windows xp admin password

i know none of you is gonna believe this but it is the god honest truth...i need a way to figure out the admin passowrd for my windows zp box...my sister and i were the only ones who knew the password but she got pissed off at me for some reason and changed it...she is now on vacation and i can get into my computer...im posting this from my girlfriends house...if someone woudl tell me a way i could find it i would greatly appreciate it...the only thing i can get on at my house is a guest account so i have no downloading privleges or anything...any help please feel free to im me through aim at keally469 or send me an e-mail at [email protected]

come on guys please i need help here

uh... I'll give you some more or less kid safe options :D

Winternals ERD Commander 2003 - $150 - 1 Workstation license.

This contains a utility that will reset the administrators password. Quick and easy, I've used it several times.


@Stake Lopht Crack 4 - $350 - 1 Machine license.

This will perform a 'brute force' attack against the computer and try to guess passwords by using dictionary files, and as a last resort, using every possible password. Often takes a long time. The time it takes, however, often depends on the complexity of the password.

Hope that helps your idea of what it takes to break in.

Jon

but under a guest account i cant download and install things...does anyone have that winkeyd.exe program that they could send me? i know that resets passwords

Give this program a try
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

Make peace with your sister....if that doesn't work rat her ass out to mom and dad for screwing up the computer and limiting your access. I'm sorry if that sounds harsh but face it.....your story could be nothing but pure BS.

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Originally posted here by dark dragon03
i know none of you is gonna believe this but it is the god honest truth...i need a way to figure out the admin passowrd for my windows zp box...my sister and i were the only ones who knew the password but she got pissed off at me for some reason and changed it...she is now on vacation and i can get into my computer...im posting this from my girlfriends house...if someone woudl tell me a way i could find it i would greatly appreciate it...the only thing i can get on at my house is a guest account so i have no downloading privleges or anything...any help please feel free to im me through aim at keally469 or send me an e-mail at [email protected]

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Greetings, I have the solution to your problem.

http://www.emicrotraining.com/family.html

And if what Galdron suggested doesn't work, you can bash the b*tches head in until she rats the password.

Or reinstall WinXP.

Or buy a new computer.

Whatever you do, don't share passwords. Don't share admin accounts. Don't share underwear.

[on a serious note, give Knoppix a try and see what programs are there to crack XP password files. find some source code. understand it. code it for *nix. retrieve the password file from the XP partition. crack it. laugh it in your sister's face as she comes back form her vacation]

DeadAddict is right.
I've tried the program chntpw and It works well.

Theres a boot disk avalible to change the password of any account via sam files before the system boots using a linux shell.

the link is: http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html

hope this works for you as xp is built on an nt system it should :)

I guess I will give you the benefit of the doubt or at least throw this comment out here for others as a security precaution, if your box is windows XP Home Edition, then microsoft made a huge security mistake by not making the administrator account easily accessible to ppl who dont know what they are doing, given it means you arent using the primary windows account but at the same time you dont password protect it.

So next time you reboot your computer push f8 over and over until you get a chance that a screen will pop up, start your computer in safe mode, then login with the administrator account, no password should be necessary. Now you should be able to go to control panels and go into the user accounts section and you should be able to change your password back again. or delete and recreate you account. hope this helps you or someone. Remember those of you who didnt know to go in there and set a password on your admin account.. just a little bit more security

Dude, you obviously have no desire to do research of your own. If you would have read up on either of those tools, you'd realize they have no need for being installed. If the price is your problem, just say so. Don't talk about limitations that aren't there.

Thank you.

I still like to point people at the tutorials.. 1st RTFM...
If you cant RTFM you should leave the password as is and go out side and have a look at the Sun..

The Tutorials section have several threads regarding Passwords and Win XP..

And you are correct We Don't realy believe you, If we did some one would have PM'ed you the "Windows XP Universal Admin Key"..

Many recent calls for help could have been avoided if A quick Search on Google or even here had been used.. or a Browse of the Tutorial section..
So RTFM.. Read The F#$%^#@ Manual... that is what it is there for.

Oh and if the excellent replies to this thread have not been helpful.. I would recommend the link from earlier http://www.emicrotraining.com/family.html you need it as well Find the boxes the computer came in, find the store Reciept.. you know exactly what I am going to say next...

Cheers

look up ntfs dos then go 2 c:\windowspath\config\sam copy that file to diskette and then go 2 another comp use lopht crack and you can crack the sam file that you retrived or you can just boot with ntfs dos and type in net user administrator * :P i think not shure about the second one