Re: Cracking admin password on Win 2000; then putting it back?

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Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 02:02:36 GMT

On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 23:37:39 -0400, Mark3324 <user@domain.invalid>
wrote:

>I've spend the evening reading a number of web sites offering tools to deal
>with getting past the administrator password of Windows 2000. I have not
>found the one feature I really need: The ability to put things back the way
>they were.
>
>The situation is a locked-down corporate box; so locked down you can't even
>change the contents of the Start menu or your monitor resolution. I want to
>get in to Windows, make a few changes, and then put it back the way I found
>it. I don't mind if IT comes by and finds some things modified, but I don't
>want IT to find the old password doesn't work.
>
>Does such a solution exist? I don't mind paying for software. Thanks.
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Did you look at l0phtcrack? If w2k is the same as NT, the sam file is
the encrypted passwd file. I just tried to run john the ripper on it
but it wouldn't go. A quick look at the example file gave me the
following tidbit of info
If you're going to crack AFS or NT passwords, then use 'unafs' or
Jeremy Allison's PWDump (ftp://samba.anu.edu.au/pub/samba/pwdump/),
respectively.
So that's another possibiity. If I remember correctly the sam file is
DES encrypted but don't hold me to it.

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