Comments on: Reset Windows Passwords if you cannot login anymore

By: Linky Wu

Linky Wu — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:32:22 +0000

here is the methods I know.

The first thing which you check if you forget login password. When we install Windows, it automatically creates an account “Administrator” and sets its password to blank. So if you have forget Your user account password then try this:
Start system and when you See Windows Welcome screen / Login screen, press ctrl+alt+del keys Twice and it’ll show Classic Login box. Now type “Administrator” (without quotes) in Username and leave Password field blank. Now press Enter and you should be able to log in Windows.
Now you can reset your account password from “Control Panel -> User Accounts”.
Same thing can be done using Safe Mode. In Safe Mode Windows will show this in-built Administrator account in Login screen.

Windows XP and further versions also provide another method to recover forgotten Password by using “Reset Disk”. If you created a Password Reset Disk in Past, you can use that disk to reset the password. To know more about It, please visit http://www.resetwindowspassword.com/

By: happykaka

happykaka — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:27:23 +0000

http://wiki.e107.org/?title=Forgot_Head_Admin_Password#Solutions_for_recovery_windows_admin_password there is an article about how to reset windows password. It must be helpful for those who have been locked out of computer

By: Resettare le password di Windows : HowToTech

Resettare le password di Windows : HowToTech — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:12:22 +0000

[...] Fonte: gHacks [...]

By: ladyR

ladyR — Sun, 17 May 2009 02:04:20 +0000

Trinity crashed my comp. Wad other ways can we retrieve our passwords?

By: Giuseppe Porto » Resettare le password di Windows

Giuseppe Porto » Resettare le password di Windows — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:42:49 +0000

[...] Fonte: gHacks [...]

By: Trinity Rescue Kit Resets Forgotten Windows Passwords [Featured Download] · TechBlogger

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:43:52 +0000

[...] Windows only: The Trinity Rescue Kit is a free Linux live CD designed to help with common Windows tasks. Among Trinity Rescue Kit’s many features, it can reset lost or forgotten Windows passwords, clone NTFS-formatted Windows drives, recover lost or deleted files, and recover lost partitions. TRK joins the ranks of other rescue-based live CDs, like previously mentioned BartPE or the Knoppix boot CD. If you’re using TRK to reset passwords, you may want to try cracking that password with the OphCrack Live CD method rather than hazarding with a password reset. Trinity Rescue Kit [via gHacks] [...]

By: Manitook

Manitook — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:17:37 +0000

One other thing not covered in the article.
If the account you are resetting is private you will lose all of the data in it, because it is encrypted with the original password as part of the key. In case of a private account go with Ophcrack as Rarst suggested.
Also the disk method can be defeated if you use a password/pass phrase over 15 characters long. Over 15 characters and windows can not make LM hash that is removable with Trinity.

By: Benóný

Benóný — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:44:25 +0000

I also agree with Rarst. I’ve used Ophcrack a few times myself :)

By: Dante

Dante — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:12:00 +0000

Gotta agree with Rarst. Ophcrack is safer. And the perp doesn’t know you’ve messed with its PC, until the search warrant is issued :)

By: Come resettare le password di Windows - Geekissimo

Come resettare le password di Windows - Geekissimo — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:41:26 +0000

[...] Via | gHacks [...]

By: Rarst

Rarst — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:45:17 +0000

Changing (adding\removing\modifying\etc) passwords from offline (booting from another media or putting hdd in another computer) is potentially destructive operation. It may work, may not work and may mess things.

Can’t say I tried lots of such tools, but few I had seen are highly unreliable.

Much safer and effective way is cracking password – this requires accessing registry at windows\\system32\\config (usually offline), recovering password hashes (it’s only reading data, no changes required) from it and cracking them with any capable tool. Ophcrack is probably one of the most user friendly (has automatic live cd avaible) and effective (extremely fast).
http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/

By: Trinity Rescue Kit… resetea la contraseña de administrador de Windows :

Trinity Rescue Kit… resetea la contraseña de administrador de Windows : — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:08:17 +0000

[...] Rescue Kit es una aplicación que se puede ejecutar desde un Live CD, llavero USB o desde la red, y que es capaz de resetear la contraseña de cualquier usuario de Windows, incluida la del administrador. Podemos elegir entre dejar la [...]