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Unblock CMD at school and become the administrator!

Unblock CMD at school and become the administrator!
In this Instructable you will learn how to unblock cmd at your school or workplace and become the administrator. Sounds impossible but its not

What you need for this Instructable:

-Time (You don't a lot but you still it lol)
- A computer, Windows XP is recommended although this can work on Vista if your administrator doesn't think much about computer security
- limited user account or guest account (Obviously you won't be trying this if your already the Administrator. . .)

NOTICE: If your CMD is already unblocked skip to step 4
Disclaimer: I will not take resposablility for any damage this Instructable might cause. If you follow me correctly nothing should happen but you never no. . .proceed at your own risk lol
 
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Step 1Unblocking CMD, your gateway into becoming the administrator, 2 ways

Unblocking CMD, your gateway into becoming the administrator, 2 ways
OK, at most school and even workplaces CMD(.exe) I usually blocked. CMD stands for something called Command Prompt. This is your gateway as I like to call it into becoming the administrator. There are two versions I know of, the newest is called CMD.exe and the older one is called Comand.com. Both are useful, it's just that you can do more in general on CMD.exe. OK, way#1 to unblock your computer's command prompt.
1. Open 'Notepad' (Windows Run "Notepad" or Open up your start menu -> Accessories-> Notepad) thats all I can think of for now but there's probably more ways. . .
2. Write inside the notepad file exactly what you see here (paste this if you want):

start

that probably won't work because your administrator probably atleast knows something as simple as that so let get a 'little more complicated':

@echo off
command
comand.com
pause

That last one probably won't work on vista though. . .
If these two possibilities don't work then, sorry I'm out of ideas. . .These two though are the only two that I've used and tried at schools and they seem to work the best. . .Remember either of these works! Do not include both commands in the same notepad file. . .

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May 7, 2012. 11:28 AMXillra says:
Is there a possibility you could be found out? Because, I don't really know what would happen if I did this,,,, =.= I probably seem like a complete wuss. :3
Oct 14, 2010. 7:43 AMhitman17 says:
"is not a recognize as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file" The problem for that is because you messed up in your code. Your code has;
@echo off
command
comand.com
pause

You forgot the 2nd "m" in command.com. but after I had fixed that, I got a different message. "The system can not execute the specified program" Please find a way around that for me as I need to hack these damn school computers :)
Apr 28, 2012. 10:25 AMEpicAwesomeness says:
You can make a "Fake" cmd by typing this code

@echo off
title Command Prompt Batch
ver
echo.
:Loop
set /P the="%cd%>"
%the%
echo.
goto loop

Credit to Geek101 Instructable for this code: http://www.instructables.com/id/Getting-around-command-prompt-restrictions-for-rea/
Apr 2, 2012. 6:53 PMthanatos370 says:
I noticed the missing "m" as well:) its ok though, everyone makes mistakes. . . especially spelling ones;)
Nov 30, 2010. 5:36 AMkool1zero says:
another thing you might try is having command list whats in your directory type
to see type

@echo off
cd C:\WINDOWS\System32
dir /P


then scroll down screen by screen (there are alot) and see if command.com is in there, if not then you will need to find a command.com or cmd.exe file somewhere on your network
Nov 30, 2010. 5:27 AMkool1zero says:
see if you can get to any network drives, or navigate around your computer, you're looking for a folder probably called system32, although they could have moed command.com elsewhere.

also, you might try it with just

@echo off
command.com
pause

the "command" by itself doesnt really do anything.
Apr 12, 2012. 3:52 PMemdeadboy1 says:
Wow! Thanks for the help. I was just in the computer lab at my school searching for some files I saved and this kid came up to me and said to type cmd into the search bar so I did. And I knew what he was talking about when I saw this file called cmd.exe which is where you can type in commands to the computer. So I searched for some codes to type in online and I came to this website. Thank u for the tutorial!
I just wanted to ask something. If you logged into the account you normally use (now administrator) would they know that u changed it?
Apr 2, 2012. 6:51 PMthanatos370 says:
I got this:

'command' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
'command.com' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
Press any key to continue . . .

