Forgot your computer password? And have no options except installing the Windows again with hard formatting the Windows volume? But what if you have something important in the Windows Volume that you ...

February 1, 2007 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Click to viewExtremely impressed at the ease and speed with which the Ophcrack Live CD cracked my Windows admin ...

It's not a villainous level, isn't it? To use it, just download the ISO image of 'Ophcrack 2', burn it to a CD-R with your CD-R burning software, and start your PC using this CD-R. In short, it starts ...

All systems with access to a Windows partition: The free, open source Windows password cracker, Ophcrack Live CD, has updated to version 3.0 with faster cracking, a better interface, and an all-new ...

Adam Pash over at Lifehacker has a simple slide show demonstrating how to crack your Windows administration password with the Ophcrack Live CD. Once you download and burn the disc, it’s surprisingly ...

When Windows stores a password, it is done so by hashing the password in an LM hash and putting it in the Windows SAM file. In the scary moment that you lose your password, but don't want to pay some ...

I tried using open source software "Ophcrack" which can analyze and display passwords of various Windows user accounts. It also supports Windows Vista, because it does not analyze in brute-force, it ...

Why are you still using the LM versus NT hash? Seems like switching the default hash would be the easiest jump in security you could make.

a cautionary tale:<BR><BR>i thought i would take the ophcrack livecd for a spin. i had a small xp partition, and a hibernated ubuntu installation. the ophcrack livecd mounted my ext3 root partition ...