Well, sure, if you want to pay $24.99 ... but I prefer my method: 1. boot into recovery mode (from GRUB's boot menu) 2. drop to root shell prompt 3. passwd username to reset
Of course, I don't choose to run Windoze, either ... :) Theresa On Mon, 2010-03-15 at 13:33 -0500, Rick wrote: > I have found this one to work great. > http://www.password-reset.com/download-password-reset.php > Free download burn your own cd and > Bingo, no more password problems. > Rick > > > > On Mar 12, 2010, at 3:37 PM, Robert Citek wrote: > > > > More technical details: > > > > http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Password-cracker-100-times-faster-with-an-SSD-950184.html > > > > Apparently, at issue is the LM Hash algorithm that XP uses to store > > passwords: > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Password_cracking#Weak_encryption > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LM_hash > > > > The other issue is that whomever is doing the cracking needs the hash > > table of XP passwords, the equivalent of /etc/shadow on Linux systems. > > I don't know where passwords are stored on XP (in the registry?), but > > if the bad guys have the hash table aren't they already in your > > system? > > > > Regards, > > - Robert > > > > On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Theresa Kehoe <[email protected]> wrote: > >> "... was able to crack 14-digit WinXP passwords with special characters > >> in just 5.3 seconds." > >> > >> Dang! > >> > >> (here's the link) > >> > >> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/12/password_cracking_on_crack/ > >> > >> Theresa > > > > -- > > Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) > > Main page: http://www.cwelug.org > > To post: [email protected] > > To subscribe: [email protected] > > To unsubscribe: [email protected] > > More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug > -- Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug
