| FAQ Article: How do I bypass a passworded screensaver? |
Please note - this FAQ only applies to Windows 95/98/98SE/ME systems.
Ok, why would you want to do this? Well, say someone you work with always leaves their computer on, but with a passworded screensaver running - how would we break through it and get access? Another situation might be a computer shop (although these tend to take further precautions which I can't go through here) which uses passworded screensavers to stop the customers tampering.
To get round this, try these techniques:
1> This is the best method. You need to get hold of a Screensaver cracking CD. Here's what happens: The screensaver is running - you put the CD in the drive and AS LONG AS the CD autoplay facility on the CDROM is on - it will run a program which decrypts the screen saver password, closes the screen saver, and then tells you what the password was. I made one of these CD's recently, and they work like magic (as long as Autoplay CD is on). It is now available to buy from the site, yes - buy! basically because I have spent a long time ensuring it works efficiently, and does the job well. Buy from here.
2> Always try the key combination ctrl + alt + delete to try to bring up the 'close programs' dialog box. This hardly ever works, but sometimes it does. If it works and you see the box, look through the list of running programs and close down the screensaver.
3> Wait until you see the person go away from their computer for just a little while, assuming the screensaver isn't yet running - use a screen saver cracker program to give you the password (I made one called ScrCrack which cracks windows 3.x and 9x screensaver passwords - its on my website. You can then break in with the password without him knowing when he goes to lunch or something. Its always more fun to know the password! (perhaps its his password for other things as well? Such as the network password?).
4> When they leave their PC, boot the computer into DOS and then copy the file c:\windows\user.dat to a floppy disk (or if Windows profiles are being used, copy c:\windows\profiles\(his username)\user.dat). Then put this file on your computer and tell your screensaver cracker to crack it.
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Posted on: 19-08-1999
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