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- MooseKnuckles, on 12/21/2007, -8/+85Did they seriously suggest that people write down their passwords? My brain almost exploded.
- extr3mer, on 12/21/2007, -0/+56James Bond?
- Mantice, on 12/21/2007, -2/+48I recommend a doctor if you keep forgetting your password !
- oDin420, on 12/21/2007, -5/+51ophcrack does not always work. if your password is to complex, it will probably not crack it.
- nullx42, on 12/21/2007, -2/+46For the record, its crtl+alt and press delete twice.
- techlyc, on 12/21/2007, -3/+431) Restart in Safe Mode.
2) Remember that 9/10 PCs running XP do not have any password on the Administrator account that shows up when you boot in Safe Mode.
3) Login to said Admin account.
4) START -> RUN -> "control userpasswords2" in the runbox
5) Happy resetting!!
(Works on Home as well...) - phlll, on 12/21/2007, -1/+36If you have physical control of the computer, there is NO security regardless of OS.
- Rhix, on 12/21/2007, -0/+27I've never done something like this to get my OWN password.
- deeboe, on 12/21/2007, -0/+26Note: floatingpoints' password is apple1
- Oniony, on 12/21/2007, -1/+22Absolutely not true. Any brute force cracking tool will find your password 100% of the time, but it may take years. Dictionary attacks are considerably quicker but rely on your password being based upon a word in the dictionary.
Must admit I am still confused that in IT circles there is still the trend to use l33t 5p34k passwords when a modified dictionary attack would break these relatively quickly. You would think they would know better, but I guess there is a point at which a password becomes secure but unusable because it cannot easily be remembered. - inactive, on 12/21/2007, -10/+24WOW ... this is the long way round .. I have a Password reset tool on a Linux 'live CD' I boot from the CD, follow the wizard to reset whichever Win password is forgotten ... then boot back in to Windows, takes about 6 minutes .... err, well ... that would be if i used Windows anymore!
- Awspire, on 12/21/2007, -0/+13I keep my password for my ATM in my wallet, though its coded. 6 - 16 character lines and the code is on one of the lines at every 4th character, or is it every third...
- spyd3rweb, on 12/21/2007, -1/+13I live in my own basement...
- uberblood, on 12/21/2007, -0/+11windows' password hashes aren't md5.
- Tinendo, on 12/21/2007, -1/+12Anyone remembers the net user "hack"? This is done in seconds.
- evilregis, on 12/21/2007, -0/+11It's not ophcrack that can't crack complex passwords, it's the rainbow hash you are using that can't. I'm not sure which tables are included with the ophcrack liveCD, but it's probably around 600MB. It will crack easy passwords (password, p455w0rd, timmy, clancy) with ease. Put a space in and some special characters and you're going to need a better table.
The size of these tables are huge... many GB in size. And they'll crack passwords like }m-6BRz*Cj=J}G. - FKnight, on 12/21/2007, -1/+12@MWeather
Dictionary attacks on passphrases would have to not only determine which words to use, but figure out how many words to use and in what order to place them, with the additional possibility of having to account for punctuation. Dictionary attacks would need to become dictionary/grammar based attacks. Passphrases are generally considered to be orders of magnitude more secure than simple passwords for this very reason and due to length. - aussieNickuss, on 12/21/2007, -1/+11Like this? http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/
- CyberBlade, on 12/21/2007, -0/+10ppffft, i like mine, works on any windows NT platform. (inc vista)
1) Download Ultimate Boot CD For Windows
2) Burn it
3) Run It
4) Password Renew > Either make your own user or reset one on the system.
honestly, 5 bloody mins work! - hater2win, on 12/21/2007, -0/+10I almost horribly misread that.
- kalkin, on 12/21/2007, -0/+10safe mode is completely and totally irrelevant in this case. i'm assuming you used it to access the nt style login screen. if you need access to the admin account from the icon xp login screen you just press ctrl+alt+del twice.
- inactive, on 12/21/2007, -0/+10view source.... of course... its so obvious now!
- wvdavis, on 12/21/2007, -0/+9Q
- inactive, on 12/21/2007, -0/+9"ophcrack does not always work."
For 99% of people who have a password of something like "apple1", it works damn well. - pooptaster, on 12/21/2007, -0/+9Did you even watch the video?
