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knothead34
03-27-2009, 04:20 PM
is there a program out there thats free i can use to retrieve forgotten passwords for the widows log on screen. i assume i put this post in the right spot. thanks in advance.
Demon10000
03-27-2009, 04:22 PM
Which Windows operating system(s)?

If you have physical access to the systems, it shouldn't be too difficult to get into them.
knothead34
03-27-2009, 04:23 PM
xp or vista. would be nice or both. i tried to google it but im looking for something free and with so many bogus sites and programs out there i thought to ask here....i trust you guys!!:D
XOR != OR
03-27-2009, 04:27 PM
Might be against the rules to help you here, however google would be a good place to look for OPHten used cracking tools.

hint hint, wink wink, nudge nudge
knothead34
03-27-2009, 04:30 PM
ok sorry i didnt mean to break any rules. thanks xor. im studying to be a+ tech and thought something like that would be useful to help people get on with there daily lives. wasnt thinking anything like this for malicious reasons <darth vader breathing sound>
Demon10000
03-30-2009, 10:18 AM
Might be against the rules to help you here, however google would be a good place to look for OPHten used cracking tools.

hint hint, wink wink, nudge nudge

hrm....
XOR != OR
03-30-2009, 11:01 AM
hrm....What? It was an honest misspelling.
Arainach
03-30-2009, 11:22 AM
You cannot retrieve passwords. You can retrieve the hash and, if it's simple enough, crack it given enough time and CPU power. But the password is not, and will never be, stored in plain text or a reversable encryption. Ever.
Syndicated_Death
03-30-2009, 11:32 AM
ntpasswd
Arainach
03-30-2009, 12:17 PM
ntpasswd allows you to reset the password, not retrieve it.
darkpaw
03-30-2009, 12:25 PM
And keep in mind, resetting the password will remove access to any locally encrypted files if using EFS.

As Arainach said, best bet is retrieving the hash and cracking it. This is significantly easier if they are still using the lanman hashes (still default behavior until Vista/08).
Syndicated_Death
03-30-2009, 12:37 PM
ntpasswd allows you to reset the password, not retrieve it.

it will also allow you to change it. but I've never really used that. no need on my part
pallesen
03-30-2009, 08:09 PM
This is significantly easier if they are still using the lanman hashes

Not just easier, it is trivial to crack this very flawed way of storing it (well, 99,9% of them).