Hack the Administrator Password in Windows
In this post
I will tell you guyz 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.
All 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.
What it does ?
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drive is outdated and doesn’t exist in today’s computer.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.
I hope it helped atleast someone.:-)
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