Bypass Win8 Login Screen (Utilman.exe Method)
- 9 years ago
*Copykat demonstrates how to bypass Win8 Login Screen to gain access to your account using the Utilman.exe Method.
**Cold Offline Attack**
Steps:
A. Boot from the Win Install DVD.
B. Use Diskpart to know the letter of the HDD System Partition.
C. Browse to the System32 Folder of your System Partition.
D. Backup utilman.exe and cmd.exe
E. Delete utilman.exe and rename cmd.exe to utilman.exe
F. Restart and boot to your Hard Drive.
G. At login screen, Press the "Ease of Access" button to launch cmd.exe
H. Use the net command to change your password or create a new account.
I. Once you gain access to the system, boot from the Install DVD and revert the changes on your HDD by deleting cmd.exe and renaming the backups to their original names.
G. Be Happy!
**Cold Offline Attack**
Steps:
A. Boot from the Win Install DVD.
B. Use Diskpart to know the letter of the HDD System Partition.
C. Browse to the System32 Folder of your System Partition.
D. Backup utilman.exe and cmd.exe
E. Delete utilman.exe and rename cmd.exe to utilman.exe
F. Restart and boot to your Hard Drive.
G. At login screen, Press the "Ease of Access" button to launch cmd.exe
H. Use the net command to change your password or create a new account.
I. Once you gain access to the system, boot from the Install DVD and revert the changes on your HDD by deleting cmd.exe and renaming the backups to their original names.
G. Be Happy!