How to Reset a Windows Password Through a Backdoor

Ғылым және технология

TechNet Link about EFS:
technet.microsoft.com/en-us/li...
What I used to create the presentation portions of the screencast:
prezi.com/
Important time links:
0:11 Disclaimer. Please take heed
0:52 What this backdoor will and will not allow you to do
1:45 How this will be done
4:03 Beginning of demonstration with victim PC
6:05 Brief discussion about EFS and why this password reset could cause data loss
7:47 Continuance of demonstration with the victim PC
14:33 Wrap up
Oh, and yes, I start sentences with the word "so" and "now" far too much. So, now, I'm going to try and stop doing that in future videos.

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  • @SciTechConnections
    @SciTechConnections8 жыл бұрын

    Helped me get admin access on Windows 8.1. Used an old linux-live CD to change executable names and then reset the password. Worked perfectly. Not only solved my problem but also taught me something about the operating system. Bravo!!!!

  • @Megamanx305

    @Megamanx305

    2 жыл бұрын

    Can you advise on how to do it through linux? I have Ubuntu on a linux live but don’t know the actual commands in linux.

  • @gsmtradeco
    @gsmtradeco2 жыл бұрын

    Well done! Clearly narrated and explained. Great accompanying visuals and editing. All the hallmarks of a great video! Thank you.

  • @boblucas5222
    @boblucas52227 жыл бұрын

    G'day Wesley Had been given a mate's laptop to revive after he forgot his password, and spent hours trying to gain access without success. Your video was so easy to follow, and achieved the result we were after. Thanks so much! Cheers, Bob

  • @tonisa8909
    @tonisa89092 жыл бұрын

    FINALLY SOMEONE WHO MAKES SENSE AND EXPLAINS EVERYTHING. I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR INSTRUCTIONS BECAUSE I COULD FINALLY LOG INTO MY COMPUTER.

  • @WesleyDavid

    @WesleyDavid

    2 жыл бұрын

    Very happy to have helped. 😁

  • @Tukwila01
    @Tukwila0111 жыл бұрын

    Awsome dude! Thank you!! KZread needs more quality soles such as yours to raise those of us that need it :)

  • @VelezBiH
    @VelezBiH7 жыл бұрын

    Hey man, just wanted to give you big thanks for this vide. I spend a day today trying different solutions and non of them worked except yours. Thank you!

  • @WesleyDavid

    @WesleyDavid

    7 жыл бұрын

    Always welcome, my friend. =)

  • @ramirezalbert8
    @ramirezalbert87 жыл бұрын

    First, let me state how very well and professionally this video was done. Thank you. Next, this worked perfectly. My only mistake was to accidentally type in "rem" instead of "ren" for my instructions to rename the files. It's okay, I just have more work to do. Thanks for the help.

  • @oscarmcbride5701
    @oscarmcbride57018 жыл бұрын

    Loved all the peripheral information. Very well made. Reminded me of concepts I haven't thought about in ages (EFS).

  • @Alphadog_rsa
    @Alphadog_rsa5 жыл бұрын

    Watching this in 2019 and still works !!!!!!!! Thank you big time

  • @WesleyDavid

    @WesleyDavid

    5 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely! I still use this method all these years later. =)

  • @johncole6607
    @johncole66076 жыл бұрын

    Great video. Precise, to the point and in plain language. Most importantly it works.

  • @josephocol6674

    @josephocol6674

    Жыл бұрын

    Where is this video

  • @ghettophoenix
    @ghettophoenix10 жыл бұрын

    I had been stressing out for over a week, tried Dell, tech friends, Geek Squad, and nothing. I mean I was crying. Then this. It worked without a hitch. Freakin' will always love you, James Miller! Kisses and hugs. You have NO idea how grateful I am to you.

  • @user-xc9sm9te8s
    @user-xc9sm9te8s Жыл бұрын

    It's truly astounding how easy the internet makes learning these days. Thanks for the tutorial, my guy.

  • @mahmoodayaz4285
    @mahmoodayaz42856 жыл бұрын

    after spending 5 hours finally someone with the solution. Thank you so much

  • @Masonly2
    @Masonly29 жыл бұрын

    I've been using this method for a while now, I didn't know it was something that others' did until recently.

  • @lanhvotinh89
    @lanhvotinh89 Жыл бұрын

    He did a very good job imo. Explaining the basics step by step. English is not my first language and I have no experience in using DAWs

  • @linda_sue
    @linda_sue8 жыл бұрын

    I believe this is possibly the most valuable video I've seen around KZread. I went to see your others and was startled. Do you have another channel? You're an excellent teacher. I wanted to tell you: I volunteered for a thrift store whose proceeds provide medical and dental care for low income families, right in the same building. Occasionally, a computer would come in as a donation with no password. Into the dumpster it would have to go because it was beyond the electronics volunteer's abilities. There was nowhere to store them and they were unusable. That's how I found this video; searching for help for him. Now, I just remembered to search it out again. They sell nice computers for $25, so every one counts to help create income. I was asked to be the one to use this technique, so I need to get back to volunteering there. The sheer cleverness of it just delights my brain. Thank you for making the video and please do consider making more.

