Many times I get asked, "How do I bypass At Ease?". Finally, here is a guide to hacking At Ease.
The first thing you'll want to do is get to the Finder. The easiest way to go about doing this is to hit the programmer's switch, (either command-power, or the button with a circle on the front of the computer) and type G FINDER in the box that appears and hitting Enter. The Finder boots up and you are now free to do whatever you want.
If you want to find out the administrator's password install InvisibleOasis (hopefully included with this file) and wait a few days. The sysadmin password should be recorded. You can also pull a null password by opening the At Ease Preferences (System Folder: At Ease: At Ease Preferences) with a text editor. (Simpletext may work depending on the size of the prefs file.) Look for the entry: MFDR\ ]. Delete everything between "\" and "]". You can now enter whatever you want as a password in the At Ease Setup screen!
NOTE: Some older versions of At Ease, (1.0 and maybe others) you can crash At Ease by opening as many applications as possible. When the computer rund out of RAM, it will ask if you want to quit At Ease to free up RAM. (Duh!)
One other way to break out of At Ease is to use a utillity such as At Peace or DisEase. (DisEase should be included with this file or is available from my www site, http://www.yatho.com/weasel/ )
The only problem is generally you don't have Finder access to open the floppy containing AtPeace or Disease. All you need to do is follow the above instructions on getting to the Finder before using all the fun At Ease havocing tools!
FoolProof
"How do I hack FoolProof?" is the second most asked question I get. Keep reading for the know-how...
First a little info on FoolProof and things to keep in mind.
What makes FoolProof powerful is that it is DRIVER LEVEL. This means that the protecting is "written" into the driver so the disk cannot be mounted without activating the security. What we are looking for is how to defeat the driver. Remember, always do hard restarts (control-option-delete) when hacking FoolProof. Soft restarts are intercepted by FoolProof so it can lock all the settings. Hard restarts just turn the computer off, then on.
I always try the "Find File Crack" first since it requires no outside software.
All you need to do is open Find File and search for "Finder". This causes the system folder to be opened and you get full access! Just drag the FoolProof Extension from the Extensions folder, and the FoolProof Preferences out of the Preferences folder and restart. When you are done, put the files back and no one knows you were there.
Another technique to try (I try this one if the computer doesn't have Find File) is the "exit to shell". While this one isn't as fun, at least it works.
While the computer is starting up and loading it's extensions, press the interupt switch (command-power) and type "es". (Without the quotes of course.) This should exit you to the shell where you can drag the FP Extention out, etc.
Finally, you can try a floppy boot that requires a floppy with a disk mounting utillity and the system software on the disk. Boot from the floppy with command-shift-option-delete held down. This prevents the HD from mounting. You can now mount the HD, and drag the FP files out of the System Folder.
