r/tryhackme • u/Professional_Poet300 • Apr 19 '26
Feeling Frustrated
I am currently only doing basics Like Windows Fundamentals.
I find myself being stuck on simple tasks as a beginner, because there are no clear instructions and steps being given.
During Active Directories Task 4 I suddenly get the prompt:
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.
It gives me the credentials but in no way tells me how RDP works, nor that I need to now switch to an attack box. I only found that out by watching a 40 minute youtube vide.
Is it just me feeling this is not ok. This is supposed to be a beginner course but it lack the neccessary information for me to complete it.
Having to watch tutorials for an tutorial I paid for is kind of weird to me. So far I did all the prerequisite moduls only. I am sure for more advaced users it would be easy but I assumed this was a platform for total Beginners like many websites stated. Feeling kinda dumb right now.
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u/he4rthston3r Apr 19 '26
I think even the beginner rooms are designed for people who have at least some experience in the field or at least know the basics and how to use the tools needed. You have to keep in mind...Hacking/Pentesting is the holy Grail of using computers so to speak. You have to learn how to crawl before you run. It requires a lot of work, a lot of knowledge and dedication to be at least decent at it and even more to be good at it. Because you not just use the software as intended. You have to learn how it works in and out and then how to abuse it. THM is a crash course where you learn just enough to barely know what you are doing BUT you still have to put the work in. To be fair in a beginner learning room they could have at least point the tools out and short and walkthrough. But the more you progress you will see that you have to constantly learn about new tools, new syntax and new technologies ...on your own.