- Boot with any live cd (Ubuntu/WinPE etc) to get access to windows file system
- rename c:\windows\system32\magnify.exe to magnify.exe.bak
- make a copy of c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe and rename that to magnify.exe
- reboot the machine, boot normally to windows by removing the live cd.
- once you see the “press ctrl alt del to login”, press “winkey + U”, this will bring up the Ease if Access window.
- Choose magnifyand hit ok, this will lauch that cmd.exe we placed before. this cmd.exe has full access to the system, you can call any program from here like compmgmt.msc and actually reset the admin password or create a new admin account.
Note: the following are the list of usefull mmc files
Certificates | certmgr.msc |
Indexing Service | ciadv.msc |
Computer Management | compmgmt.msc |
Device Manager | devmgmt.msc |
Disk Defragmenter | dfrg.msc |
Disk Management | diskmgmt.msc |
Event Viewer | eventvwr.msc |
Shared Folders | fsmgmt.msc |
Group Policy | gpedit.msc |
Local Users and Groups | lusrmgr.msc |
Removable Storage | ntmsmgr.msc |
Removable Storage Operator Requests | ntmsoprq.msc |
Performance | perfmon.msc |
Resultant Set of Policy | rsop.msc |
Local Security Settings | secpol.msc |
Services | services.msc |
Windows Management Infrastructure (WMI) | wmimgmt.msc |
Component Services | comexp.msc |
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