-----Original Message-----
i have a friend who forgot his window xp login password
so now he can't log into window. does anybody know what
he should do? thanks in advance.
.
Hello!
Free Windows password-cracking tools are usually Linux boot
disks that have NT file system drivers and software that
will read the registry and rewrite the password hashes for
any account including the Administrators. This process
requires physical access to the console and an available
floppy drive but it works like a charm! I've done it myself
several times with no glitch or problem whatsoever.
Here are two of these free tools:
Petter Nordahl-Hagen's Offline NT Password & Registry
Editor:-http://
www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm#1
Openwall's John the
Ripper:-http://
www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm#2
Offline NT Password & Registry Editor (v030426)
Petter Nordahl-Hagen has written a Windows NT/2000/XP
offline password editor. This excellent tool can be found
at
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd
This is a utility to (re)set the password of any user that
has a valid (local) account on your NT system, by modifying
the crypted password in the registrys SAM file.
You do not need to know the old password to set a new one.
It works offline, that is, you have to shutdown your
computer and boot off a floppydisk or CD. The bootdisk
includes stuff to access NTFS partitions and scripts to
glue the whole thing together.
Works with syskey (no need to turn it off, but you can if
you have lost the key)
Will detect and offer to unlock locked or disabled out user
accounts!
with regards/
ssg/pronetworks.org