Didn't think so - teh_techie, on 12/21/2007, -0/+9UNDERLINE MY RECEIPT? Why would I want to do that?
- IllBeBack, on 12/21/2007, -0/+8If you use PGP total disk encryption and forget your password, you are pretty much *****.
But, so is the criminal that stole your laptop. - Krumm, on 12/21/2007, -0/+8Doesn't matter too much, especially if you're going to hug your motherboard against your jumper like the video guy...
- FKnight, on 12/21/2007, -3/+11"When in the course of human events" or "my family car is a mustang"
These are easy to remember and are orders of magnitude more secure than crap like "e7^7hob8h4" - TheHydrogens, on 12/21/2007, -0/+8Ultimate Boot CD. Hell yes. Resets Windows XP Pro passwords like a champ.
www.ultimatebootcd.com/download.html - knelafina, on 12/21/2007, -0/+8net user {your-user} * (return)
new password: (return)
re-type password: (return)
(the other post is wrong ( invalid HTML tags...)
ENJOY!!! - FKnight, on 12/21/2007, -1/+8I'd love to hear the reasoning behind the burying of this comment.
- Akraz, on 12/21/2007, -1/+8its an example tutorial you *****
- wastedlife, on 12/21/2007, -0/+7lol! that's hillarious!!
- ellabee, on 12/21/2007, -1/+8OMG that was so boring. That guy just droned on and on and on and on and on and on and on.
- ghm101, on 12/21/2007, -0/+7I saw a corporate study recently that showed that unless people write down passwords they pick ones that are too simple and easily brute forced, the reports findings were that written down complex passwords provided greater security than memorized simple ones.
Obviously they didn't advise sticking the password on a post-it note on the screen - teh_techie, on 12/21/2007, -0/+7Indeed. And also keep in mind.. that the local administrator account is disabled in XP Home, unless you're in safe mode.
- teh_techie, on 12/21/2007, -0/+7Yes, there is a need. You cannot log on as administrator in XP Home unless you're in safe mode.
- drwatson, on 12/21/2007, -0/+6Always used ERD Commander for this, takes about 5 minutes and works every time.
- jonahan52, on 12/21/2007, -0/+6Ermm you could also just boot from the leopard dvd and goto the menu option .. Reset Password.. but you can do that if you want.
- markwilcox, on 12/21/2007, -0/+6Or no password at all
- H3LLSL337, on 12/21/2007, -0/+6ERD Commander works everytime
- finalfantasyIII, on 12/21/2007, -0/+6Yeah, I have a Linux magic disk.
Magic Disk ftw!! - WithALever, on 12/21/2007, -2/+8Exactly what I was afraid of. Is there another tool or method you have had success with?
- cedricboy, on 12/21/2007, -0/+5ERD Commander, done
- sagat, on 12/21/2007, -1/+6Fanboy? I'm pointing out that it's even easier to bypass security in OSX.
- kingjaydub, on 12/21/2007, -1/+6I just post my password on as many forums that I can find. That way when I forget it, I can just ask everyone.
My password is bluepants217
Thanks in advance for the help. - pooptaster, on 12/21/2007, -1/+6While I agree with you, perhaps they suggested it since it's so easy to get around Windows passwords, you might as well just write it down.
- sagat, on 12/21/2007, -6/+11OSX 10.5
Restart in Single User mode (hold Command-S during startup). Note that single-user mode always uses the US English keyboard layout.
At the prompt, type this followed by Return: mount -uw /
Type this:
launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.DirectoryServices.plist
Press Return
Type this, then press Return: ls /Users
Look at the listing and note the short name (username) of the affected user account.
Type this:
dscl . -delete /Users/username AuthenticationAuthority
Note: Replace "username" with the affected user account's short name you noted above.
Press Return
Type this, followed by Return: passwd username
Note: Replace "username" with the affected user account's short name you noted above.
At the "New password:" prompt, type the user's password, then Return. Note: It is recommended that the original user's password be used to match the keychain password.
At the "Retype new password" prompt, type the same password, followed by Return.
Type this, followed by Return: reboot - brisbin33, on 12/21/2007, -0/+4Idiot computer user: it seems i've forgotten my password what can i do?
Smart computer user: well first you should go download Ultimate Boot CD For Windows
Idiot computer user: oh, ok let me go do that
Idiot computer user attempts to log into his computer...
Idiot computer user: it seams i've forgotten my password what can i do? -
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