  • @Gamers-brat

    @Gamers-brat

    10 ай бұрын

    A

  • @DetroitKillaB
    @DetroitKillaB10 жыл бұрын

    This literally just saved my life. Excellent tutorial.... Extremely detailed and simple to follow

  • @WesleyDavid

    @WesleyDavid

    10 жыл бұрын

    Glad I could help! =)

  • @JohnWhite0388

    @JohnWhite0388

    10 жыл бұрын

    Heh, I've done this before... Useful trick!

  • @robertdelancey8378

    @robertdelancey8378

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@JohnWhite0388 so which one are you guys talking about bud

  • @raydeen2k
    @raydeen2k9 жыл бұрын

    I've always just used a TRK (Trinity Rescue Kit) disc to boot up and blank passwords. I've had three legit occasions where this was necessary. One where an old fellow wanted to get pictures and other family docs off of his recently deceased brother's computer, one where an employee had left a company and had locked a workstation down that had company info on it, and one where a user had gotten a new laptop and had totally fubar'd the account setup and mistyped or forgotten the password he'd used to initially set up the account (another older fellow).

  • @Iomega311
    @Iomega3116 жыл бұрын

    Worked perfectly! Except... I was needing to reset a Windows 8 password and only had Windows 10 images... (tried, didn't work) so instead I just booted from a Linux LiveBoot USB and changed it through the Linux terminal instead. Worked like a charm! Thanks!

  • @deadlykiller10
    @deadlykiller107 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Wesley i have been searching for this solution for a really long time. You made my search complete ..Thanks mate...

  • @WesleyDavid
    @WesleyDavid11 жыл бұрын

    In cases like that I just use a Linux live CD that has NTFS drivers. Most often the latest Ubuntu Live CD will work great. Thanks for the encouraging words! Glad I could help out.

  • @WesleyDavid
    @WesleyDavid11 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! Glad I could help. I've heard a number of people suggest I get into speaking audio books. =)

  • @d.ds.8549
    @d.ds.8549 Жыл бұрын

    firstly I would like to wish you well and to say a huge thank you for uploading these videos as they have been an invaluable resource to

  • @alexzhu4867
    @alexzhu4867 Жыл бұрын

    Returning here 2 years after I first saw the video, I realised just now how much I have learnt. I am so grateful for your channel, everytNice tutorialng

  • @jonikumar382
    @jonikumar38210 жыл бұрын

    This literally just saved my life. Excellent tutorial...

  • @daddadification

    @daddadification

    4 жыл бұрын

    it can broken something

  • @WesleyDavid
    @WesleyDavid11 жыл бұрын

    Glad to hear it worked out! I've forgotten my password just like that many times. =)

  • @JOK3R4LYF3-JL

    @JOK3R4LYF3-JL

    4 жыл бұрын

    How do u reset bios password for Dell venue pro 11 5130 tablet

  • @kamizubi

    @kamizubi

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@JOK3R4LYF3-JL at star just keep tapping the F12 key until u c the bios menu. There shud b an option. Other way is to simply remove the CMOS lithium battery on the motherboard to reset the bios

  • @derfeluk
    @derfeluk10 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely brilliant ... no messing with Linux images or the like ... Thank you!

  • @sharonparker2372
    @sharonparker2372 Жыл бұрын

    I watch many videos and none worked. Then I came across yours and IT WORKED. Wonderful!! I wanted to make it safe to sell. THANK YOU SO MUC H FOR SHARING.

  • @WesleyDavid
    @WesleyDavid11 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the complements and also updating me with how you managed to get it to work for you! I didn't think to mention usernames with spaces in them. Great that you got it to work! =)

  • @rubiconnz1754

    @rubiconnz1754

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sure You meant "𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 " as complements has a different meaning that being ᴀ ᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀɪʙᴜᴛᴇs ᴇxᴛʀᴀ ғᴇᴀᴛᴜʀᴇs ᴛᴏ sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴇʟsᴇ ɪɴ sᴜᴄʜ ᴀ ᴡᴀʏ ᴀs ᴛᴏ ɪᴍᴘʀᴏᴠᴇ ᴏʀ ᴇᴍᴘʜᴀsɪᴢᴇ ɪᴛs ǫᴜᴀʟɪᴛʏ.

