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Cause a Computer to Stop Booting via Script
Interesting simple script I wrote today to cause a computer to stop booting. When run the operating system will not load, the issue is easily reversed with a boot cd of any kind. Why would I ever want to do this you might ask. Simple I used it at the request of an employer. The boss had requested a way to see exactly what a user was doing on his work computer without a chance to clean it up. I used kaseya to push this script down and a few min later I got a call from the user saying his computer crashed. I told him to send it to IT and he did. I got the computer, renamed the file and turned it over to the boss so he could see what he wanted. He was let go a few hours later.
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