SYSTEM rights
SYSTEM rights
ghost | 4075 Reads | - open Command Prompt
- type: at (the next minute, in military time) /interactive "cmd.exe"
- when it comes up, press CTRL + ALT + DEL, go to Processes and kill EXPLORER.EXE
- close the original command prompt
- in the new prompt, type: cd ..
- then type: explorer.exe
- wait until taskbar/desktop returns
- close command prompt
I have found that this only works from an Administrator desktop, so it is not necessarily a good "hacking" tool.
The reason this works is because the second prompt open by the first is not directly opened by the user, it is opened by a user-assigned system process. Thus, it is opened by SYSTEM. So a prompt opened by SYSTEM should be able to open more stuff by SYSTEM, right? After all, if your name is John, and you open something in the Command Prompt, it's opened by John. So we kill YOUR explorer.exe and then ask SYSTEM to open up its explorer.exe. When this happens for the first time, Windows actually needs to set up a desktop for SYSTEM, so it may take awhile. When it has finished making the desktop, you can enjoy Windows in its own shoes!
P.S. SYSTEM is the equivalent of root on a *nix box.
ghost 18 years ago
ive seen this here. http://undergr0und.net/forum/showthread.php?t=1880 and the video is here http://passivemode.net/videos/
ghost 18 years ago
cool trick just not very useful as it can only be used in administrator account. Can someone explain to me what is better about "SYSTEM" than "Administrator"?
SySTeM 18 years ago
There is an easier way of doing this…
Say the time is 19:00. Open Command Prompt, type 'at 19:01 /interactive "c:\windows\explorer.exe" then ctrl+alt+del and kill explorer and it will run the new explorer from SYSTEM :)
ghost 18 years ago
cyb3rl0rd1887, in SYSTEM you can kill any process. That's the only thing I've noticed, anyway.
ghost 17 years ago
I am following your instructions exactly but when I kill my explorer it automatically starts a new one under my name. Do you have any ideas?