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since floppy drive is outdated and doesn’t exist in today’s computer.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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