  • @rossphillips6163

    @rossphillips6163

    4 жыл бұрын

    Wesley David hey my user name has spaces in it, how do I get it to work?

  • @VictoriusMagnus

    @VictoriusMagnus

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@rossphillips6163 put the user name under " "

  • @Tshelton28

    @Tshelton28

    3 жыл бұрын

    I used windows 10 media creation tool and shift f10 to bring up command prompt but it is x drive

  • @WesleyDavid

    @WesleyDavid

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Tshelton28 Correct, you'll need to find the drive letter for the hard drive itself. Try just typing `c:` or `b:` or even `d:` and hitting enter. You'll want to explore which disk is the internal Windows drive with a tool like diskpart at the command prompt.

  • @snborgman99
    @snborgman9911 жыл бұрын

    Thank You for this!! I was totally freaking out!!! haha ty ty ty this was a lot easier than the other videos i saw.

  • @Falconwing3
    @Falconwing37 жыл бұрын

    Just would like to say thanks for assisting me in fixing a old laptop :3

  • @jason1164
    @jason11649 жыл бұрын

    I must say thanks, this has video has helped me many times in the past and even so now, and this really defines how vulnerable a computer is if you have physical access to it. I have used this method to help people get back into their computers without damaging anything and it also helped me for when I received a computer as a gift and they didn't include any of the passwords.

  • @atharil850
    @atharil8509 жыл бұрын

    This worked on my vista! Thank you so much! :-D

  • @R47H4M1S
    @R47H4M1S9 жыл бұрын

    Security is an illusion Awesome video man keep up the good work

  • @woody9201
    @woody920110 жыл бұрын

    I have tried numerous other password reset approaches for Windows 7 64bit...None and I mean none of them worked. Your simple "elegant" process worked perfectly on the first attempt. I booted to drbl live, accessed terminal and mounted the windows disk read write, followed your steps and bingo!!! It worked. Many many thanks.

  • @darrenking800
    @darrenking8008 жыл бұрын

    Worked. Thank you! I did need to do a 'net user' command to determine the list of users beforehand. This is because the user I expected to change was something completely different.

  • @swamper45

    @swamper45

    4 жыл бұрын

    As awesome as this vid was, it was your comment that saved me.

  • @tdsantoro62
    @tdsantoro629 жыл бұрын

    Tip: If your username has a space, like mine did Jim Simpson, use quotes. so you have to type it in as follows net user "Jim Simpson" then type your new password and hit enter

  • @biggieb291

    @biggieb291

    3 жыл бұрын

    Todd!!! You da man !!! I was hitting a wall because my name had a space in it.... Thank you for the commet!

  • @WesleyDavid
    @WesleyDavid11 жыл бұрын

    "Slaving the drive" means to pull the hard drive out, and connect it as a secondary drive to another PC, either with a SATA-to-USB connector, or putting it internal to the other PC as a second drive. Then you can boot up on the other PC's Windows install, open the hard drive as a folder that you just put in, and rename things. That's the long way around the barn though. Just use any boot disc like Ubuntu or a Windows install disc.

  • @tago8039
    @tago80393 жыл бұрын

    I don't mind "So & Now". It's "Actually & Basically" that drive me CRAZY! Great video - thanks

  • @mnawalu
    @mnawalu6 жыл бұрын

    Excellent tutorial jif(chief)_Extremely well presented and simple to understand.. Keep up ta good work always!

  • @snakbyteMike
    @snakbyteMike10 жыл бұрын

    This is awesome!

  • @WesleyDavid
    @WesleyDavid10 жыл бұрын

    That's a tough spot. You'll somehow need to get the drivers for that storage card loaded so that you can see the hard drives. That's not something I can help with, sadly.

  • @HieuNguyen-handleMe
    @HieuNguyen-handleMe9 жыл бұрын

    I've just used this method to re-gain my account. I've always used auto-logon so totally forgotten it. Thanks Wesley. My PC is Windows 8.1 64bit by the way.

  • @Primo_4586
    @Primo_4586 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you Chris. I really appreciate it and that was exactly what I was trying to do. No fuss and helping people get on with what they need

  • @DenDenKyuutomi
    @DenDenKyuutomi9 жыл бұрын

    LOL'd at "That is a funny looking on-screen keyboard." Thx for the information bruh. really helpful stuff ^_^

  • @tinjobasi87
    @tinjobasi877 жыл бұрын

    Great tutorial. It save me from downloading software to crack password. This tutorial is little bit time consuming because is explained every steps. Those who are in a hurry you can skip to 9:18. Thank you Wesley David

  • @WesleyDavid

    @WesleyDavid

    7 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! Yeah I went more for a masterclass format, rather than a quick tutorial. Maybe I should make a second edition that just slams through it all in 3 minutes.

