How To Open The Cmd Prompt When Blocked By Admins.

Mopargeek

May 24 2007, 02:01 PM

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Here are some ideas as how to open the cmd when you have it blocked. I cannot know if they work in your system just because you might have already blocked this features or not;

1.- Open the calculator and click on help > help topics. When the help window opens right next to where it says 'calculator' ( top left corner ) there is a ' ? ' symbol , right click on it and select jump to URL and put this;

file:///c:/windows/system32/cmd.exe

and then click open. Magic the cmd opens automatically.
If your calculator is blocked you can do the same in any of the windows XP games;
- Free Cell.
- Hearts.
- Internet Backgammon.
- " " Checkers.
- " " Hearts.
- " " Reversi.
- " " Spades.
- Solitaire.
- Pinball.
- Minesweeper.
- Spider Solitaire.

I have tested it in all of them and it works. But I REPEAT THIS;

YOUR ADMINISTRATOR MIGHT BE AWARE OF THAT AND IT MIGHT NOT WORK ( not trying to yell to anybody just make it more clear )

2.- Using the same text as above ; file:///c:/windows/system32/cmd.exe
You can open Excel and create a HYPERLINK with the this text, click OK and then click in the link in the excel cell. Click OK in both windows that will pop up and the command prompt will open.
This thing only works with Microsoft Office, i have test it with Openoffice and it does not work

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Laurence

May 24 2007, 11:09 PM

Thanks for the tip! They blocked the CMD prompt at my school, and I wanted to try out some CMD messaging tricks, I'll try this one out and see if it works.

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matthewk

May 25 2007, 05:34 AM

I have the help service removed in my XP, so it didn't work for me. That is a good tip though, thanks

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wutske

May 27 2007, 11:38 AM

Don't know if this works, but that links works in IE and you can also make a shortcut to that link.

and for those who need admin rights in cmd prompt (you'll need the sheduler service enabled and the rights to do the at command):
at xx:xx /interactive cmd.exe

where xx:xx is the current time in 24h notation + 1 minute. After 1 minute, a command prompt with 'svchost.exe' in the title bar should apear. Be very carfeull with this because you are now working as 'SYSTEM' wich means you can access, change and delete everything.

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toby

May 27 2007, 01:21 PM

At my old school, the run program prompt was blocked, which came up when I did it on this computer.

Still, I might try this at the library.

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.:Brian:.

May 27 2007, 01:58 PM

Well I was wondering, this is a nice way to get around it being blocked, but is there a way to block some of these techniques as well?

Because when you block the command prompt for security reasons or whatever, it would be nice if it was actually blocked in all ways. So if somebody knows how to block these attempts I think it would be good for all to know.

Also, just as a side note, doesn't this belong more in the security & exploits area?

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wutske

May 27 2007, 05:41 PM

QUOTE(.:Brian:. @ May 27 2007, 03:58 PM)

no idea under wich user the command prompt is launched when doing this helpfile-trick, but changing the access rigths of cmd.exe (by denying read/write access) is the simples method, but probably not the best.
The 'at' command can be blocked too. You'll probably have to start digging in the group editor to find these options.

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xerxes

Jun 16 2007, 01:02 PM

Brilliant in its simplicity! I'm actually a manager at the place where I work but the tech guys had to disable the command prompt due to constant misuse by people with lower access classes. This way (especially the MS Office trick) I will be able to use the CMD (which will ease my work a lot) not only from my own machine, but also from the terminals all over the place. Thanks!

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Mar 3 2009, 03:16 AM

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How To Open The Cmd Prompt When Blocked By Admins.

I run as an administrator in my PC.

I used your tips but this not work on me..

it says:

"The command prompt has been disabled by your administrator.

Press any key to continue . . . "

if you press a key it exit.

when I type cmd on run command that's the same message...

I used Microsoft Windows Xp (version 5.1.2600)