---
id: 3803
title: "Bypassing Windows Login Without Password"
source_domain: projectblack.io
source_url: "https://projectblack.io/blog/bypassing-windows-login-without-password/"
published_at: "2025-09-12 05:55"
tags: ["pentesting", "privilege-escalation", "windows", "password-reset", "physical-security", "sticky-keys"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/3803"
lang: en
---

# Bypassing Windows Login Without Password

## Summary

A walkthrough of the Sticky Keys trick for bypassing Windows login without a password: boot from USB, swap sethc.exe for cmd.exe, press SHIFT five times at the login screen for a SYSTEM shell.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** projectblack.io
- **Published:** 2025-09-12 05:55
- **Original:** https://projectblack.io/blog/bypassing-windows-login-without-password/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/3803