-- Posted by scalywag66 at 5:30 pm on May 12, 2008 My friend who works at a Motorola campus here in Il recently gave me a laptop from the company as they were giving many away asking employees if they wanted to keep a few before scraping them altogether(they were upgrading their hardware).  The one my friend kept wasn't his workstation, he had the password and gave it to me since I'd been buggin about a laptop.  However, being the dumbass/burnout I am, I lost it/misplaced it, prolly folded it up & broke up some chronic on it and tosssed it afterwards, I don't know, but this laptop he gave me has a Windows XP log on that I obviously don't know the password to. Any of you know about cracking/bypassing a Windows Log-On? -- Posted by hateitandloveit at 5:31 pm on May 12, 2008 yes, you'll have to retrieve the LM hash, and then put it through rainbow tables. if it's an easy pass it could be cracked within 10 mins. however, IANAL but if it's yours it's probably legal to do this. -- Posted by warcrack at 5:31 pm on May 12, 2008 Boot into safe mode and log in as admin. -- Posted by Ancient Rights at 5:31 pm on May 12, 2008 Resetting the entire hard drive, which you can do in the F# options is displays on startup. -- Posted by Silenced at 5:31 pm on May 12, 2008 you can re-install windows on it by booting from the disc. -- Posted by UltimaTaz at 5:33 pm on May 12, 2008 Quote: from silenced at 8:31 pm on May 12, 2008 you can re-install windows on it by booting from the disc. Which should be done anyway. -- Posted by hateitandloveit at 5:33 pm on May 12, 2008 Quote: from UltimaTaz at 5:33 pm on May 12, 2008 Quote: from silenced at 8:31 pm on May 12, 2008 you can re-install windows on it by booting from the disc. Which should be done anyway. works too -- Posted by scalywag66 at 5:57 pm on May 12, 2008 Wasn't sure if I was asking for anything illegal.  This other forum I posted the same question at had locked the topic saying I was asking for illegal hacks.  If that is what I am asking for in effect, then nevermind(or PM the info ). -- Posted by scalywag66 at 6:03 pm on May 12, 2008 Quote: from silenced at 5:31 pm on May 12, 2008 you can re-install windows on it by booting from the disc. I was thinking that too, but the only copy(if u can call it that) of Windows XP I have on CD is on the 3 disc System Recovery cds, but the disc are only for my desktop Sony VAIO. -- Posted by pleaseremove at 6:15 pm on May 12, 2008 If you find a friend with the same version of XP (probably XP Pro) then you will be able to install from scratch using the key on the bottom of the laptop (the Windows sticker). -- Posted by Dickij03 at 11:02 am on May 14, 2008 Boot up and keep ressing F8 untill it gives you the option to boot into safe mode. From here the default administrator account will be enabled. If you are using the welcome screen it will be shown and if it hasn't been modified you should be able to login without a password. If you havent got the welcome screen under username type administrator and leave the password field blank. Once logged in go to start>control panel(Classic view)>User accounts. You can either delete the other account and make your own or select it and delete the password. Once this is done restart normally and it should automatically log in/Show your new user. -- Posted by scalywag66 at 4:12 pm on May 14, 2008 Quote: from Dickij03 at 11:02 am on May 14, 2008 Boot up and keep ressing F8 untill it gives you the option to boot into safe mode.   From here the default administrator account will be enabled. If you are using the welcome screen it will be shown and if it hasn't been modified you should be able to login without a password. If you havent got the welcome screen under username type administrator and leave the password field blank.   Once logged in go to start>control panel(Classic view)>User accounts. You can either delete the other account and make your own or select it and delete the password. Once this is done restart normally and it should automatically log in/Show your new user. Right. Only thing is that when I do that, there is no Administrator account as you would see in this log in, The login on the laptop is more like this, So I have no Admin login option to click, but I do erase the default user name and type in Administrator and leave password blank, but it says the password doesn't match. I'm guessing Motorola or whoever put a pass on Admin, and that haults me from doing the Safe Mode bypass. Holla back if you can. Thanks anyhow -- Posted by JeremyM at 7:17 am on May 15, 2008 It's set to a domain. You just need to reinstall XP. There is no way to get around this without the password or some hard work. -- Posted by Dickij03 at 4:55 pm on May 15, 2008 Try the safemode but change the "Log on to" Local pc (Pc name) that may work... But i fear if it was a Domain laptop they wouldn't want you to have local access. I'm sending you a PM now on reseting the passwords. -- Posted by scalywag66 at 8:29 pm on May 15, 2008 Quote: from JeremyM at 7:17 am on May 15, 2008 It's set to a domain. You just need to reinstall XP. There is no way to get around this without the password or some hard work. I was thinking about reinstalling windows, but then I realized the only copy(if u can call it that) of Windows XP I have on CD is on the 3 disc System Recovery cds, but the recovery discs only work on my desktop Sony VAIO and no one I know has XP Pro on disc so I can reinstall using the XP key that's under the laptop. This is most likely a dumb idea, but I was thinking,... What if I buy XP Pro, reinstall using laptop's key, and then take it back to retail and say that the cd never booted up, or something, refund, VOILA!!! You think that might work?   lol I know I know, what a cheapskate I am!!! lol I just really don't want to shell out anything for this situation.   Argh!!! Maybe it's not just worth all the hassle if I haven't been able to bypass it already. I know my friend was trying to hook me up, and maybe I got a little to excited, but all for nothing I guess.