Re: Need to get into 2000 box

From: ThePsyko (thepsyko_at_itookmyprozac.com)
Date: 06/15/03 

Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 16:34:06 GMT

On 14 Jun 2003 in microsoft.public.win2000.security, "Rob" <lccomp35
@hotmail.com> made his/her contribution to mankind by stating in
news:02a601c332e7$89aac450$a601280a@phx.gbl:

> Hello.
> I need to get into a clients WIN2000 system and im not a
> hacker. He droped the system off while he is out of town
> and forgot the password. Is there any way to get into the
> system besides hacking the system, which i dontr have a
> program for anyway? Thanks in advance.ps this is a legot
> question, i am not trying to just hack into someones
> system.
>

1) boot to a windows boot disk

2) if the C drive is NTFS use ntfsdos to mount it

3) maneuver to c:\winnt\system32\config

4) rename the SAM. file to anything you want

5) reboot and login as 'administrator' and a blank password

At this point you have administrative access, but any changes you make to
the profiles will not be saved to the proper SAM file and will be lost.
All other changes (configurations, installations, etc) made at this point
will be saved.

6) open notepad

7) type '@echo off
            net user hax0rman hax0rmanspass /ADD
            net localgroup /ADD administrators hax0rman'

8) save as c:\adminadd.bat

9) open a command prompt and type
            at <enter a time 10 minutes or so into the future> "c:\adminadd.bat"
            
10) reboot to your floppy

11) delete the c:\winnt\system32\config\SAM. file and rename the old one
back to SAM.

12) reboot and wait 10-15 minutes for the batch file to execute.

Logon with your new hax0rman account and you will now have local
administrative rights. 

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