Any ideas on what went wrong?
Mar 9, 2012. 4:42 AMboogistheman says:
i mean click on ok
Mar 9, 2012. 4:41 AMboogistheman says:
i find the easiest way to open cmd is press the windows button and "R" then type in cmd in the box and press "open"
Mar 6, 2012. 7:49 AMDirector Shadow says:
Still dosent work...... Everything i do it still says the "System 5 error" or it wants to type a admin password. Any other idea's ??
Mar 2, 2012. 10:51 AMnoobkilla0009 says:
notepad- command- save as anything.bat (.BAT IS IMPORTANT)- open batch file- command is now open- control userpasswords2- reset password- :) - MAKE SURE YOUR NOT ON A PERSONAL USER ACCOUNT USE A GUEST ACCOUNT.
Nov 16, 2011. 10:18 AMDirector Shadow says:
okay so i just redid it one last time, making sure i was doing it perfect. and when i got finished it gave me a different notice now: now it says "SYSTEM 5 ERROR OCCURRED ACCESS DENIED" that sucks..... so now what??
Feb 14, 2012. 1:16 AMhighvoltageguy says:
run as administrator (Hack the password)
Nov 16, 2011. 10:09 AMDirector Shadow says:
im trying to do this at school so i can have ADMIN privileges but when i do EXACTLY as you said, it says "USERNAME NOT FOUND" PRESS ANY KEY TO CONTINUE" then after i press a key the cmd cuts off....... idk whats going on... please i just want to get passed mt schools firewall instead of the regular student privileges, i can use a admin.
Oct 6, 2011. 3:57 PMkane1997 says:
i even put pause after it lol but it is still going on forever
Oct 6, 2011. 3:55 PMkane1997 says:
Mine is just saying C:/Users/armdkai/Desktop>gpedit.msc over and over and over like really fast is that normal and armdkai is my school username lol
Apr 16, 2009. 3:55 PMsoulswerelost says:
mine says access denied error 5 occerd
Sep 8, 2011. 8:51 AMProgramWizz says:
I guess this wont work for a High school then considering we have a pretty up to date Administrator who knew that I was using CMD to access his files and other stuff leading me to Computer Management from here we could edit anything on our network :P ..except unblock Websites and Unprotected sites.. You have to be the administrator to get that to work so maybe this might help me play games at school... Yes my school blocks games and any other site which includes fun stuff AKA Youtube. A site was blocked for the Purpose of E-Learning. Wow. Apparently we arn't allowed to Learn at school ¬_¬
Feb 25, 2011. 8:51 AMclondan1 says:
wait, what exactly do you do from gpedit.msc? im not sure what comes before and after that
Aug 30, 2011. 8:24 AMmkirjonen says:
I did this and managed to make new account but that was'nt administrator :/
Aug 30, 2011. 5:55 AMjj.inc says:
If I can't get command to open I found command prompt portable. It runs right off of your flashdrive, then I think you have to individual enter all the commands.
Feb 11, 2011. 3:21 AMtimr1 says:
Thanks for this, Simple but gets the job done. The admins detected it and deleted the new account, but it got me through long enough to do what i needed to do ;)
Aug 30, 2011. 5:51 AMjj.inc says:
I am disguise mine as a real admistrator account by labeling it with fancy stuff and the school name, anyway, our I.T. person just left without giving the passwords. (we canned her husband last year and kept her and I guess she just left.) Anyway, this should be fun if I can think of something to do.
Feb 27, 2011. 4:55 PMmkeychains says:
i've use gpedit and save it with extension of .bat....but when i try on CMD it appear and suddenly vanished. I hope you can help me wit that.
Apr 27, 2011. 8:01 PMajoiner1 says:
type pause below
Feb 14, 2011. 4:45 AMpog389 says:
it's loading all tht but it doesnt stop. how long should it take??
Jan 17, 2011. 11:20 AMUzor says:
I dont give a damn if it does not make me an admin over the network, as long as im the admin at the computer. All i need is just to install some files on the comp.
i hope this work
Sep 28, 2010. 8:13 AMJuba95 says:
hey, nice man! *(although it's not working at my computer now, but perhaps it will work @ school :P
Sep 20, 2010. 5:03 AMpriv8tepir8te says:
snatric you need to run the command in admin mode, just cause its openend doesnt mean you have admin rights.. thats why your getting the error messages..
Sep 19, 2010. 3:48 PMcctvlor says:
Hi does this work on windows 7 networks
Mar 14, 2009. 3:57 PMcodongolev says:
cmd isn't blocked at my school. I like to type "telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl" to watch star wars text style after I finish my assignments. and don't give me none of this "telnet is dangerous" crap. It's not my computer, so I don't care.
Aug 25, 2010. 12:38 AMconnorTHOMAS says:
"telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl" didnt work on my home laptop... can you explain why?
May 6, 2009. 1:46 PMcodongolev says:
my brother. and some other people. I don't really know what it is other that that I can watch star wars.
May 7, 2009. 1:39 PMcodongolev says:
so.... wouldn't being hacked be dangerous?
May 4, 2009. 5:54 AMmacweirdo says:
darn right you are.
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