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Win2k Logon Hacks
robzilla:
u dont, u change your permissions so you can change password after that ;)
Scorcher2005:
quote:Originally posted by VoidMain:
copy over LOGON.SCR with CMD.EXE "copy cmd.exe logon.scr".
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well i tried to, and it asks are you sure you want to overwrite and i said yes. it then said Access Denied, 0 files copied. I guess Storm Windows blocks that........got any other ways around this(changing admin and mgr passwords)???
voidmain:
There is another thread on these boards that discuss a Linux boot disk that allow you to change the Administrator password on NT and Win2K that is definately easier. If you do have your machine set up securely (in that normal users can't copy over LOGON.SCR) then you will have to go through another step which makes the process more time consuming.
If you have forgotten your Administrator password and want to use the LOGON.SCR/CMD.EXE trick and do not have permissions to copy over the LOGON.SCR as a normal user you will have to get your Windows NT or 2K CD and do a minimal OS install to a directory other than where the original copy of Windows was installed (without formatting the drive). For instance, NT and 2K normally installs to C:\WINNT. Install a new copy into C:\WINNT2. log in to the new copy of Windows as Administrator, "copy C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\CMD.EXE C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\LOGON.SCR".
Reboot into the original install of the OS, wait 15 minutes, get the CMD prompt and run User Manager to reset the original Administrator's password, delete the second copy of NT/2K.
[ May 04, 2002: Message edited by: VoidMain ]
sporkme:
to hack it you just have to go to linuxiso.org
then, set the computer on fire
no one will eeeevvvveeeerrrr kkkknnnnoooowwwwwww
Scorcher2005:
so will the boot disk work with this SECURE set up of the computer?
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