Re: Admin Password

From: Bozoeus (bozoeus_at_phreaker.net)
Date: 09/07/03


Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2003 04:13:21 GMT


On 06 Sep 2003, you wrote in microsoft.public.win2000.security:

> I have come into the posession of 2 PCs with Win 2K Pro
> installed. The basic user account has no password but I
> dont know the admin password, and it is not blank. I have
> the install disk. Is it possible to reset the admin
> password, or would it be easier to feformat and
> reinstall, seeing as I have the install disk.
>
> Rgrds
>
> Chris
>

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If your are lucky the user account you have, can grab
the password hash on the NT machine (allow or not in the
windows security administrator).

To do so:

use pwdump2.exe or pwdump3.exe to grab the NTLM hash
( encrypted password of all account ). Then brute for it
with a program call: lopthcrack. "LC4 "

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