  • @NAY2GAS
    @NAY2GAS7 жыл бұрын

    Awesome Trick! Just did it on a 2008 Server. Worked like a charm. Thank you!

  • @tonyyamin5540
    @tonyyamin55403 жыл бұрын

    Wesley.........THIS Worked! Thanks SO much for the truly educational video AND getting back into a "lost password" PC! All the Best to ya!

  • @WesleyDavid

    @WesleyDavid

    3 жыл бұрын

    Awesome! So happy to hear it. 😄

  • @shawnlinderman8563
    @shawnlinderman85635 жыл бұрын

    I love you man your a freakin genius!

  • @rexingfordsilovo6911
    @rexingfordsilovo691110 жыл бұрын

    excellent thanks for the inside help.....

  • @lillianwinnie8194

    @lillianwinnie8194

    10 жыл бұрын

    interesting

  • @stuartperth6431
    @stuartperth64314 жыл бұрын

    Hey Wesley, I'm a sysadmin type dude in Perth Australia, just thought I would say your explanation and video is great, you obviously have taken some time to make this video and help people, I tried to look at your website, must be a cloudflare thing(it's down). I will subscribe and keep up the great work. Cheers

  • @WesleyDavid

    @WesleyDavid

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for dropping a note. It was a fun vid to make! I had always hoped to make more, but alas... never did. Life gets in the way sometimes. :D

  • @batamanverbatim7558
    @batamanverbatim7558 Жыл бұрын

    TNice tutorials is THE most helpful tutorial on KZread imo. I am starting production in Hardstyle, and I find soft soft really useful

  • @bobberlanti2127
    @bobberlanti21278 жыл бұрын

    Wesley.......great job. When through numerous trial with "Crack" programs. None worked. Purchased a PC from a charity thrift store with Win Vista. Had PW from prev. user and no notes. Used Slax Lunix OS CD to make the changes. Became your 5K subscriber.

  • @jasonx7259
    @jasonx72598 жыл бұрын

    Backdoor didn't work i still get on screen keyboard

  • @Olivetreedisciples3887
    @Olivetreedisciples38879 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! I was so frustrated about my forgotten password. This made it simple and worked great.

  • @thelearningcentre7827

    @thelearningcentre7827

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank You for this

  • @azizahussain07

    @azizahussain07

    3 жыл бұрын

    This is more effective and short video created by a kid

  • @lando8398
    @lando83986 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, have had this problem many times before and have given up on my laptops. I'll give this a try and hope for the best. Thanks again.

  • @lisajohnson1284

    @lisajohnson1284

    6 жыл бұрын

    Hi Landy, sorry if this is a bit random but can I ask your opinion on some customer support questions?

  • @nofingway1
    @nofingway18 жыл бұрын

    nice video....but did not work. One question, since my computer says OSK not found, I did a search for *.exe and I can see a file called "ntoskknl.exe" since it has OKS in it, is this the on screen keyboard file? Did not want to change and screw thing more than what they are already. Thanks, (BTW, is a dell running Windows 7)

  • @chillpill9489

    @chillpill9489

    8 жыл бұрын

    What is the program for the onscreen keyboard if you figured it out I can't check myself

  • @annadees9837

    @annadees9837

    6 жыл бұрын

    Google :-)

  • @surrealbeats4487

    @surrealbeats4487

    6 жыл бұрын

    Then simply rename magnify.exe

  • @aakashpatil33
    @aakashpatil339 жыл бұрын

    was very helpful n quick n easy !!! thanks a lot :D

  • @brianhudson3888
    @brianhudson388810 жыл бұрын

    Well narrated....Straight forward to the point and very descriptive....cheers

  • @grahamwalker484
    @grahamwalker4845 жыл бұрын

    Very well presented...It got me out of a difficult situation...Many thanks for taking the time to make the video..

  • @WesleyDavid

    @WesleyDavid

    5 жыл бұрын

    Glad it's still helping people after all these years! =)

  • @Ridomay
    @Ridomay9 жыл бұрын

    I was really hoping to see the bat cave plans.

  • @emisoul4203

    @emisoul4203

    4 жыл бұрын

    im bulding a spaceship jns.

  • @emersonphillips1288

    @emersonphillips1288

    4 жыл бұрын

    a

  • @WesleyDavid
    @WesleyDavid11 жыл бұрын

    Remember though - this isn't a "crack." It's just a sneaky way of resetting a Windows password. =)

  • @vulvoxify

    @vulvoxify

    4 жыл бұрын

    Not a crack.... Something else.

  • @bryankumbalek6530
    @bryankumbalek65304 жыл бұрын

    man.... if only i had known this years ago..... very informative!

