Re: death in family - password unknown.

From: Wm. G. Urquhart (wgu_at_factotum.wurquhart.co.uk)
Date: 07/30/03 

Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 08:57:17 GMT

In article <0a3501c35677$0f1e8060$a301280a@phx.gbl>, keith wrote:
> hi
> i am unfamiliar with xp but i am trying to find a way to
> access the area password protected. my father died
> recently but towards the end he was working a lot from
> home - there is "work" in the computer that i need to get
> to his employers but i don't know his password. i can't
> guess it from the clue on screen..and i am sure he would
> not have made a reset disk. i think he is the only
> administrator - sorry for the vagueness. is there a way? i
> called microsoft who put me onto tiny/time who couldn't
> help.
> regards
> keith

Keith,

In most cases the passwords used by the avarage user are very weak.
You may want to try the obvious such as the Wife's name, pets' names,
DOBs etc.

If the above fails then breaking the security is easy, since MS are
notorious for using crap hashing and no random entropy in the hashes.
Search google and you'll get the tools required. Once you've got the
goodies you should have it broken in a few hours. 

-- 
Regards,
William
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