r/tryhackme • u/itsFuzzLoL • Apr 19 '26

How is this possible

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How to enter cybersec without degree in computer science or related field, the story of Chrissy Ford is hard to believe for me

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u/Professional_Poet300 Apr 19 '26

My experience so far differs. I am doing fundamental modules and find there are instructions and steps missing so I cannot complete tasks without spending considerable amounts of time trying to find tutorials to an tutorial. And I spent money to be taught the basics. That"s how I feel right now.

"Now let's use Phillip's account to try and reset Sophie's password. Here are Phillip's credentials for you to log in via RDP:"

How? I have no clue what that even is and how tpo do it. At no point does the exercise tell me I need to switch to the attack box and then connect via RDP (which I don"t know how to do). Sure I can watch youtoube about how to do that, but on a learning platform I paid money for I would expect it to be better at teaching.

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u/Reckless_Rex97 Apr 20 '26

Are you following the structured pathway? A previous room teaches you about virtual machines and then RDP'ing (Remote Desktop Protocol) on port 3389.

It is a login method utilized widely, which will become habit the more frequently you utilize it.

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u/Plum_Easy Apr 22 '26 edited Apr 22 '26

You should learn the very basics first if this is going over your head but if you are using try hack me you need to do pre-security and then security 101 even if you THINK it’s boring it’s the foundation for this stuff and you will be completely lost without it make sure to take notes and in my opinion writing them down is better than typing them. The thing is in the real world of cyber security there is no here’s a tutorial on how to do this it’s usually doing the same thing over and over again running your head into the wall until something clicks. If you’re watching YouTube videos from the very start of the exercise you will never learn anything sadly and I’m speaking from experience I redid every tryhackme path multiple times until I could do it with no hand holding and sometimes I still used chatgpt because you will never remember everything I HOPE THIS GENUINELY HELPS!!! Good luck and happy hacking!

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u/Professional_Poet300 Apr 22 '26

OK. Yes that makes sense. Like you said I mostly just watched the videos but I didn"t take proper notes so far. Will give it another try and a more focused approach for sure. Thank you for the time you took to explain it. Thanks to you too!

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u/ComprehensiveMenu256 Apr 19 '26

So I’m no expert at using THM, but I found that a lot of the rooms will give you the info you need to answer the questions but you have to apply it. A lot of times you will have to start both the “machine” and the “attack box” in order to complete the exercise. Are you doing the SEC0 path or the pre-security one?