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Geek Culture / Hacking Windows XP (legally)

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Ace Of Spades
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Posted: 2nd Apr 2005 10:31 Edited at: 2nd Apr 2005 10:39
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My little brother came over for the weekend, got mad at me...logged onto his computer account and changed my account to 'limited', Now i cannot access half the features I use on a daily basis. Can someone help me out and tell me how to change my account back to normal?

This is windows XP Pro.

Thanks in advance.

[EDIT] also, if you have aim or yim, please message me for faster results.
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UnderLord
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Posted: 2nd Apr 2005 10:40
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change the account password by clicking on your "my computer" icon and then going to change a setting then clicking on user accounts and click on your username and click on creat a password then after you've changed the password you can change the user account from limited to administrator.... that should work if not creat a new account with full access and then delete the old one...or just revert back to a old day with the system restore.

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Neil19533
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Posted: 2nd Apr 2005 10:44 Edited at: 2nd Apr 2005 10:47
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log off if it comes up with the welcome screen press ctrl-alt-del twice then it will come up with the old fasioned style login.(you may have to have a password on your user account then click on it without putting a password befor the ctrl alt del will work) type administrator as the user name with no password and if no one put a password in you can log on. then you can change it back. otherwise tell your freind to fix it

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Ace Of Spades
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Posted: 2nd Apr 2005 10:44 Edited at: 2nd Apr 2005 10:46
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Well thats the thing, from a limited account, i cannot change powers OR create a new account with full access.

[EDIT] and to Neil...no old fashion popup login thing comes up either.
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Neil19533
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Posted: 2nd Apr 2005 10:49
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if you username is passworded then click on it so it asks to put in the password the press ctrl alt del twice. if you dont have a password youll have to put a password on

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Ace Of Spades
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Posted: 2nd Apr 2005 10:51
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Still nothing
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Neil19533
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Posted: 2nd Apr 2005 10:54 Edited at: 2nd Apr 2005 10:55
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switching user wont work you have to log off.

Any spelling mistakes are totally In tensional.
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Neofish
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Posted: 2nd Apr 2005 10:55
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Tell him to put it back...

I don't see why people think that 133b is spelt 1337?!
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Ace Of Spades
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Posted: 2nd Apr 2005 10:57
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Well it turns out he was using my tv to play his xbox, so I took it away from him until he told me his password... then i got in and switch powers around.

@Neil...I see, I was just switching account.
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hyrichter
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Posted: 2nd Apr 2005 11:44 Edited at: 2nd Apr 2005 11:47
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Can you access the command prompt? If so, type



And, walah, the administrator password is changed, and you can login with that account. At teh login screen hit ctr+alt+del twice until the Win2k type login screen shows up, then login as administrator and there ya go.


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stupid kid
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Posted: 2nd Apr 2005 12:08 Edited at: 2nd Apr 2005 12:29
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http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=1501&page=5

this website tells u how to reset the passwords if u forget a password this might help u. I think another area of the site tells u how to reset bios passwords but that is simple. To reset a bios password there is a jumper u can remove or u can just take out the battery on the mobo and replace it 10 minutes later.

and for passwords for applications, internet passwords and this even found my windows password u can use cain.

http://www.oxid.it/cain.html

only use these methods for legal password recovering,in case u ever forget your password, which has happened to me before. Hacking or the correct term is cracking is illegal.

http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html

that website talks about the difference between hacking and cracking.
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