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- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Windows 2000 bootdisk can't get you back in your system if you don't have your Admin PW.. same for XP...
- jms1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2had to digg it, my own web site is linked from it (and he's right, i don't like IE.)
and to avoid the flood of questions from IE users who can't see the page and can't understand the concept of "use a different browser"... remember that google has a cache. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2This things ALWAYS works, I used to 10's of times.. it never failed once, and never corrupted anything, even if it warns people that it may do it.
- firehydra2k, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Trinity Rescue Kit (TRK) ownz. Does the same thing nicely (on LiveCD)
- danhuard, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2This is a perfect example of an 'everyday blog submission' with good content. I generally HATE blog submissions on digg because it's generally useless drivel, but this one is worthwhile. Hopefully the bloggers realize this!
- djhifisi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Good post. +Digg.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1ERD, or many of the linux bootable disks.. Bard PE with ERD is a must have....
- BitBurner, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I just use Ophcrack that uses rainbow tables. They have a Live CD now lol...
http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/ - iSEPIC, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"Windows 2000 bootdisk can't get you back in your system if you don't have your Admin PW.. same for XP..."==============Sorry, but it sure can, just delete the sam file while in recovery console, if you use W2000 CD to boot a XP system, it won't ask for a password, and will give you access to the OS, problem solved.
- shawgo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1wish I found this last week
- 000jr000, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I agree with Bitburner, Ophcrack with it's large DB downloaded has been able to "recover" most of the random passwords we've tested with in under 5 min. The live CD works wonders as well. When brute forcing the password only takes a few min, it's not worth risking the corruption of Windows system files by forcing a reset/change.
- superdig2008, on 01/15/2009, -0/+0This is the easiest solution I've found, just burn and boot
http://windowspasswordforgot.com - iSEPIC, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0windows 2000 boot disk will work wonders, and doesn't ask for a PW.
- geminus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I Like ERD Commander, but for the last couple of years I used 'Techie Toolkit' which has FAR MORE utilities on it than ERD. I also wouldn't throw away NT Offline Password Editor as it can run from a floppy, and I have had to reset the password on some old notebooks that didn't have a CD-ROM drive.
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Hotmail service is currently unavailable. - jjamstrong, on 10/08/2008, -0/+0Yes.... I too recomend ERD Commander resets passwords from Windows Vista...
Here are the links to the version 2003.
http://rapidshare.com/files/152089713/ERD_Commande ...
http://rapidshare.com/files/152089714/ERD_Commande ...
http://rapidshare.com/files/152089715/ERD_Commande ... - qi24, on 10/06/2009, -0/+0Yeah, yeah or you could use... http://windows-password-reset.com :)
- Malakin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I also use Ophcrack. It took longer to boot off the CD then it did to crack all the passwords on my system.
- dizzyturkey, on 09/03/2009, -0/+0Reset /crack/hack/recovery windows password/admin password/ vista password with windows password unlocker
1. Log onto a computer that can link to the Internet. Download Windows Password Unlocker 4.0 from http://www.passwordunlocker.com/products/wpu.html and decompress it on that PC. Note that: there is a .ISO file. Burn the .ISO file to a CD.
2.Get out the newly created CD and insert it to the locked computer.
3.Re-boot the locked computer and then follow the process of instructions. Just after a few steps, the old password will be removed.
4.Set new password:
Step 1: Open the "Control Panel
Step 2: Click the "User Account
Step 3: Select the account you wanna set a new password.
Step 4: Click "Changing Account " and "Set Up Password", then fill out the form as listed. Click "Create Password".
- kualla, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1"This article is Diggable, please digg if it helped you in any way, or if you think it's interesting enough to share."
LOL, The above is quoted from the guys site, sounding kinda desperate if you ask me.
NO SOUP er DIG FOR YOU!!! - funkytaco, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I work in a datacenter. This thing seems to hack SAM, and rarely works. Seems to require a CHKDSK after trying this as well. 0% success on 9+ tries.
- bombermanneo, on 11/17/2009, -0/+0It's very easy and useful to reset local administrator and user passwords on Windows system with Windows Password Recovery Tool 3.0.
Website: http://www.windowspasswordsrecovery.com
Get started with the download - 3 simple steps:
Step 1 - Download (http://www.windowspasswordsrecovery.com/downloads/ ...
Step 2 -Burn your Windows Password Recovery Tool 3.0 CD:
To burn your CD, you'll need a blank CD-R and the .ISO file of Windows Password Recovery.
Step 3 - Put in your newly created CD and remove your Windows password.
Hope it helps. - astrotrain, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Oh yeah... BART-PE is another good one to have in your Utility Belt...Built on Windows XP you can do the very basics (file explorer, map network drives, etc).
"Do the BART-PE man!"
(yeah I just had to use that pun!) - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Yeah, you can do it, OSX is an UNIX-like operating system.. go to: http://www.openwall.com/john/ and download john the ripper and compile it.
Here is the way to do it: http://www.wap.org/journal/crackmacpasswords.html - easyhack1, on 03/20/2008, -0/+0Simple reset your administrator password with Windows XP CD ...
http://lognot.blogspot.com/2008/02/forgot-windows- ... - tannpopo, on 07/10/2009, -0/+0every one..try this http://www.resetwindowspassword.com/
I just succeed to log in using it.
I am so excited. - shaft, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0sam file + rcrack.exe + rainbow tables = goodness :)
- danielson, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0I've done all of those methods, but I didn't see them mention anything about using ERD Commander. I would personally consider using ERD commander the easiest of any of the options and it would be what I would try first.
- multifaceted, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Pen meet paper you don't have to write down the password just a hint.
- astrotrain, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0
K-N-O-P-P-I-X.... Get the ISO for nothing and your files free!..
Works wonders when you don't have time for looking for passwords and you need to data ASAP! - mikeroySoft, on 10/19/2009, -1/+0my other PC is your windows adminstrator account.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Yeah, Knoppix is also awesome!..
- chronicon, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0One word... Knoppix
- mc1123, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0dude, I just saw this last week! Dupe.
- tangerine, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0I've reset older OS passwords by removing the system board battery for three minutes.
Is that too oldskool or does it still work? - trogdoor, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Honestly not trying to start a flamewar but how long would it take to crack an os x password? is it feaseable? Are there utilities to do it? and the same questions about linux.
- insertnamehere, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0last time this happened to me i just booted into safe mode and used the default admin account to change my pass
- Zonkzor, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Knowing how to do this can really come in handy. Someone brought me one of those Toughbook laptops they had just bought used. Problem was it was passworded. I go and use some proggy I found to delete the password and came back a half hour later. Fixed. They thought I was some uber haxor.
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How To Be a http://CollegeCheapskate.com - linker3000, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Old stuff cobbled together from other sites so 0/10 for originality and no Digg, but it is handy stuff - I've used some of the recovery tools mentioned.
- ,,|,_, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0News Flash: ALT+F4 closes an active window...
- tldavis98012, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0Or instead of wasting 3 hours you can just boot into safe mode, use the "default" admin account (with no password) remove yours then put a new one on. :D
- sonic767, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0News flash: Digg is not Slashdot - there's no legislated requirement for endlessly duplicated stories here.
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