Get administrator access to a Windows PC in less than 2 minutes!

Note: Use this for good, not bad. (for example - you’ve forgotten a password or something)

So, you’re sick of being restricted at school or work or something - they won’t let you install things, access the hard drive, and numerous other things. You’ve just had enough, and would very much like to break free.

Or, you’ve forgotten your password, and can’t get log in!
So, what do you do?

You simply utilize the amazing capabilities of the good ol’ command prompt.

To start with, you probably can’t access the command prompt, or even the run box - but it can still be done!

Alright - let’s begin.

Fire up Internet Explorer, and head to any page you want. (Here might be a good start :P)

Head on up to the View menu, click and then click on View Source. You should see a whole stack of writing.
Get rid of all that, and type in the following;

command.com

By now, your screen should look something like this;

Time to save it now! - Go to File > Save, and *make sure* the file type is set to ‘All Files’, and the encoding is ANSI. Name your file;

command.bat

If that’s all correct so far, save it to somewhere you can run it from (I’m saving mine to the desktop - you could use ‘My Documents’ if necessary).

Close down Notepad, and double click your brand new command.bat file.

Didn’t work? Go back and check all the steps. Still having issues? Send me an email.

Now this is where the real fun begins.

To change a password, type in the following;

 net user <username> <password>

(Where <username> is the username you want to change, and <password> is your desired password).
Unsure of your username? Just type

net user

And it will reply with a list of all the current users.

Want to create a user? Just use;

net user <username> <password> /add

 (Where <username> is the user you want to add, and <password> is your desired password).

Or, get rid of one?

net user <username> /delete

If everything works, you should get ‘The command completed successfully’. (which looks a little like this)

Easy - right?