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Thursday, 24 April 2014
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Saturday, 5 April 2014
How to gain access to your Windows account if you lose your password...
Bypass Windows security with the hidden administrator account
If you're using a single account,
it's surprisingly easy to lock yourself out of your own computer by
losing your password. Luckily, its just as easy to get back in again
without leaving a trace – so long as you haven't misplaced your Windows
Installation DVD. Here's how.
In terms of PC disasters, few problems are quite as notorious at ruining your day like losing your Windows
password. When password hints prove to be flimsier than expected and
there's a distinct lack of any alternative user accounts, trying to log
in to your PC often degenerates into a frustrating exercise of trial and
error – while typically never exceeding the latter part. More often
than not, common approaches to this problem tend to be fairly elaborate
and usually involve creating boot disks with password bypass tools or an
independent Linux OS. If your Windows Installation DVD is within reach
however, or if you are using Windows XP, there's no need to bother with
any of that. Here's how to infiltrate Windows' defences and reset your
password without third party tools. See also: How to choose a strong and secure password
Resetting passwords in Windows XP
The easiest way to regain control of your
system makes use of the hidden Windows administrator account, which
conveniently comes unprotected. With its help, you can make sweeping
changes to your system and override most of your previous settings,
including user passwords. Though it is disabled by default for security
reasons, getting access hardly poses a problem in Windows XP (excluding
the Pro version). Here's how you do it:
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1. Restart Windows in safe mode. To do so, reboot your PC and tap F8 a couple of times right after the BIOS initialization screen has passed. If you are unsure when that is exactly, you can also employ the advanced technique of tapping it continuously and in quick succession throughout the whole booting process.
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2. This will bring you into the Windows boot menu. Choose the option “Safe Mode with Command Prompt”.
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3. Ideally, you should be offered an “Administrator” user account in the login-screen by default. If not, try hitting Ctrl + Alt + Del twice to bring up a user name prompt, type in “Administrator” without a password and hit enter.
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4. Inside of the Windows safe mode UI, you should now see a command prompt. Enter to line "net user" to get an overview of all active accounts on your system. Note down the name of the user account that you lost access to, and use it in the command
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net user [username] [password]
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to assign a new password to it. This could look like this: “net user Martin 123456”.
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5. Restart your PC and log into your account with your new password.
Resetting passwords in Windows Vista, 7 and 8
Just like in Windows XP, you can gain
circumvent Windows' security measures with a hidden administrator
account. Unlike Windows XP however, Microsoft has since fixed its rather
blatant vulnerablility in safe mode, so that the administrator account
can't be reached quite as easily any more. This is where the Windows
Installation DVD comes into play (make sure that it isn't simply a
Recovery DVD, as that won't suffice). With it, you can navigate to the
administrator account without ever setting foot into Windows itself.
Note that this method unfortunately requires modifying the registry and
can thus be rather intimidating at first. If you follow our instructions
carefully however, you should be on good terms with Windows again in no
time. This might also be of interest: How to disable frequent Password confirmations on Windows 8
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1 .Start your PC with the bootable Installation DVD of Windows. If you have not already done so, make sure to adjust your boot priorities in the BIOS, so that your CD/DVD/Blu-Ray drive has priority over your hard drive.
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2. In the first menu, select your installation language and click on “Next”. In the following window, click on “Repair your computer”.
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3. The set-up assistant will now search for Windows installations and list them up. Choose the one that applies to you and proceed to the next window. Continue by clicking on “Command Prompt” continue to the more in-depth part.
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4. Enter “regedit” into the prompt and hit enter. This will open the Registry Editor, which isn't yet connected to the registry of your installed version of Windows. To remedy that, select “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE” on the left, and navigate over “File” > “Load Hive”. Enter the line “%windir%\system32\config\sam“ into the field “File path“ and click on “Open” to load the user and password information manager of Windows (alternatively, you can also manually browser to your Windows folder and select the SAM file). The Registry Editor will then demand a name for the new hive, which can be anything you like. Just make sure to remember it for the following step.
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5. Head to “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > [Your new hive] > SAM > Domains > Account > Users > 000001F4”. Turn your attention to the right panel, where you will find an entry simply called “F”. This is where we will activate the administrator account for Windows. Double-click it to summon an hexadecimal editor with a bunch of neatly arranged numbers.
