I'm not that techy, I'm still learning lmao but what is the point of having a Password on a Windows device if you can just get in anyways using commandprompt and utilman.exe.bak? Like I said I'm not that techy so bear with me but uh even an Admin acc can be overridden from X: to C: or whatever. Just tried this with my school's Laptop. It's literally infinite profit if I were an asshole: >steal devices >use command prompt bullshit >factory reset >re-sell what the fuck?
myrd · 2026-02-16 04:48 [#2438][report] You could bypass a login password on any operating system. The only point is just to stop the most basic snooping, like a nosey coworker. People who care about their data enough can use full-disk encryption and not just leave their shit on and open all the time. Thieves who factory reset don't give a shit about a password anyway, they just want the hardware.
Lafensai · 2026-02-16 04:55 [#2439][report] >>10140 i didn't know that, thanks :) but i don't think normies don't do this, which actually boggles my mind how uninformed they are. I'm still learning and it wasn't that hard to do lol.
Lafensai · 2026-02-16 05:03 [#2440][report] >>10141 *do btw (-_-) But yeah normies just refuse to be techy, why fix the problem yourself or bother learning when you can have someone hold your hand the whole way??
Anonymous · 2026-02-24 03:17 [#2600][report] Every device that doesn't have full-disk encryption has this problem. The files are unencrypted, so you can just mount them, and access them from a liveUSB. Similarly, you can change the root password on any unencrypted Linux/*BSD installation by just chrooting into the device, and having root access that way. I would even argue it's easier on Linux than on Windows, because it's really just
``` mount /dev/sda1 /mnt chroot /mnt /bin/sh passwd root ```
Lafensai · 2026-02-24 07:06 [#2605][report] >>10317 damn. why don't all devices being sold just have full-disk encryption as a default? :0 yeah Linux looks way easier lol
nen · 2026-02-24 21:17 [#2612][report] >>10322 Its better that the encryption is done by the user however he wishes, I wouldn't trust any pre encrypted device even if everything was open source about it, you simply resort to trusting that they didn't rape it on the way to you.