Altruist Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 (edited) In response to the many OH NOES! moments I've seen on varying forums, I'm posting this for the informative purposes of the masses. Be good. But if you're a regular here, you probably already know about these.If it's a Windows password, Find OPHCrack on Sourceforge and burn a copy of the LiveCD.http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/You can also use the Offline NT Registry Editor. (NOT IF YOU USE Encrypted File System! YOU NEED TO RECOVER THE OLD PASSWORD! USE OPHCRACK.)http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.htmlIf it's a BIOS password, try to determine what BIOS you're using, and then try a backdoor password. I refer you here:http://www.pwcrack.com/bios.shtml If no go, pop the hood and move the CMOS jumper into the reset position, restart, change the BIOS password, (write said password down), save settings, turn off PC, put the jumper back in place and reboot.This is for informational purposes intended for GOOD - and for lazy techs who don't want to have to call the customers to ask for the password and get chewed out for it. Mostly for the techs. =D Edited July 31, 2008 by Altruist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mordac85 Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 Actually, in this scenario using OPHCrack is a waste of time if you have physical access to the box. Use Peter Nordahl's utility to set the administrator password to blank (*) and then login and change whatever password for the target account(s). If you used EFS and forgot the password then I guess you could waste the time, but... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Just for the record, don't forget WindowsGate:http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=21204http://www.boot-land.net/forums/?showtopic=4070Here is my new small tool WindowsGate for accessing any local users accounts without password knowing.It is designates for work with Windows Live CDs.Version 1.1 features:target OS can be installed on any pathstwo gates available now:msv1_0.dll patchutilman.exe replacement (WinKey+U shortcut) - run any process with system privileges from WindowsGateVersion 1.0 features:Unlock/Lock functions (enabling/disabling logon password validation) existing passwords remains untouched (without password reset or overwrite operations)windows registry remains untouchedwithout password (hash) crackingSFC/WRP remains activesupport for all NT version: 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bledd Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 ophcrack is an awesome toolthe free version works with a-z and 0-9 (ie if the password has @ in it, it won't find it), plus finding out the password instead of changing it means you don't have to take ownership of files/folders etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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