  • @infantjonesarputharaj7933
    @infantjonesarputharaj7933 Жыл бұрын

    You deserve youtube award of the year. TNice tutorials video truly nails it! Very well explained... The way you cut the bullsNice tutorialt and get straight to it..

  • @trevenoramcharan6605
    @trevenoramcharan66058 жыл бұрын

    what if u did not have a windows disc i do not have one how to get cmd on the log in screen

  • @jimnunya1253

    @jimnunya1253

    4 жыл бұрын

    See if you can boot to another partition. Many computers have a recovery partition.

  • @WesleyDavid
    @WesleyDavid11 жыл бұрын

    You have to go back through the process of booting into a live CD and changing the file names back. You can't change those file names while Windows is running.

  • @gloriathomason9838

    @gloriathomason9838

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm not david

  • @johnwhelan9325

    @johnwhelan9325

    2 жыл бұрын

    You can change the files back, but have to go into the security settings in the properties of the files and change ownership and grant full rights to the files first.

  • @sydneytiffa
    @sydneytiffa10 жыл бұрын

    Seriously brilliant. I tried maybe three methods of bypassing the password we put on our old computer and couldn't get anywhere...until I saw your video. Every single step worked perfectly for me and allowed me to finally get in. Once I was in I simply removed the password that was on the account through the Control Panel to completely get rid of that headache. An added bonus was bragging to my husband that "I hacked that bitch!" when he got off of work. Thanks so much!

  • @SM3LX04
    @SM3LX04 Жыл бұрын

    Just wanted to express how helpful your videos are!! you are extrely good at explaining tNice tutorialngs in-depth but still at a basic level for

  • @ivanjsimer
    @ivanjsimer9 жыл бұрын

    The basics. Secure room with solid door and good locks. Steel cabnet or cage for the system with good physical protection. Make sure your case has unique bit screws, (don't lose the bit!) Lock down your BIOS and HDD (if capable) with passwords. A chip based finger print scanner works nicely too. Disable and secure USB ports, epoxy works nicely :) Remove or disable external media drives. Rename the Administrator account with an ascii symbol, and password protect it with a complex password. Don't leave this blank *default*. Disable it AFTER you create your main standard user account. Finally, ENCRYPT EVERYTHING. Those are some ideas to SLOW DOWN unauthorized access on Windows. I've given up the idea of making systems "unhackable". There is no such animal. BUT at least I can make it a bitch to get into. They've got to earn it.

  • @wawmjansens2

    @wawmjansens2

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Ivan Simer exactly what my instrutor in my IT classes taught us. (Nothing is unhackable, not even the government. Physical and virtual security of a computer is only as good as the defense you put into it) IT Security classes left me absolute sure of my security (read: paranoid, but thats to the uneducated lol, theres no such thing as paranoia in IT, only contingency plans and training lol) and here is the followin of mine. Laptop: BIOS/HDD User&Administrator Passwords randomized up to 10-14 characters each, but easy for me. (Must enter HDD&BIOS User/Admin passwrod to boot the system and continue boot up (used this to prevent CD boot loading or network OS loading before authentication. "first layer" of defense) -Secured admin accounts and only have 2 active on system (mine and a backup), reset Administrator account to a different name and reset password. Also enabled secure logon (ctl alt delte) and classic style of login (username and password before you can login, also works in sleep or hibernate, if you don't know it you're out of luck) A few other things ive done to harden my system from Network attack as well and overall encryption of files and such (double layered truecrypt file with different passwords and keyfiles with AES, hehe break me now b***h, I'll make sure you spend the next 30 years trying) XD

  • @ivanjsimer

    @ivanjsimer

    8 жыл бұрын

    wawmjansens2 Yep, you're getting good info from your instructor. If someone really wants to get 'in', all it takes is time, money and mad skills. They might have to get down to circut board or even chip level but if you have engineering schematics for those, you can manipulate all kinds of stuff. At the least you can break or interrupt services. Remember when Microsoft announced that Windows Vista was unhackable? HAHA! Talk about begging to get owned. Never ever piss off a hacker or throw a challenge their way. Not a good plan. It amazes me that our entire infrastructure remains up. A lot of today's 'security' is actually obscurity. Massive flaws exist in the design of the internet infrastructure. Most servers and PCs have some fundamental flaws at the hardware level and certainly OS level. They are largely unknown but to a handful of people, thank god. But as more and more breaches happen, that obscurity becomes dangerously public.

