The good old Command Prompt (or cmd for short) is in my opinion one of the best features of Windows XP. Once you learn how to use it, you can unleash supreme power and rule your computer! But really, you can do almost anything with cmd. Here are a few cool tricks/hacks that you can try out at school or at work to have some fun.
WARNING: YOU DO THESE HACKS AT YOUR OWN RISK. IF YOU GET IN TROUBLE WHILE DOING THEM IT IS NOT MY FAULT. I AM SIMPLY PUTTING THESE HERE FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.
Ok, so the first thing you want to do for this hack is to go to the command prompt. This can normally be accessed by going to Start>All Programs>Accessories>Command Prompt. But if your school/workplace’s IT guys have half a brain, this will be blocked. So, you will need to find another way to get to cmd. How? Well, first dig out Notepad by going to Start>All Programs>Accessories>Notepad. Then you will need to type in the following bit of text:
@echo off command.com pause
Now, save the file as a .bat file. How? In the save dialog, you will see a drop down menu with the text Save As Type beside it. In that drop down menu, click on All Files as shown in the picture below.
Now, when you are naming the file, just add .bat to the end of the file name (The file name can be whatever you want) and save it.
There! Now you have cmd!
Now, at school or work the computers are usually being monitored. Meaning that the IT guys can see that you are messing around and will get you in trouble. So you want to create a separate account that you will use to hack things with. That way you are anonymous. You can create an account using the command prompt (no administrator privileges needed!) just by entering the following code into cmd:
net user NAME /ADD
Just replace NAME with the name of the account and you are ready to go!
However, having an account is no fun unless you are the Administrator! So, just enter the following code into cmd and you can make anyone an admin!
net localgroup Administrator NAME /ADD
Just replace NAME with your account name.
Note: depending on the way your computer is set up, you might have to either type Administrator, Administrators or Admin after localgroup.
Now, what if you want to give that account (or any other account) a new password? Just type:
net user NAME *
Then when the enter password thing pops up just type in the password that you want, reenter it and then press enter! Done!
Now, when your fun is all done and you want to delete your account that you created, just enter:
Net user NAME /DELETE
This will delete all the user’s files as well, so beware when deleting an account!
The last trick allows you to access blocked websites using a simple ping trick. All you have to do is type:
ping www.youtube.com
Just replace www.youtube.com with the site you want to go to.
Then, this should pop up on your cmd screen:
Now, just copy the ip address (In this case with youtube, it’s 74.125.127.113) and paste it into your web browser preceded by http:// and you should bypass the blocker!
So there! A few neat little command prompt hacks that you can try out at school or at work to amaze your friends!
is this really works..I don’t think so…but will try it…
Comment by yazidane — June 2, 2009 @ 9:37 pm
doesnt work…the cmd thing just says not executable or something
Comment by collin — June 5, 2009 @ 7:07 am
Everything worked great.
Comment by vlad — July 10, 2009 @ 8:15 am
this is amazing!! it worked lol
Comment by cpudestroyer.11 — July 25, 2009 @ 11:14 pm
This does not work for me either .. I think it has to do with HOW the IT department blocks sites – here they use surf control
Comment by nina — July 28, 2009 @ 8:50 am
Somethings of it does not work anymore. I’ve tried to make Administrator account on my XP with only using CMD, and it wont work anymore because Microsoft have uppdated Windows and removed the .Exe file who allows you to create an ADMINISTRATOR account on you system. But if you use the “Net user Name /ADD” inn XP you will get an account. But if you want a ADMINISTRATOR account, you have to find out the name of the ADMINISTRATOR account and do this.
WARNING : IF THIS METHODE IS USED AND YOU GET COUGHT, I WILL NOT BE RESPOSIBLE FOR ANYTHIG. AS SAID, THIS IS AT OWN RISK.
This methode is working for Windows XP (Vista is explained in the end).
1: Open CMD
2: write this : net user NAME *
3: Where i have wrote “Name” Enter the account name of the ADMINISTRATOR and press enter.
4: Write this : “Shutdown -f”. This will log off your computer in safe mode tfor not get detected by the ADMINISTRATOR in later times if he catches you or he have any methode to change the password back.
5: Logg on the Administrator account and do What you want to do.
Windows Vista :
1: Right click at the CMD icon and click at the mark named ” Run as Administrator”
2: Write this : Net user NAME *
3: Where i have wrote “Name” Enter the account name of the ADMINISTRATOR and press enter.
