Thread: Vista Hax

Well, I consulted with a friend of mine, and your best bet is the bootdiscs, if you want to recover your administrator account and lock your mother out of your computer in a fast and relatively easy way.

There might be another way also though. If you're using FireFox (and she is too), you should be able to go to Functions, Preferences, Security, Stored Passwords, Show Passwords.

That'll show you all passwords stored in the browser. I doubt this would work from your limited account, but if you can access your mothers account for just a minute when she's away, that should be enough time to write down the code and get out of there.

A keylogger is also a possibility, though I'm not sure as to how the log-in screen for Windows is configured, and I definitely wouldn't find it surprising if it had its own seperate writing-engine, to make sure that no programs running can see or interrupt the writing.

So yeah, try the FireFox thing, or just use bootdiscs.

Originally Posted by Marvo

Well, I consulted with a friend of mine, and your best bet is the bootdiscs, if you want to recover your administrator account and lock your mother out of your computer in a fast and relatively easy way.

There might be another way also though. If you're using FireFox (and she is too), you should be able to go to Functions, Preferences, Security, Stored Passwords, Show Passwords.

That'll show you all passwords stored in the browser. I doubt this would work from your limited account, but if you can access your mothers account for just a minute when she's away, that should be enough time to write down the code and get out of there.

A keylogger is also a possibility, though I'm not sure as to how the log-in screen for Windows is configured, and I definitely wouldn't find it surprising if it had its own seperate writing-engine, to make sure that no programs running can see or interrupt the writing.

So yeah, try the FireFox thing, or just use bootdiscs.

Your right about the keylogger not working. i tried to use a keylogger to get my dads password...it records everything EXCEPT whats typed in a password box.

Oh and, by the way, you could also download a portable system-emulation program, emulate another Windows inside your Windows installation. If you have unlimited request range through your internet connection, that means you'd have all the control you want in that emulated system. Ofcourse, it would be slow, difficult to setup and your mom would still be in control of your computer, which I for instance would not, under any circumstances or reasoning from her part, let myself underlay.

Erh, did you try booting in safe-mode? From what I've heard, you can get into that system without a password, and from there you should be able to make your own administrator account, or mess around with hers. Also, put a password on while you're there, so that she can't get it. Safe-mode has higher priviledges.