How to crack windows 9x workstations

How to crack windows 9x workstations

For win9x, win95, win98, winME.

Ye Olde trustee floppy

Make a win9x disk boot disk with "format a: /s"
Put on it :

edit.exe
regedit.exe
attrib.exe

any *.reg files you want for unrestricting a system.

You will have fun...

Getting a DOS prompt

press "Shift-F5" once a sec near end of BIOS init screen, the OS will drop straight to command prompt, not config.sys, no autoexec.bat, nothing.

press "Shift-F8" once a sec near end of BIOS init screen, the OS will step through each line of config.sys, autoexec.bat, asking yes or no.

Hit F8 once a sec near end of BIOS init screen, until the windows splash screen or a menu comes up. At menu choose "command prompt only" or maybe "command prompt only safe mode".

If that fails hold down BOTH shift keys during startup, this will give you safe mode, you can usually do a lot here.

Ye Olde trustee floppy, if needs be...

Playing with registry

On a machine running Internet explorer 5 ( IE5 ) you can apply this registry patch. It will remove huge chunks of security restrictions from a IE kiosk type computers.

Either right click on it & select merge, or if you can access a dos prompt, type "regedit unlock.reg" or whatever you saved this into.

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoSaveSettings"=dword:00000000
"NoFavoritesMenu"=dword:00000000
"NoFind"=dword:00000000
"NoRun"=dword:00000000
"NoSetActiveDesktop"=dword:00000001
"NoWindowsUpdate"=dword:00000001
"NoChangeStartMenu"=dword:00000000
"NoFolderOptions"=dword:00000000
"NoRecentDocsMenu"=dword:00000001
"ClearRecentDocsOnExit"=dword:00000001
"NoLogoff"=dword:00000000
"NoClose"=dword:00000000
"NoSetFolders"=dword:00000000
"NoSetTaskbar"=dword:00000000
"NoTrayContextMenu"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"EditLevel"=dword:00000000
"NoSaveSettings"=dword:00000000
"NoToolbarCustomize"=dword:00000000
"NoBandCustomize"=dword:00000000
"Btn_Back"=dword:00000000
"Btn_Forward"=dword:00000000
"Btn_Stop"=dword:00000000
"Btn_Refresh"=dword:00000000
"Btn_Home"=dword:00000000
"Btn_Search"=dword:00000002
"SpecifyDefaultButtons"=dword:00000001
"Btn_History"=dword:00000000
"Btn_Favorites"=dword:00000000
"Btn_Folders"=dword:00000000
"Btn_Fullscreen"=dword:00000000
"Btn_Tools"=dword:00000000
"Btn_MailNews"=dword:00000000
"Btn_Size"=dword:00000000
"Btn_Print"=dword:00000000
"Btn_Edit"=dword:00000000
"Btn_Discussions"=dword:00000000
"Btn_Cut"=dword:00000000
"Btn_Copy"=dword:00000000
"Btn_Paste"=dword:00000000
"Btn_Encoding"=dword:00000000
"NoActiveDesktop"=dword:00000001
"NoActiveDesktopChanges"=dword:00000001
"NoInternetIcon"=dword:00000000
"NoNetHood"=dword:00000000
"NoDesktop"=dword:00000000
"NoViewContextMenu"=dword:00000000
"NoDrives"=dword:00000000
"NoDeletePrinter"=dword:00000001
"NoAddPrinter"=dword:00000001
"NoPrinterTabs"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Content]
"CacheLimit"=dword:0000270f

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"Cache_Update_Frequency"="Once_Per_Session"
"Save_Session_History_On_Exit"="no"
"Show_FullURL"="no"
"Show_StatusBar"="yes"
"Show_ToolBar"="yes"
"Show_URLinStatusBar"="yes"
"Show_URLToolBar"="yes"
"Start Page"="http://www.lycos.com/"
"Show_ChannelBand"="no"
"Window Title"=" :: Cracked :: "
"Use FormSuggest"="no"
"FormSuggest Passwords"="no"
"FormSuggest PW Ask"="no"
"Use_DlgBox_Colors"="yes"
"Disable Script Debugger"="no"
"FullScreen"="no"
"NoUpdateCheck"=dword:00000001
"Anchor Underline"="yes"
"ShowGoButton"="no"
"Friendly http errors"="yes"
"Error Dlg Displayed On Every Error"="no"
"Display Inline Images"="yes"
"Play_Animations"="yes"
"Display Inline Videos"="yes"
"Play_Background_Sounds"="yes"
"AutoSearch"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl]
"provider"=""

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Security]
"Sending_Security"="Medium"
"Viewing_Security"="Low"
"Safety Warning Level"="Query"

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer]
"remove feedback"=dword:00000001
"DisableImportExportFavorites"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Infodelivery\Restrictions]
"NoBrowserSaveWebComplete"=dword:00000000
"NoSearchCustomization"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel]
"SecurityTab"=dword:00000000
"ContentTab"=dword:00000000
"ConnectionsTab"=dword:00000000
"ProgramsTab"=dword:00000000
"AdvancedTab"=dword:00000000
"Advanced"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Restrictions]
"NoBrowserSaveAs"=dword:00000000
"NoFileNew"=dword:00000000
"NoBrowserContextMenu"=dword:00000000
"NoOpeninNewWnd"=dword:00000000
"NoSelectDownloadDir"=dword:00000000
"NoFindFiles"=dword:00000000