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soccerchamp76 · 01-27-2004, 01:01 PM

IBM Thinkpad R40
512MB Memory
40 GB HDD (partitioned)
1.3 GHz Intel Centrino
Windows XP Professional

The story: our school handed out laptops to all students (at a hefty price, $950 one-year lease for seniors). They have several accounts on them: Administrator, School, Home, and Exam11 are the biggest (might be a couple more). Administrator is for fixing our computer as it has rights to everything. School is for school use, is able to connect to the network, use Outlook, etc but has Windows Media Player, AOL, AIM, Pokerstars and about every fun program blocked and has controls to the network and such blocked; Home has nothing blocked but you cannot use Outlook you have to usee the website to access school mail and you do not have access to the network drives; and Exam11 is for the ExamView Player to take tests online.
The error is something to this extent: "This program has been restricted by your system administrator during this time."
Is there any way at all to somehow remove these restrictions on the School account?

Goal: Be able to use programs on my school account so I can access the network drives and Outlook, also.

Thanks in advance to all who will attempt to help!

sailor · 01-27-2004, 02:47 PM

Personally, were it mine, Id say fuck 'em, nuke the machine, and reinstall XP on it. One of my pet peeves is other people tooling with my machine, and me not having 100% control of my machine--hence why I am so opposed to DRM.

Do you have the password to the administrator account? If so, you could probably change the permissions on the various accounts.

Jonah Hex · 01-27-2004, 05:28 PM

basically you need to have administrator access (pasword etc).

If you dont youll need a winxp cd and a xp/2000 password reset software on a floppy (Passware are a company that spring to mind for the software).

boot from cd and press f6(i think) when prompted to install additional drivers

load the software on the floppy and it resets the admin password to what you want.

have you tried admin with the old "12345" password.
a lot of preset pc's use this.

ps dont get software to try and crack the password it could be a long wait.

ratbastid · 01-27-2004, 06:41 PM

This sounds like a job for Linux to me.

I'd be reinstalling that thing super-fast. If any network admin gives you grief about it, just play dumb. The worst that'll happen is they'll re-image it back the way it was before.

sailor · 01-27-2004, 07:11 PM

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Originally posted by ratbastid
This sounds like a job for Linux to me.

I'd be reinstalling that thing super-fast. If any network admin gives you grief about it, just play dumb. The worst that'll happen is they'll re-image it back the way it was before.

Yep, like I said: nuke it. A computer that you cant control (especially one that you are paying for!) is useless. Blow it away and get your money's worth.

Pragma · 01-27-2004, 10:02 PM

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ - welcome to your adminstrator's account.

Just make a boot floppy, boot up, change the admin password to whatever you like, and it's yours to play with. Or do as other people said and reimage the box. That's seriously fucked up that they make you pay for it and then impose a ton of restrictions on it.

tritium · 01-27-2004, 10:40 PM

Sometimes, I find that booting into safe mode is as good as nuking the password. But, I have several copies of that Linux boot disk for exactly this reason. As a technician, I run into all kinds of problems but the ones that annoy me the most are when a person will drop a password-protected unit off and not tell us what the bloody password was. Grrrrrrrrrr...

soccerchamp76 · 01-28-2004, 06:20 AM

It is just for the school account that you cannot access certain stuff. When at home I can do as I please, except changes to accounts.

I'll try some of these ideas, thanks all!

shakran · 01-28-2004, 07:00 AM

so what's stopping you from using your home account at school?

Pragma · 01-28-2004, 02:35 PM

I think he said it couldn't access network drives.

If I was him, I'd just overwrite the administrator password with a something he wants and use that account.