4: Write this : “Shutdown -f” This will log off your computer in safe mode tfor not get detected by the ADMINISTRATOR in later times if he catches you or he have any methode to change the password back.
5: Log on the Administrators account with the password you designed and do what u want to do.
WARNING : THIS IS AT OWN RISK USING THIS METHODE.
Comment by Ok — July 30, 2009 @ 11:52 am
have you guys ever heard of BLue Coat K9 Web Protection
its a #@#%^. Is there any way to bypass it without a admin password
Comment by jake k — August 27, 2009 @ 3:50 pm
lulz
I stumbled upon this gem on accident and just HAD to check the date to see when it was written because this stuff is simple. I’m a sys admin and I scoff at your simple countermeasures, but I will help you in your endeavor because I was like you once. First, yes you can add a localadmin account. But any sys admin worth his salt will push group policies to your machine that disallow access PERIOD. Not only that, but if I see stuff in the firewall that comes from IP, I don’t care what account is logged in at the time as long as I have the IP. You will probably have some legitimate site open as well. Maybe yahoo.com. Check a few headers, ask is this your personal email account that you accessed 15 mins before this rouge stuff, boom, ya done.
In any event, here is an easier way to add a localadmin account: Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc to bring up the Task Manager. Press Atl + N to start a new task. Type in compmgmt.msc. Boom. If its there, more than likely you don’t have any, or the proper, group policies pushed to your machine, or the admin didn’t remove it from the build. Create a new user and add it to the admnistrator’s group, if it will let you. Now you can install your favorite programs, but that’s about it.
Sometimes you don’t even need to do that. Renaming a file named ’setup.exe’ to ‘totally_not_a_setup.exe’ will bypass some Windows installation protections.
If you want the freedom to do whatever you want, simply remote desktop back home!! Bring up the Task Manager again and start ‘mstsc.exe’ and put in your home IP address. Of course you’ll have to configure your home network to let the traffic in, and give yourself permission to connect. The only thing you have to worry about is someone physically seeing you, or looking over your shoulder. Or you can use a Virtual Machine. Install VMWare Server, or put vmplayer on a usb key ( http://howto.wikia.com/wiki/Howto_use_VMWare%27s_VMPlayer ). You have to install an OS like WinXP or ubuntu on it, though, but its yours to control. The VM can get a different IP address and you can shut it down in a moments notice. You can make it look exactly like the main OS and no one will notice a difference. The sysadmin will be totally confused as to where this machine physically is… of course they could always do an arp request to see what mac id answers, but if the VM is shut down then it won’t answer! They’ll be clueless! Not only that, but if you use the vmplayer on a usb stick, you technically didn’t install anything on the computer.
An even more awesome way to get around stupid firewall rules (or to simply not have your internet traffic logged!) is to simply fire up a linux box or VM at home. SSHD comes installed by default, and download a copy of putty.exe (like 100kb) for Windows, and create a dynamic proxy tunnel on port 8080, and connect back home from work/school. Configure your school’s main OS’s internet explorer or firefox to use a SOCKS 4 proxy on 127.0.0.1 port 8080, and have access to EVERYTHING and NO FIREWALL will log it, except your one connection back home. If your on MAC at work/school its easier because a ssh client is installed on it. Open up a Terminal and type ssh -D 8080 YOURUSERNAME@yourhomeIP , then setup Safari or Firefox like before.
Have fun exploring!
Comment by Sys Admin — September 19, 2009 @ 4:51 pm
OMG yh i’ve got that #@#%^
I have by passed it easy with soe proxy’s such as cant block me which i use!
But i somehow know my dads email pass so i keep cliking ‘Forgot password’ and it sends like a random code to my dads email and then i bypass it! LOL
Comment by Ameer — October 6, 2009 @ 10:49 am
interesting.
Comment by Jacob Rachuna — October 30, 2009 @ 9:28 pm
yea this only works if the system doesnt have cmd blocked…
Comment by matt — November 20, 2009 @ 11:32 am
well i have to say that crap didnt work for me my computer has smart filter it wont even let me get on ne thing thats not even categoryized it sucks ass ughhhhhhhh!
Comment by josh — December 9, 2009 @ 8:01 am
Everything worked great for me, I love it!
Comment by Ann — December 14, 2009 @ 9:45 am