Re: [LUG] lost xp password

["aashish kumar" <ashishkum@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 5:38 AM, Simon Waters <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

alexfido@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> i might be wrong here but if you remove the cmos battery for  1minute
> then replace it,i think it goes back to default setting and gets rid of
> passwords,but like i said i could be wrong.

Motherboards usually have a BIOS password reset strategy of some sort -
but it isn't always advertised widely for obvious reasons.

the thing is its not the  BIOS password!!! The xp password is diffrent from the BIOS password and resetting the BIOS password won't help. There is a SAM file in windows which holds the encrypted password. and using John the ripper you can easily crack it..use live CD to copy the SAM file to some USB drive and decrypt it!!!!! ;)

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