21-3 "TAKING A HAMMER TO A TOSHIBA"

Toshiba TECRA S1

Here we are taking apart this prehistoric laptop.  Sorry, no hammers were used.

268 pages of Google Doc PDF Toshiba goodness.

Manual

Just getting to the good stuff.

3 minutes into the process.

A picture of someone taking a picture of what I was taking a picture of.

Getting rid of the heatsink/fan combo.

Now you can see the CPU.

CPU harvesting from a donor laptop.  Too bad its a Pentium M.  (Ancient)

This is what you get after spending 20 minutes trying to get to the touchpad.  Stupid plastic connectors.

20-4

I guess I'm pretty lucky.  Both Autoruns by TechNet and the "msconfig.exe" recognize 36 start-up items.

20-3

WDC.exe is a hot key program that is running from my ASUS software package.

WimaxConsle.exe is a small console that allows me to switch from 802.11 to 802.16.  Basically from the Wireless G and N standards to the WiMax or 4G.  Again its part of my ASUS software package.

WiMAXCU.exe*32  You guessed it.  The samething as above.  Hasn't given me any problems, so why try to fix something thats not broken.

winampa.ex*32  WinAmp!!  If you had a computer back in the early to mid 90's you know that it really kicks the Llamas (insert word)!  It's a media player.

winlogon.exe  used for user authorization and Windows activation checks

WinPatrol.exe*32  Program I installed doing these blogs!  Actually useful.  Monitors changes made to your system.

wisptis.exe  Just what it says, for Pen and Touch Input Components

wuauclt.exe  WooT!  Windows Update!

Zune.exe  Im listening to music right now.  And no I don't have an I-PseudoPod!

ZuneLauncher.exe  Yup, auto launches the Zune app when I connect my Zune to my laptop.

20-2

I already have Webroot installed on my computer, so I went ahead and did this lab with it instead of AVG.

Its already setup to scan daily, and most of the stuff found are usually cookies.

Real Problem 19-2

Ophcrack

While its a free program and you do get some free rainbow tables, these tables are for the simplest passwords.  It uses the SAM database in the Windows system32 folder to get the hashes created for storing user passwords.  It then basically runs through every hash contained in its rainbow tables and looks for a match.  A matched hash equals a cracked password.

For the more complex passwords, you'll need to get the larger tables.  These range in size from 8 GB all the up to around 160 GB.  The prices also go through the roof, $1,000 for the entire bundle.

Active Password Changer still accesses the SAM database on a Windows machine.  But instead of crack the password, it allows you to reset the password.  This program has a free trial download which can be burned to a CD or made into a bootable USB.  For the beefier version which includes a Windows Preinstallation Environment, expect to pay around $50 bucks.  The one big draw back about resetting passwords is that you can potentially lose access to data.  To be specific, if you used Windows to encrypt files or folders, you will lose the key to decrypt them.

Windows Password Reset

ITS THE SAME THING AS ACTIVE PASSWORD CHANGER!  Same type of application style I mean.  Gives you a bootable CD and a GUI to reset user passwords.


My recommendation.......NONE.  Use the "Make a password reset disc" option already included with Windows.  No money lost, no data lost.  Simple.

19-4

1. Using Windows Vista, create a Standard user account and log on using that account. Can
you view the contents of the Documents folder for an account with Administrator privileges?



Here's what happens.

2. Using the Standard account, try to install a program. What message do you receive?

3. What happens if you try to create a new account while logged on under the Standard account?

SWITCHES AND ROUTERS

For this lab we set up a basic network with a pair of switches, a crossover cable, and enough ethernet cable for all of us!  Started off by getting power to the switches, making the physical connections from the desktops to the switches, then from switch to switch with the crossover cable.  Next we all had to configure are desktops with static ip addresses with the correct subnet of Brads choosing!

After that it was time to ping till our fingers bled!  J/K.

Time to switch to wireless router mode.  No joke.

Your basic D Link router here.  To configure just type in the devices IP address into a web browser, then you  will need to log on to the device.  (Make sure you are using a wired connection to configure.)

Once logged in setting up a DHCP server is simple enough, if you know were to look.