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How to crack Windows account password?

Posted: February 6th, 2010 | Author: Prabhas Gupte | Filed under: Article, Tips-and-Tricks | 1 Comment »

Windows is still the most popular operating system. If you are a geek, and eventually get into a situation where someone forgets his password you can use Ophcrack. It is a free Windows password cracker based on rainbow tables. It solves passwords up to 14 characters in length. The most amazing fact about this software is, it takes just around 10 seconds to solve the password! Moreover, you need not have any technical expertize.

Simply download the Ophcrack ISO image and burn it into a CD. You can also load it onto an USB drive using UNetbootin. Insert this CD into machine to which you want to gain access to, then press and hold the power button down until the machine shuts down. Turn ON the computer again, and enter BIOS. Change the boot sequence to CD before HDD, save the change and exit.

The computer will restart again, and Ophcrack will get loaded. Now just relax and sit back! This software will do whatever it is required to do. Write down the password it tell you. That’s it! Remove the CD and reboot again. Use the given password to login.


One Comment on “How to crack Windows account password?”

  1. 1 vikram said at 6:09 pm on February 6th, 2010:

    This method is great for the systems, where admin password is not blank…

    Good software..
    Thanks for sharing


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