This software runs on a Live CD or USB drive so you can boot into your computer and crack Windows administrator password on Windows 10/8/7/Vista/XP. 1 Create a bootable CD/DVD or USB flash drive. To get started, you need to create a bootable password cracking CD/USB on an alternative computer.
I have several machines ranging from XP to Windows 10 that I from time to time would need to be able to either crack or reset the password to. I have tried OrphCrack but it doesn't work, and claims there are no tabels despite there being 12 gigs worth of tables in the tables folder and I can't load it in GUI mode and do it that way.
And Offline NT password won't work either, says something about kernel panic and just freezes up. So what do people suggest if it has to be on a cheap aka free way or on a an otherwise relative price friendly solution that works?? JJoyner1985 wrote: My preferred method is to boot to a Linux live environment, back up C: windows system32 utilman.exe, and rename C: windows system32 cmd.exe to utilman.exe.
After rebooting to the Windows log in screen, the Ease of Access button should open a command prompt that allows you to create a local user account that you can use to log in (or enable the built-in administrator account) using 'net user'. I prefer this, not relying on 3rd part software other than to copy the file over the other. Joe9493 wrote: Riso wrote: Sounds like the drives may be encrypted? If this is the case, you have no way to do any of the above I'm afraid. Might as well not even have a password or just use simple weak passwords that you can't forget if the drives aren't encrypted.
Passwords are close to useless if they can be bypassed with random free tools downloaded from the internet. Unbreakable passwords are a dangerous toy. For example, staff member thinks it would be a good idea to set a password in Backup Exec, then leaves the company. Unknown to anyone on site, Backups are still being passworded and are functionally useless if there is a data loss. Very dangerous situation, and can so easily arise because people think on seeing the option, 'Oh, yes, a password would be a good idea for security!' And don't understand the consequences There are numerous cases of IPhones being bricked through users setting a password and then forgetting it. In the auto industry there is a big problem with having to take risks by working on engines with the battery connected, thanks to nonresettable PINs on radios.
The objective of the PIN is to prevent radio theft, but the loss of a few fingers would seem to be a more serious concern than the need to replace a radio, would it not? As with the backup scenario, the owner probably set the pin when they bought the car and has long since forgotten it.
This works with 8 and 10, I can't see why it wouldn't work with 7 - but I haven't tested. It amounts to changing the Ease of Access utility you have a button for at login, to be a copy of the command interpreter. Use the installation-media repair options to get yourself to a command prompt. Go to C: windows system32.
'Rename utilman.exe utilmanbak.exe'. 'Copy cmd.exe utilman.exe'. Reboot in to Windows. At login prompt, Ease of Access Icon should now start a CMD prompt. Type in Control Userpasswords2. Select the local account you want and reset password. Bask in the win Edited Oct 4, 2017 at 08:52 UTC.
Ianmacdonald3 wrote: Joe9493 wrote: Riso wrote: Sounds like the drives may be encrypted? If this is the case, you have no way to do any of the above I'm afraid.
Might as well not even have a password or just use simple weak passwords that you can't forget if the drives aren't encrypted. Passwords are close to useless if they can be bypassed with random free tools downloaded from the internet. Unbreakable passwords are a dangerous toy. For example, staff member thinks it would be a good idea to set a password in Backup Exec, then leaves the company. Unknown to anyone on site, Backups are still being passworded and are functionally useless if there is a data loss.
Very dangerous situation, and can so easily arise because people think on seeing the option, 'Oh, yes, a password would be a good idea for security!' And don't understand the consequences There are numerous cases of IPhones being bricked through users setting a password and then forgetting it. In the auto industry there is a big problem with having to take risks by working on engines with the battery connected, thanks to nonresettable PINs on radios. The objective of the PIN is to prevent radio theft, but the loss of a few fingers would seem to be a more serious concern than the need to replace a radio, would it not?
As with the backup scenario, the owner probably set the pin when they bought the car and has long since forgotten it. If you have an environment where you have staff members entrusted with backups, but no policies and structures in place to ensure such passwords are securely recorded, then I'll wager your network is in a pretty sorry state. The password for the backups is in no way comparable to a car radio PIN. If that PIN was set by the car owner, that's the equivalent of Backup Exec's password being set by some random end-user, in which case your network is in seriously poor shape. A good network is well-documented. There are NO exceptions to this.