----------------------------------- Paul Wed Jan 28, 2004 8:44 pm getting past the Windows XP login ----------------------------------- If someone (my parents) locked me outta my computer for whatever reason (for being on the computer too long), by changing the log in password with the admin account, is there anyway of me getting in without knowing the password? I thought I once heard you could do something at startup. ----------------------------------- Catalyst Wed Jan 28, 2004 8:47 pm ----------------------------------- hit F8 at startup goto safe mode use the admin account to reset the password ----------------------------------- Dan Wed Jan 28, 2004 8:52 pm ----------------------------------- u could uses the windows recovery consale to reset the registry but that whould reset all the windows setings and whould probly piss off ur parents. ----------------------------------- shorthair Wed Jan 28, 2004 8:52 pm ----------------------------------- only works for home , disabeled on professional ----------------------------------- Tony Wed Jan 28, 2004 8:57 pm ----------------------------------- :lol: pop in a windows CD and reinstall everything :twisted: ----------------------------------- Paul Wed Jan 28, 2004 8:59 pm ----------------------------------- Yay, thanx. ----------------------------------- Dan Wed Jan 28, 2004 8:59 pm ----------------------------------- only works for home , disabeled on professional u mean the windows recovery thing? b/c it should work on any windows xp verson since it is ment to fix stuff like registry errors. ----------------------------------- shorthair Wed Jan 28, 2004 9:03 pm ----------------------------------- My post was meant to be before yours , when you go into safe modde on professional , it asks you for hte admins password or whatever you main user is ----------------------------------- Martin Thu Jan 29, 2004 11:48 am ----------------------------------- You've got mod support now...whoever solves this problemo gets 1 million bits. ----------------------------------- shorthair Thu Jan 29, 2004 11:58 am ----------------------------------- well dan did i bit , pittched in and whoever else posted in thei thread , but im ot awarre what problem you speak of Darkness , d oyou refer to paulibians , because his problem is fixed now ----------------------------------- Andy Thu Jan 29, 2004 12:22 pm ----------------------------------- when u log in, do u have to type the username? or do u click? if its set on typing the username, just create a couple of hundred accounts ----------------------------------- Martin Thu Jan 29, 2004 12:22 pm ----------------------------------- Well, here's what you get a million bits for: Reset the administrator's password with access only to a limited account or Find out/get past another user's password without changing it, again with only access to a limited account. Windows xp professional by the way. ----------------------------------- Paul Thu Jan 29, 2004 12:25 pm ----------------------------------- wow... your bits... did you magic them from thin air? ----------------------------------- shorthair Thu Jan 29, 2004 12:28 pm ----------------------------------- log onto the limited account and find ht hidden file where log ins are stored , if ther is a bios password , just change the jumper settings also , what i did to get passes at school , is run my home made keylogger , you can get it to write to a nice location wher no one goes , and BAM you got yourself a password , profressional is the hardest , everythig else the safe mode trick works or jsut click off hte logon ----------------------------------- Maverick Thu Jan 29, 2004 4:14 pm ----------------------------------- wow a million bits. I'd have to buy a hundred websites ----------------------------------- we64 Thu Jan 29, 2004 6:11 pm ----------------------------------- use the system recovery function to recovery the system before the day your parents changed your password ----------------------------------- shorthair Thu Jan 29, 2004 6:29 pm ----------------------------------- but hte problem is that you cant get into windows , to do that, unless im not aware of being able to do it before logging in ----------------------------------- we64 Thu Jan 29, 2004 7:40 pm ----------------------------------- I think under safe mode, it will work. Or just ask his mom to let him use for 5 minutes than use the recovery to change it.... :D :D ----------------------------------- Paul Thu Jan 29, 2004 7:41 pm ----------------------------------- I did say IF, not that it is the REAL reason... ----------------------------------- shorthair Thu Jan 29, 2004 7:52 pm ----------------------------------- now we64 , the problem is in professional you cant get into safe mode without hte admins password , thast what the contest is all about :wink: ----------------------------------- we64 Thu Jan 29, 2004 8:12 pm ----------------------------------- I see, lucky me that I am using Windows XP Pro, I am going to try it out. ----------------------------------- shorthair Thu Jan 29, 2004 8:14 pm ----------------------------------- Well i have found the best thing going , and its legal and on tech tv http://www.techtv.com/unscrewed/ihateyou/story/0,24682,3587662,00.html thats how you do it , the app used to be for admins that wanted to testhow good their password was , this thing does it alll :D :D Problem Solved ----------------------------------- roer Thu Jan 29, 2004 8:33 pm ----------------------------------- Just install another version of XP or any other O/S you might have on you on the same partition. Make an adminstrator password on that so that they can't change it. Microsoft didn't exatcly make it so you can walk right into a password locked account. You'd have to boot using a special boot disk or something if you want to bypass that. If everyone were running Linux the world would be much nicer :wink: ----------------------------------- shorthair Thu Jan 29, 2004 8:41 pm ----------------------------------- but dude , its not like a person isnt gonna notice that you chaged the damn OS , the point here is to get into a restricted account with no hassle , and ease , i wouldnt reload a system or add another OS , the app i found will d oit for ya apartntly has a 10/10 for 10 really retarded passwords , and 9/10 on another test ----------------------------------- we64 Thu Jan 29, 2004 9:20 pm ----------------------------------- good job man, that was fast... ----------------------------------- Dan Thu Jan 29, 2004 10:26 pm ----------------------------------- Well i have found the best thing going , and its legal and on tech tv http://www.techtv.com/unscrewed/ihateyou/story/0,24682,3587662,00.html thats how you do it , the app used to be for admins that wanted to testhow good their password was , this thing does it alll :D :D Problem Solved dose not work if u can not install it :wall: on limited acounts u cant install that and with no acounts u cant ether. also using brout force to decode the pass could take a very long time if it is a good pass. P.S. i all ready sugested that on msn to darkness :P ----------------------------------- shorthair Thu Jan 29, 2004 10:28 pm ----------------------------------- DOS versions of this app have been rumored , im not sure how it would go over , but apparently thats teh reason they made it , for professional XP , i have yet to find it though ----------------------------------- Dan Thu Jan 29, 2004 10:34 pm ----------------------------------- i have found a DOS app like that one but u need to pay for it :evil: it works with any verson of xp, or so they say.