[CentOS] Breaking Windows XP user password?

Thu Jan 24 14:23:05 UTC 2008
Karanbir Singh <mail-lists at karan.org>

Scott Ehrlich 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.

This is definitely OffTopic here on this list, please take it elsewhere.


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