I always use the administrator account and just now thought about what a pain it would be if, for some reason, I forgot my password, or someone were to change it. Is there any modern solution to do this?
How Can I Find My Windows Lost Password?
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I always use the administrator account and just now thought about what a pain it would be if, for some reason, I forgot my password, or someone were to change it. Is there any modern solution to do this?
How Can I Find My Windows Lost Password?
1. Boot a linux
2. Copy sam (windows password) database (normally found somwhere like c:\winnt\system32)
3. Get a word list
4. Run john the ripper against the database
5. Profit.
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