01-27-2004, 01:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
soccerchamp76 Go Cardinals Location: St. Louis/Cincinnati	Restrictions IBM Thinkpad R40 512MB Memory 40 GB HDD (partitioned) 1.3 GHz Intel Centrino Windows XP Professional The story: our school handed out laptops to all students (at a hefty price, $950 one-year lease for seniors). They have several accounts on them: Administrator, School, Home, and Exam11 are the biggest (might be a couple more). Administrator is for fixing our computer as it has rights to everything. School is for school use, is able to connect to the network, use Outlook, etc but has Windows Media Player, AOL, AIM, Pokerstars and about every fun program blocked and has controls to the network and such blocked; Home has nothing blocked but you cannot use Outlook you have to usee the website to access school mail and you do not have access to the network drives; and Exam11 is for the ExamView Player to take tests online. The error is something to this extent: "This program has been restricted by your system administrator during this time." Is there any way at all to somehow remove these restrictions on the School account? Goal: Be able to use programs on my school account so I can access the network drives and Outlook, also. Thanks in advance to all who will attempt to help! __________________ Brian Griffin: Ah, if my memory serves me, this is the physics department. Chris Griffin: That would explain all the gravity.

01-27-2004, 02:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
sailor beauty in the breakdown Location: Chapel Hill, NC	Personally, were it mine, Id say fuck 'em, nuke the machine, and reinstall XP on it. One of my pet peeves is other people tooling with my machine, and me not having 100% control of my machine--hence why I am so opposed to DRM. Do you have the password to the administrator account? If so, you could probably change the permissions on the various accounts. __________________ "Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." --Plato Last edited by sailor; 01-27-2004 at 02:49 PM..

01-27-2004, 05:28 PM	#3 (permalink)
Jonah Hex Upright Location: Rugby UK	basically you need to have administrator access (pasword etc). If you dont youll need a winxp cd and a xp/2000 password reset software on a floppy (Passware are a company that spring to mind for the software). boot from cd and press f6(i think) when prompted to install additional drivers load the software on the floppy and it resets the admin password to what you want. have you tried admin with the old "12345" password. a lot of preset pc's use this. ps dont get software to try and crack the password it could be a long wait. __________________ "Bother" said POOH as he was sold to the Americans.

01-27-2004, 10:02 PM	#6 (permalink)
Pragma I am Winter Born Location: Alexandria, VA	http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ - welcome to your adminstrator's account. Just make a boot floppy, boot up, change the admin password to whatever you like, and it's yours to play with. Or do as other people said and reimage the box. That's seriously fucked up that they make you pay for it and then impose a ton of restrictions on it. __________________ Eat antimatter, Posleen-boy!

01-27-2004, 10:40 PM	#7 (permalink)
tritium Professor of Drinkology	Sometimes, I find that booting into safe mode is as good as nuking the password. But, I have several copies of that Linux boot disk for exactly this reason. As a technician, I run into all kinds of problems but the ones that annoy me the most are when a person will drop a password-protected unit off and not tell us what the bloody password was. Grrrrrrrrrr... __________________ Blah.

01-27-2004, 06:41 PM	#4 (permalink)
ratbastid Darth Papa Location: Yonder	This sounds like a job for Linux to me. I'd be reinstalling that thing super-fast. If any network admin gives you grief about it, just play dumb. The worst that'll happen is they'll re-image it back the way it was before.

01-28-2004, 06:20 AM	#8 (permalink)
soccerchamp76 Go Cardinals Location: St. Louis/Cincinnati	It is just for the school account that you cannot access certain stuff. When at home I can do as I please, except changes to accounts. I'll try some of these ideas, thanks all! __________________ Brian Griffin: Ah, if my memory serves me, this is the physics department. Chris Griffin: That would explain all the gravity.

01-28-2004, 07:00 AM	#9 (permalink)
shakran Tone.	so what's stopping you from using your home account at school?

01-28-2004, 02:35 PM	#10 (permalink)
Pragma I am Winter Born Location: Alexandria, VA	I think he said it couldn't access network drives. If I was him, I'd just overwrite the administrator password with a something he wants and use that account. __________________ Eat antimatter, Posleen-boy!