OK, so my university disabled "advanced printing features" in the printer properties dialog. I'm trying to re-enable it, but clicking on the tab shows it as greyed-out, since I'm not a member of the Admin or Power Users group, I guess.

I figured out how to get a command shell going, and can now edit the registry. What's the best way to get this done?

Thanks in advance.

Ah...now that u have a command shell going there are many things that u could do. The easiest is to just create an administrator account.

net user USERNAME PASSWORD /add
net localgroup Administrators USERNAME /add

Then just relogin into the system using that username.

ah. but I don't think that will work if NET is disabled. Like in my school I am pretty sure net is disabled so, it might not work.

No such luck:

"Access denied
System Error 5 Occurred"

It is a command shell, but the network's restrictions seem to be in effect.

But with the registry open, isn't there any way I can affect what's disabled in the the printer's properties?

Hmm...that means that u're command shell is virtually useless. Since I don't remember what specific registry key affects printer settings I would try to get myself admin rights using a local exploit. (Several of them are listed in the file download section)

Thanks for the help. I'll check.

is the bios on these computers password protected? if not u could use a boot disc. that will give u a "proper" command prompt. from there u should be able to create that account. since u used the boot disc im sure there will be no restrictions. the only down point is that you might not be able to boot floppy due to the bios settings. if not. u can always use a CDROM ZIP drive etc. see if that helps

bri77

forgot. even if the bios is password protected. just pop ur hand inside and flick the mobo battery in and out to reset. close lid. add ur own password. tada. though there seems to be a big observation problem with this method. anyway. ideas there.

*our college was stupid enough to just use a blank space for the bios password.

bri77