Bypassing

[grrosey]

Is there a way to bypass the standard logon screen on XP if you do not know the administrator password? Is there a way you can help me get passed the logon screen to an administrator area? Thanx in advance

 

[Zedric]

No if you want Administrator rights you must have a password for and Administrator account. Pretty bad security otherwise, no?

 

[open_source]

Are you using Home or Pro?

 

[grrosey]

i'm using pro

 

[open_source]

Find yourself a copy of LinNT. It works on NT/W2k. Have not tried it on XP.

 

[grrosey]

i've done a search since your post, and haven't found a single copy of LinNT yet, any ideas of any sites that have it?

 

[open_source]

http://www.nttoolbox.com/

in the downloads section called NT Admin Bootdisk

 

[grrosey]

thanx a bunch, but that just resets the password from what i've read about it, isn't there a way to just FIND it out, or to bypass it completely??

 

[Deszaras]

This sounds illegal. LOL

 

[Zedric]

Originally posted by grrosey
thanx a bunch, but that just resets the password from what i've read about it, isn't there a way to just FIND it out, or to bypass it completely??

No I hardly think so, it's encrypted (one-way). Being able to bypass it without reseting it would be, again, bad security. LinNT will only work if it's a local account (not in a domain or such). If it's in a domain, forget it.

 

[open_source]

Originally posted by grrosey
thanx a bunch, but that just resets the password from what i've read about it, isn't there a way to just FIND it out, or to bypass it completely??

May I ask why you are needing to do this?