  • @wawmjansens2

    @wawmjansens2

    8 жыл бұрын

    HAHA YES i remember those days, Windows 8 too, we in our IT Sec classes actually took it down and infected it through a bad backdoor (which is now patched by our report to them afterwards) in less then 35 minutes. yeea we got told "Never challenege someone unless your prepared to back it up and that you have the knowledge AND skill to do so, cause you're a fool if you don't otherwise" Im shocked our infrastructure remains up too! but hey its what good engineers and techs are for, right ;) XD We are simply told, "well we are never safe, your network, software, and hardware are always at risk. Do your best with the skills we are gving you because otherwise you'll find yourself out of a job real fast if that breach is on your hands." hehehehe paraniod, you ask? I call it "being prepared and vigilant" XD

  • @AnitaBantu

    @AnitaBantu

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Ivan Simer bios won't let me to reset anything , eveni have checked for the update software ,and its saying everything was running well. \

  • @freeger7259
    @freeger72593 жыл бұрын

    9:02 "Grand daddy" xD

  • @lisaallen7891
    @lisaallen78913 жыл бұрын

    Dude I haven't done it yet but I know you just gave me the information I need in that video to fix my laptop you freaking Rock thank you!!!!!

  • @WesleyDavid

    @WesleyDavid

    3 жыл бұрын

    Awesome! Let me know how it goes. :D

  • @chrisainsworth6969
    @chrisainsworth69699 жыл бұрын

    Having tried a number of potential solutions that turned out to be blind alleys, it was a relief to find this excellent clip. The only snag I hit was due to the fact that the only Windows install disk I had was Windows 7 and Ms appear to have removed the menu used to access the recovery console. So renaming osk.exe and cmd.exe was a problem. There may be a better alternative but in the end I created a Linux bootable disk from the Linux site and, running Linux from the disk (obviously don't install), I was able to rename the two exe files. The rest was as per your instructions. Finally I used Linux again to reset the exe files to their original names. Many thanks.

  • @WesleyDavid
    @WesleyDavid10 жыл бұрын

    Be my guest! You're welcome to it.

  • @WesleyDavid
    @WesleyDavid11 жыл бұрын

    As far as "repair my computer", I thought it was called "System Recovery Options" in Vista and newer. You'll want to click for a command prompt and then you can follow my instructions in the video. I think a Ubuntu Live CD would be best for you though since it would be a GUI and you can simply double-click, search for, and rename files.

  • @floretterisbert8979

    @floretterisbert8979

    4 жыл бұрын

    hey ,if anyone else wants to learn about forgot login password on laptop try Sovallo Code Reset Fixer(Have a quick look on google cant remember the place now ) ? Ive heard some awesome things about it and my mate got cool results with it.

  • @stuartperth6431

    @stuartperth6431

    4 жыл бұрын

    @The Last Days Of Freedom A couple of things to do, Google Windows 10 media creator and make a bootable USB drive, then boot from USB and follow these great steps :-)

  • @rd9233
    @rd92336 жыл бұрын

    excellent tutorial. very easy to follow, thanks!

  • @raymondbedard3272
    @raymondbedard32724 жыл бұрын

    Worked great... My daughter had a laptop she gave me..(win 10) Forgotten password... Used Linux thumb drive... at first it couldn't access the windows drive... complained that the windows partition wasn't clean... Suggested that windows wasn't shut down... found out that normal shutdown actually puts the system in hibernate mode... Needed to hold down the shift key when performing the shutdown to actually completely shut down the system... now had access! Second problem my daughter's account was linked to an email address(cloud) so I couldn't change the password... however i used the command prompt to enable the administrator account.. I was then able to access the laptop thru that account... deleted her account and created a new local user account. There were other issues... but now that I had a logon I worked those ok. All is good... Thanks!!!

  • @WesleyDavid

    @WesleyDavid

    4 жыл бұрын

    Awesome! Great to hear that it worked for you. :D

  • @tomoliver_music
    @tomoliver_music7 жыл бұрын

    This is all good and well apart from i am locked out from booting from a disk, the BIOS settings have it so i cant do so, any way to get around it?

  • @WesleyDavid

    @WesleyDavid

    7 жыл бұрын

    The BIOS is password protected? You can normally reset that with a switch on the motherboard. You'll need to look for the motherboard's manuals to find out how to clear the BIOS/CMOS password.

  • @user2C47

    @user2C47

    6 жыл бұрын

    Or a jumper.

  • @brianmagee5520

    @brianmagee5520

    5 жыл бұрын

    not if its an eeprom password holding chip. some u can change by taking the chip off and reprogramming it. or buy a compatible blank chip (some cant be reprogrammed) then soldering in its place (some u can program then solder in). u can also jump the chip by bypassing a few of the 8 prongs with a piece of solder. jumpers on motherboards are getting rare. it depends if its a laptop (especially newer workstation computers/laptops) or a PC as to the chances of the chip being able to be bypassed or not. Bios security by using a separate chip is becoming popular. Can try removing the cmos battery, and unplugging the PCs power (removing laptop battery to if its a laptop). if the below comments didn't work, and removing all power (batteries and cord) and waiting about 24hrs (you can speed up power drain by continuously hitting power button) didnt either you probably have a hardware powerless password retaining chip. search by the exact model and S/N P/N of the motherboard. For it to be nearly impossible to change then its a security centered workstation/server computer (meant to be secure even if lost/stolen dunno why youd have such a computer). if its not keep plugging away and work the problem. Chip programmers are cheap and have relatively simple software.

