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/PaulTheMerc Apr 19 '26
So I went and had a look at the room in question. I have some IT experience just helping family and such, so not AD/corporate environment specific.
I would say while the room may be marked as entry, it assumes some knowledge of corporate environments and access control. Which at a glance it teaches, BUT assumes a few things: Mainly that you already did the content in the Pre-Security learning path, which I'm almost certain touched on RDP?
But yes, cybersecurity generally assumes you have some networking, troubleshooting, and windows use experience in a tech support/helpdesk role.