How to Hack Windows Administrator Password
This
hack will show you how to reset Windows administrator password (for Win 2000,
XP, Vista and Win 7) at times when you forget it or when you want to gain
access to a computer for which you do not know the password.
Most
of us have experienced a situation where in we need to gain access to a
computer which is password protected or at times we may forget the
administrator password without which it becomes impossible to login to the
computer. So here is an excellent hack using which you can reset the
password or make the password empty (remove the password) so that you can
gain administrator access to the computer. You can do this with
a small tool called Offline NT Password & Registry Editor. This utility
works offline, that means you need to shut down your computer and boot off your
using a floppy disk, CD or USB device (such as pen drive). The tool has the
following features.
- You do not need to know the old password to set a new one
- Will detect and offer to unlock locked or disabled out user accounts!
- There is also a registry editor and other registry utilities that works under linux/unix, and can be used for other things than password editing.
How it works?
Most
Windows operating systems stores the login passwords and other encrypted
passwords in a file called sam (Security Accounts Manager).
This file can be usually found in \windows\system32\config. This file is a
part of Windows registry and remains inaccessible as long as the OS is
active. Hence it is necessary that you need to boot off your computer
and access this sam file via boot. This tool intelligently gains access to
this file and will reset/remove the password associated with administrator
or any other account.
The download link for both CD and floppy drives along
with the complete instructions is given below
It
is recommended that you download the CD version of the tool since floppy drive
is outdated and doesn’t exist in today’s computer. Once you download you’ll get
a bootable image which you need to burn it onto your CD. Now boot your computer
from this CD and follow the screen instructions to reset the password.
Another simple way to reset non-administrator account passwords
Here
is another simple way through which you can reset the password of any
non-administrator accounts. The only requirement for this is that you need to
have administrator privileges. Here is a step-by-step instruction to accomplish
this task.
1. Open the command prompt (Start->Run->type cmd->Enter)
2. Now type net user and hit Enter
3. Now the system will show you a list of user accounts on
the computer. Say for example you need to reset the password of the account by
name John, then do as follows
4. Type net user John * and hit Enter. Now
the system will ask you to enter the new password for the account. That’s it.
Now you’ve successfully reset the password for John without knowing his old
password.
So in this way you can reset the password of any Windows
account at times when you forget it so that you need not re-install your OS for
any reason. I hope this helps.
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