  • @aaronbegay6113

    @aaronbegay6113

    5 жыл бұрын

    Brin Mag is there any other way you know about or are familiar with

  • @WesleyDavid
    @WesleyDavid10 жыл бұрын

    Is that when you boot into the recovery disk to rename osk.exe and cmd.exe or afterwards?

  • @kenbaker1294
    @kenbaker12946 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant technique - works extremely well. Thank you for the video!

  • @etwang80
    @etwang809 жыл бұрын

    It worked well! I had to use OpenSuse to access my hard disk to rename the two file names...it was odd that upgrading my laptops ram that I was not able to login with my known password to any of the accounts. Thanks for the help!!

  • @kacin61086
    @kacin610868 жыл бұрын

    how did you open the window for the windows 2000

  • @michaelhawthorne8696
    @michaelhawthorne869610 жыл бұрын

    Some ungrateful comments from people with bad ass attitudes..... I thought it was a real eye opener and shows the shocking security gaps in MS products. At least EFS seemed to hold its own though. I saw the video on bypassing logon passwords by 'Ultimate Peter' and again the CMD prompt was the key, although it was needed with administrator rights, which MS kindly supplied with the right file changes made. If I could afford a MAC I would migrate tomorrow...... Thanks for the Vid... very clear

  • @WesleyDavid

    @WesleyDavid

    10 жыл бұрын

    Glad to be of service! =)

  • @JonTabor

    @JonTabor

    10 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, that's pretty fantastic.

  • @saad1983

    @saad1983

    10 жыл бұрын

    Ive been using the rename cmd.exe to Magnify. Then start windows at logon panel look for accessibility options and launch screen magnifier. If renamed correctly, now you should have a logged in command prompt. Now use 'net user "username" "new password" '

  • @MathewSnyder

    @MathewSnyder

    10 жыл бұрын

    "If I could afford a MAC I would migrate tomorrow..." Every platform has its flaws and holes. Don't think that switching to a Mac would somehow make you invulnerable. I prefer Linux both personally and professionally and have found that preventing access to the root account is a waste of time since there are so many ways around the standard lock downs. ...and Linux is supposed to be ridiculously secure.

  • @JonTabor

    @JonTabor

    10 жыл бұрын

    Mathew Snyder OpenBSD for the win. My choice, personally, though you're right no system is 100% secure. Although few folks have been able to figure out my OpenVMS system...even when they have a valid login.

  • @PsychoticEwok
    @PsychoticEwok7 жыл бұрын

    thanks man had an old laptop i forgot the password to for years was able to get access using this method and recover my old photos :)

  • @1biblista
    @1biblista Жыл бұрын

    This tutorial is amazing and you are really good at teaching !! great job sir !

  • @CryptEclipse
    @CryptEclipse7 жыл бұрын

    it says "the file cannot be accessed by the system" what do i do??

  • @dh66

    @dh66

    7 жыл бұрын

    That is what I am getting as well, with my old vista disk as well as my windows 7 disk. I tried older installs, like three XP disks but all three give me a BSOD after loading files and attempting to run their setup. I even tried a windows 98se but I think it doesn't recognize NTFS drives and I only had access to A:\ with that. I tried that "whoami" command from the command prompt and it is not recognized as an internal or external command. I think I'm going to remove my windows installation drive, install it into another computer and change the file names from there.

  • @highlevelthreat8767
    @highlevelthreat87678 жыл бұрын

    no offence , some of us don't have the money to get a second computer ? the computer i got was left behind from the prevoius owner ?

  • @WesleyDavid

    @WesleyDavid

    8 жыл бұрын

    You don't have to spend a dime to do this. You also don't need to buy a second computer. It's just one of several options.

  • @highlevelthreat8767

    @highlevelthreat8767

    8 жыл бұрын

    + wesley : maybe if i kick hard enuff , it may work . jk just little hummor on the side , thank dude :)

  • @highlevelthreat8767

    @highlevelthreat8767

    8 жыл бұрын

    Wesley David thank you for replying back .

  • @dloor
    @dloor9 жыл бұрын

    Truly Awesome! I used this to get into an old VM where I had forgotten the password. I used a VHD explorer and I just had to take ownership and set some of the permissions. It worked like a charm.

  • @WesleyDavid

    @WesleyDavid

    9 жыл бұрын

    Glad to hear it man. =)

  • @melbobmacias
    @melbobmacias8 жыл бұрын

    So happy I found you!

