Ophcrack is a free Windows password cracker based on rainbow tables. It is a very efficient implementation of rainbow tables done by the inventors of the method. It comes with a Graphical User Interface and runs on multiple platforms.
Ophcrack is an open source (GPL licensed) program that cracks Windows passwords by using LM hashes through rainbow tables. The program includes the ability to import the hashes from a variety of formats, including dumping directly from the SAM files of Windows. It is claimed that these tables can crack 99.9% of alphanumeric passwords of up to 14 characters in usually a few minutes.
Ophcrack Features -
» Runs on Windows, Linux/Unix, Mac OS X, …
» Cracks LM and NTLM hashes.
» Free tables available for Windows XP and Vista.
» Brute-force module for simple passwords.
» Audit mode and CSV export.
» Real-time graphs to analyze the passwords.
» LiveCD available to simplify the cracking.
» Loads hashes from encrypted SAM recovered from a Windows partition, Vista included.
» Free and open source software (GPL).
In order to find Windows XP password you need to download Ophcrack LIVECD and burn on a CD. After that boot from CD and you can see spash screen of Ophcrack, select the option of booting either in graphical or text mode and press ENTER.
When the system is loaded the crack program will start which will look for Windows XP partition.
You will see all active users on Windows XP and their logon password in few seconds.
Ophcrack in live action
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very good!
BTW, there is another good solution.
As far as I know, Windows Password Recovery Tool 3.0 is safe and easy to use. An .ISO file included in windows passwords Recovery. So, you just need to free download windows passwords Recovery, which is available at many download sites like
http://www.windowspasswordsrecovery.com
Thanks Andy for your comment…Windows Password Recovery Tool 3.0 is a nice tool but not freeware.
There’s a way to reset the password and it doesn’t involve reformatting and reinstalling Windows. The solution is called Windows Password Reset 7.0. It can reset almost all Windows passwords in seconds. It is a great [b]windows password recovery[/b] tool . you can log in again just in one second. It also support windows 7 password reset.
I have downloaded the Reset Windows Password 1.3. It is a very quick and useful utility for resetting passwords. It not only supports XP, 2000, and NT, I have personally tested it with Vista Home Premium and Ultimate. It works perfectly to reset any local user account to a blank password. Just an easy to use bootable CD/DVD. http://www.top-password.com/reset-windows-password.html
The best solution I found was to use the Windows Password Reset Kit, it got me in seamlessly and there were absolutely no problems.
http://www.reset-windows-password.net/
I know a simple way to reset windows password to blank when you forgot windows administrator password,it need not to reinstall windows OS,and wont loss any data,by using Windows Password Resetter.
You could get the windows password recovery tool from the reference link:
http://www.resetlostpassword.com
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A few days ago, I had met the headache things that I had forgotten Windows login password. The login screen rejected my passwords. I was frustrated because there was very important data on my disk and I couldn’t reinstall the OS. ………….
However, I fortunately got to know the Windows Key Finder, which is a professional windows password recovery tool for us to reset windows 7 password instantly yet no data loss.
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