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6. Look for the line that starts with “0038” on the left side. Directly next to it (to the right), you will find the value “11”. Double-click it and overwrite it with “10” to activate the administrator account. Be advised that it's important not to change anything else, as Windows might be rendered inoperable otherwise. Don't worry - if something does go awry, just click on “Cancel” and try again. Otherwise, click on “OK”.
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7. Close the registry editor and the command prompt and reboot your PC without the Installation DVD. If everything has worked, you will now find a new administrator account to log in to in the welcoming screen.
From here on out, unlocking your own user
account is a breeze. Log in to the admistrator account, summon your
command prompt up again by clicking on the Windows-Symbol in the bottom
right corner of the screen and search for “cmd”. Right-click the tool in
the search results and select “Run as Administrator”. Enter the command
net user [your account name] [your new password]
to reconfigure your account's password.
In practice, this might look like this "net user daver secret123". Just
make sure to remember your new password and log out to finish the
process.
Tip: It is
advisable disable to administrator account again after it has fulfilled
its purpose, as its unprotected, yet powerful nature can pose a serious
security risk. To do so, log into your own account, open the command prompt with administrative rights again, and enter
net user administrator /active:no
Alternatively, you may hold on to it, but equip it with a password by entering
net user administrator [password]
In either case, restart you computer for the changes to take effect.
How to Install Windows from a USB Flash Drive
The purpose of this guide is
to prepare a USB Flash Drive with the installation files of Windows
Vista™ or Windows 7™. Most Netbook does not come with a CD/DVD drive and
therefore installing or upgrading to a new operating system is always a
challenge. The guide is divided into two parts, the first part talks
about the preparation of the Flash Drive and the later talks about how
to copy the installation file content on to the Drive for installation
[WARNING! ALL DATA ON THE DISK YOU SELECT WILL BE LOST! MAKE SURE TO BACKUP ANY DATA YOU WISH TO KEEP!]
Preparing The USB Flash Drive
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1Most Flash Drives available in the market will work. When choosing a drive for the preparation we should remember two key points:
- The Flash Drive should have a decent read/write speed
- The size of the drive should be at least 4GB
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2To prepare the USB Flash Drive, we need access to a computer running either Windows Vista™ or Windows 7™. Insert the Flash Drive in the computer and wait for the computer to recognize the drive.
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3Click START > All Programs > Accessories
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4Right click on Command Prompt and select “Run As Administrator”
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5In Command Prompt, type DISKPART
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6Type LIST DISKThis command will list all of the disks on your system. Be sure to choose the correct disk. For example, If you are using a 4GB flash drive. Select the disk with the size of ~3822MB.
[WARNING! ALL DATA ON THE DISK YOU SELECT WILL BE LOST! MAKE SURE TO BACKUP ANY DATA YOU WISH TO KEEP!]
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1Type SELECT DISK X [Replace "X" with the appropriate disk number ]
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2Type CLEAN [ A successful clean will prompt the message “Diskpart succeeded in cleaning the disk” ]
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3Type CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY
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4Type SELECT PARTITION 1
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5Type ACTIVE
- By following the above step we have just created a USB Flash Drive capable of booting from the system BIOS.
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6Copying The Installation FilesThe next step is to copy the files from the Original Windows Vista™ / Windows 7™ disc. Before we copy the content of the disc to the Flash Drive, we have to make sure that the drive is ready to accept files. In the same Command Prompt that we have used in the previous step, type the following commands
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- Type FORMAT FS=NTFS QUICK [ When it reaches 100% you are ready to move to the next step ]
- Type ASSIGN
- Type EXIT to get out of DISKPART Command Utility
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2Now your Flash Drive is ready for the files. Insert your Windows disc into your drive. In my case, my Disc Drive is I: drive and my FLASH Drive is J:
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3Type XCOPY I:\*.* /S/E/F J:\ [ This Command needs to be typed in the same Command Prompt that we have left open after Diskpart.
- If your Drive letters are correct, after several minutes you will get a message saying the numbers of files successfully copied to your FLASH DRIVE
Warnings
- Please make sure that no other external or internal hard drives or flash drives are attached to the computer while performing these steps. Only the FLASH DRIVE should be attached to the computer. Failure to do so might result in DATA LOSS in other drives while performing the DISKPART commands.
- All data will be lost on the drive you select.
Things You'll Need
- A Computer With DVD Drive Running Windows Vista Or Windows Seven
- A Flash Drive with 4GB Capacity
- The OS Installation disk you want copied onto your Flash Drive
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