Windows password hack 2

In our last post we have seen about the SAM file, which contains the password hash. In this post we are going to see about some simple steps to hack the password.

Consider you are in the position that you can access the administrator account but you don't know the password. Like in your college library where the system admin will type the password for you or you are checking mails at your friend's computer. You have accessed the admin account. You want to change the password. But you don't know the password. You have two ways.

First one is, create a new admin account and choose your desired password for it. Now logout from the current administrator account and login with the new administrator account created by you. From this account, you can delete the other account where you have logged in before. Also you can have a backup of the files belongs to the deleted administrator.

The second way is without knowing the password of the current account, changing it using command prompt. This can be performed only with administrator privilege. For this do the following steps.

1. Open command prompt by typing cmd in run. In Windows Vista and Windows 7, open it as administrator ( in start type cmd. it will appear. now right click it and give open as administrator ).
2. Type the command " net user \user name\ * " without cots. replace \user name\ with the username of the current account.
3. Now it will ask for new password. Type new password. Your typing won't appear in the screen. Type enter.
4. Retype the password. and click enter.
5. Now the password will be changed.

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