  • @that1guyyoukno
    @that1guyyoukno8 жыл бұрын

    Will this work on a windows 10 computer? I'm desperate and there are literally no videos on KZread.

  • @WesleyDavid

    @WesleyDavid

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Blahblah1734 Yes, it will. Just get a bootable device that can write to an NTFS volume. Even Ubuntu discs these days can do that. Rename cmd.exe and osk.exe, boot back up, and you'll be able to follow the video just the same.

  • @that1guyyoukno

    @that1guyyoukno

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Wesley David Have to admit i have no clue what you mean when you say "get a bootable device that can write to an NTFS volume". (Im kinda new to all of this) Anyway all im trying to do is simply get onto my brothers computer. I locked myself out trying to set it up (its brand new) and we have no clue what the password is. I found a article on how to make a "booter" (or what ever its called) and im trying to follow how to put it on a flash drive then use your tutorial. The program im using is called MediaCreationTool. Idk if you know what that is but yea.

  • @that1guyyoukno

    @that1guyyoukno

    8 жыл бұрын

    Also using your method if successfully completed will my brother be able to fully use the computer or will he be limited ?

  • @WesleyDavid

    @WesleyDavid

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Blahblah1734 That should work. Even Ubuntu CDs can work since they know how to read and write to a Windows drive. Whatever you do just boot into a different operating system from a CD or USB drive, then click your way to the hard drive, look for the Windows folder, etc. that you see in the video. Ultimately, just do whatever you need to do to get cmd.exe renamed to osk.exe and then reboot into Windows.

  • @WesleyDavid

    @WesleyDavid

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Blahblah1734 There's not going to be anything different about your brother's computer once this is done.

  • @Beautybybennie
    @Beautybybennie8 жыл бұрын

    How did you get to the blue screen? I'm lost

  • @anthonybaraka9572

    @anthonybaraka9572

    5 жыл бұрын

    i borrow your phone number

  • @frostydaniel200
    @frostydaniel2007 жыл бұрын

    The password change doesn't work for me but adding a user did and solved my problem!! Thank you!

  • @furqanharoon7101
    @furqanharoon71018 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a bunch! it worked flawlessly! i used Ubuntu on a USB disk to get offline access to windows folder! thanks again!

  • @TheJamesBondTheory007
    @TheJamesBondTheory0079 жыл бұрын

    Instructions not very clear i got my grandma stuck in the washing machine. HELP?

  • @deiud6609
    @deiud660910 жыл бұрын

    this efs method is useless, the point of that is , because well. if u loose ur password and change it like that... u change it because u obviously forgot it ! then how the fuck should you remember the old password to set it back again to acces the efs files... logicly ....

  • @techben505

    @techben505

    10 жыл бұрын

    good point. but you could create a new admin account with cmd then use it to CHANGE the old account pass that you "forgot"!

  • @techben505

    @techben505

    10 жыл бұрын

    Deiu D nice stuff. next time my bro forgets his passwords i will have to try them out

  • @blaketheboss5674

    @blaketheboss5674

    10 жыл бұрын

    yeah this is smarter then doing all this then wastes time

  • @annadees9837

    @annadees9837

    6 жыл бұрын

    The old pSsword he configured is the one he made . Like when logged out and update psswds online . The device makes u use previous logged n psswrd before new one is set. Ugh

  • @marclabelle8058
    @marclabelle80587 жыл бұрын

    thanks for taking to make this clear video. you saved my computer.

  • @bernym4047
    @bernym40476 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for a very clearly explained procedure.

  • @virennimje1013
    @virennimje101310 жыл бұрын

    be good ........ :(

  • @Roliplly
    @Roliplly9 жыл бұрын

    All script kiddies are coming here.

  • @ultraairsoftbrandt

    @ultraairsoftbrandt

    9 жыл бұрын

    So your a script kiddie too right?

  • @Roliplly

    @Roliplly

    9 жыл бұрын

    ultraairsoftbrandt nope was just bored looking on YoUTube

  • @ultraairsoftbrandt

    @ultraairsoftbrandt

    9 жыл бұрын

    oh okay.

  • @sdghsdghsghsghs8331

    @sdghsdghsghsghs8331

    9 жыл бұрын

    but this isnt a script kiddie video. its an actual vulnerability.

  • @emmaborger8474
    @emmaborger8474 Жыл бұрын

    TNice tutorials tutorial was worth it, I understood everytNice tutorialng now

  • @brbinvestments1
    @brbinvestments18 жыл бұрын

    all i can say is this is a windows computer saver. worked perfectly, but i used a windows 7 home premium 64bit recovery dvd i had made for my system when i bought it the same day, i made it then. and it saved my butt today.

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