RE: Windows XP Pro cracker?

[Alfred.Diggs () STIS com]

Hey Logan, (Wolvie)

You could spend hours or days trying to crack that password. The better
solution is to just change the password to blank or something you can
remember long enough to get into windows and change it. I would have to
search high and low to find the freeware Linux boot disk with an application
that allows you to change a local password.(I better find it cause it has
saved my bacon on several occasions). Anywho another good way to resolve
this issue is CIA commander from http://www.datapol.de/en/index.htm it will
let you change password, edit the registry and manage files in NTFS a good
app but very expensive. I'm sure that there is a free alternative out there.


Alfred

-----Original Message-----
From: Logan Rogers-Follis [mailto:logan () tntnetworx net]
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 9:03 PM
To: Secuirty Basics with SecuirtyFocus.com
Subject: Windows XP Pro cracker?


I need to run fixmbr from the Recovery Console on my Windows XP Pro w/ 
SP1 install and was looking for suggestions of a program to 
crack/retrieve my Admin password for the computer.  Of course, I forgot 
to use a basic password I know and I didn't write it down so now I am in 
trouble.  I have an Admin control level account on the machine so 
authority to run a app is no issue.
Thanks for the help, otherwise I'll just have to keep guessing, change 
the password (don't really want to loose the settings) or reload if the 
password change doesn't take (only seen happen once).

Logan


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