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#1
Posted 11 April 2008 - 07:52 PM
I have a feeling that this isnt possible.
Matt
#2
Posted 11 April 2008 - 08:04 PM
like 95% of my school computers are on a server that all of the computers load the sh*t from (they pretty much are dummy terminals, we cant even use the HDs), and they got it locked down pretty tight that it amazed me, seeing as how my school system sucks at pretty much everything else, but i had a class that had computers that weren't on the main network and they were all standalone, so i could actually get the pass...
What i did was boot into Linux off of a live cd, get the SAM file onto a flash drive and then used Saminside to get all of the user names and passes on that comp...
EDIT: BTW, once you do get the passes, don't tell ANYONE... not your friends or anyone, especially if they have a limited knowledge of computers... Nothing worse than having a moron playing around on a computer with administrator privileges.. since you will be the one that gets f*cked by the school if anything is wrong and they find out...
Edited by Novahawk, 11 April 2008 - 08:07 PM.
#3
Posted 11 April 2008 - 08:11 PM
EDIT: Ya i wont tell anyone, i just want to have the satisfaction of doing it and uninstalling all the junk in them to make it faster, my teachers an idiot he wont notice. But at the end of the year ill probably tell him im out of there what are they going to do? I figured id post here because any real tech sites would just ban me and close the thread. So i really dont know where else to post it.
Edited by matthew0155, 11 April 2008 - 08:14 PM.
#4
Posted 11 April 2008 - 08:19 PM
The one i used, has alot of random crap for finding holes and crap, but i guess any could work that has the ntfs read/write thing...
What you'll need to do is mount the flash drive and the hd with the windows installation, copy the SAM and SECURITY files which are located in C:\Windows\system32\config\
The go home, download Saminside (google it) and just use it... It will ask you for both the SAM and SECURITY files to decrypt.. and bam...
#5
Posted 11 April 2008 - 08:33 PM
p.s thanks for the help
#6
Posted 11 April 2008 - 09:06 PM
#7
Posted 11 April 2008 - 09:09 PM
Once they get a report of exactly how many people got through the system we'll find out the full extent of the punishment, but so far 3 kids were suspended, and they're threatening things like not having Prom, or having this day called May Jam, which is a tradition at our school, and other privileges like that taken away.
Thought I'd let you guys know what happened here. And I think the response here has actually been kinda light, just a warning.
#8
Posted 11 April 2008 - 09:14 PM
linux i just booted it on my other computer, and have no clue how to use it... Looks like i have more research to do.
Edited by matthew0155, 11 April 2008 - 09:57 PM.
#9
Posted 12 April 2008 - 01:42 AM
#10
Posted 12 April 2008 - 11:28 AM
#11
Posted 12 April 2008 - 02:29 PM
A nearby school where I lived had a problem like this that was going on for a few years and it got so bad that the kids were changing grades and even SAT scores and finally got caught this year and now all of them have been rejected by their colleges (and some where already in college) and we're talking about like Harvard and Princeton here, and at least 3 are now in jail.
Moral of Story: It can go bad, just be sure you know the consequences of anything before you do it and then decide if it's worth it. I mean c'mon, is it really that bad to just wait until you get home before you use the computer?
#12
Posted 12 April 2008 - 02:40 PM
I agree with everyone and would also not recommend it if there is a chance that you can get caught
#13
Posted 12 April 2008 - 07:07 PM
Today i tried another method on my other computer that i set a password for to see if i could crack it. Today i did, i used another linux based program that just resets the password of the administrator or whoever you choose. It worked. I noticed that it does not always work, so i am going to continue exploring your method nova.
matt01
#14
Posted 21 April 2008 - 10:07 PM
#15
Posted 24 April 2008 - 06:44 PM
I did it, i went early to class so that when the teacher went out of the room to bust all the lates, i put in the boot disk and reset that password. Today i installed unfreeze which disabled DeepFreeze so that i could uninstall it. So now anyone who goes to use that computer can save, change anything they want on it. I made the student account an administrator account so that even if they check the history of the sites that were visited, they were all visited under the student account. I am the administrator of it. I would love to see the look on the tech guys face when he sees his fine lockdown of that computer smashed to peices, and i would love to see the look on his face when he goes to put that password in and its wrong.
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