Yep. I've been trying to get msn installed on the computer here in the labs. And it won't finish the install. I've been thinking that if I go into my documents and create an short-cut to the C: drive that may bi-pass the contrals/blocks. But I don't really wana tinker around to much if you will, and then suddenly lose my only computer access intill I get my own comp.
I've seen other students with it.

I had the same problem at the library (they actually had a little lock thing that locked either the Hard Drive and Disk Drive or just the hard drive) The librarian is really dumb so I used that to my advantage... I told her that I needed to burn a CD for school and that I needed the key to do so. She was busy on the phone and she gave me the key to it I unlocked every computer there.

<!--QuoteBegin-UntrueDeath+Sep 23 2004, 09:21 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (UntrueDeath @ Sep 23 2004, 09:21 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Yep. I've been trying to get msn installed on the computer here in the labs. And it won't finish the install. I've been thinking that if I go into my documents and create an short-cut to the C: drive that may bi-pass the contrals/blocks. But I don't really wana tinker around to much if you will, and then suddenly lose my only computer access intill I get my own comp.
I've seen other students with it. [/quote]
I'm assuming Win2000 or XP is installed. In that case you'd need the admin's pass.

I messed with plenty of cracking programs to try and bypass the protection (that I found).
Even the cleverest will only work with an admin's log on (for password retrieving purposes).

I found a way around this protection by downloading from a second party site (as in downloading MSN, yahoo, and trillian off download.com or a different site with an older version and saving the target as... and running the install from it's current location).


In the end for full access, I was in an advanced course in Windows Server class and that access was vital for my teaching. So, no concrete clues just some suggestions.

By the looks of it. it XP set in classic mode. I'll try installing at least msn from an standalone site. Thanks.
They also appear to be using good old Norton for the admin contral.

providing you can unzip stuff, just zip up your MSN Messenger folder from home, use whatever method you want to get it onto the PC you want it on and simply extract. Thats all i do to use it at college since it wont install.
Then they got onto people about this method, and made it so you can't use msnmsgr.exe. Which has to be one of the dumbest things my college network admins have ever done because you just rename it.

What about using a second party program to access MSN like Adium or Fire or Proteus?

install it on a usb key...

use e-messneger if u don;'t mind it being a little slow

<a href='http://www.e-messenger.net' target='_blank'>http://www.e-messenger.net</a>

It already installed. I just can't seem to get it too boot up.
I'm thinking I'm going to try the usb keychain thing once I can buy one, and just install the thing on there and run it from there.
Thanks for help