Then you can either leave the password-field blank and click on through, or you can enter whatever garbage you want for the password. Note: you must know this ahead of time unless the user name is set to save/display automatically. Once at a Windows login screen, enter the user account name you wish to access and bypass the password. If the BIOS/system “supports” Kon-Boot some programming checks will be displayed and the boot will hand off to the normal Windows loader processes. Hit or the spacebar to start the injection process.
#Use kon boot iso
To use it, download one of the image files (I used the CD ISO) and burn the ISO file to a disk.īoot your target Windows system from the CD and you will get the Kon-Boot splash screen. I’ve avoided posting on it for some time as (like TinyApps blogger Miles) I’ve felt compelled to first try to understand what it is, how it may be working, and what impact (negative/positive) it might have on a system. Kon-Boot CD:110KB Floppy image/CD ISO to remove your Windows admin and Linux root pwd – Hacker News.
#Use kon boot password
In the current compilation state it allows to log into a linux system as 'root' user without typing the correct password or to elevate privileges from current user to root.
#Use kon boot software
Kon-Boot is an prototype piece of software which allows to change contents of a linux kernel ( and now Windows kernel also!!!) on the fly (while booting).