How to Bypass Windows Login Screen

A Step-by-Step Guide

Alex Perrakis
4 min readMar 16, 2024

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Introduction

Have you ever wondered if you are actually secure, despite using a strong password for your Windows login?

If you had and the answer is yes, well, I have some bad news for you. If the answer is no, you are completely right.

In this article, we will discuss and demonstrate through an experiment how can a malicious individual gain access to your computer, without knowing your password, in just a couple of minutes.

Preparation

For the purposes of the experiment, we will need the following:

  1. Any physical or virtual machine with Windows installed.
    (Supported Versions: NT/2000/XP /Vista/7/8/10/11)
  2. A bootable flash drive with Hiren’s BootCD PE x64 iso.

Setting up a strong password

Step 1
Open Windows search, type “password” and click on “Change your password” result.

Step 2
Choose the “Password” option and click the “Change” button.

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Alex Perrakis
Alex Perrakis

Written by Alex Perrakis

💻Software Engineer | Cybersecurity Master Student

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