[CentOS] Breaking Windows XP user password?

Thu Jan 24 14:16:09 UTC 2008
Ed Donahue <liberaled at gmail.com>

knoppix probably.

On Jan 24, 2008 9:10 AM, Scott Ehrlich <scott at mit.edu> wrote:

> Granted this is not a UNIX system, but in case there is a UNIX tool to
> accomplish the goal...
>
> I am looking for a bootable CD/DVD (or application to be placed on a
> CD/DVD to
> be made bootable) that can let me mount a Windows XP drive/partition (SP1
> or
> SP2), and force-crack the admin password (even if admin account name has
> been
> changed, but I know what it has been changed to).  The application cannot
> write
> to the hard drive - only mount it read-only, read the password file into
> ram,
> and show the cracked password.
>
> I know I can use the pnordahl utility to try and force-change the
> password, but
> I actually want to crack it.
>
> The utility should be free.
>
> This is a legal request.
>
> Thanks for leads.
>
> Scott
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