, 2011-06-24 at 19:52 +0100, Rob Beard wrote: > On 24/06/11 19:34, Dava wrote: > > Hey there, > > OK, a slight stab in the dark... My good friend recently bought a small > > x86 powered touch screen photo printing machine similar to the type > > Boots uses. It is currently running W2K but we haven't got access to the > > back end to modify prices etc, it is passworded and i cant seem to get > > around it. He is well up for putting a small reliable Linux distro on it > > but I'm unsure as where to start? Are there distros out there that would > > suit this? Or software of which i can put on another distro of my > > choice? It has a card reader and USB ports but wouldn't mind adding a > > bluetooth dongle for further flexibility. I had a quick gander on Google > > but yielded nothing... probably my lacking search engine skills! > > Any suggestions would be great thanks, I'm all ears :) > > > > Regards > > > > Dave > > > > > > When I think Touch I instantly think of something like Unity on Ubuntu > or Gnome 3. However I guess they could possibly be slightly too high > spec depending on the age of the machine (especially if it's only > running Windows 2000). > > I gather though that the next release of Ubuntu is going to have a 2D > Unity interface included to complement the existing 3D interface. It's > certainly worth giving it a try. Maybe if the hardware is upgradable > (such as a standard motherboard etc) then maybe your friend could beef > it up a bit and still use the existing casing, touch screen etc. > > As far as getting round the password, if you can boot from CD, try this > which can be used to reset passwords (I'd suggest resetting the password > rather than changing it with this tool): > > http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/ > > Rob > Or even boot it up with a live linux disrto ubuntu, knoppix, mint, etc and edit the windows file you need to modify prices. If not, take the disk out and put it in in a PC if it's easier. Passwords wont be a problem unless the disk is encrypted. -- Regards Kevin Lucas Minions Post Master(Sub) Eleven Years in the Making! www.minionsbandb.co.uk www.tearooms.minionsbandb.co.uk FaceBook Minions_shop Po House, Minions, Liskeard Cornwall PL14 5LE 01579363386 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq