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Windows Password Recovery Bootdisk is one of the decent Windows Password Recovery tools. Downloads and ratings for this software are pretty high. It can raze Windows almost all the passwords from your Operating System. It's safe to use and lets you lock programs with a master password. Ophcrack is a free Windows Password Recovery tool that uses rainbow tables to retrieve Windows login passwords from password hashes. The tool is available in two versions (Vista Ophcrack and XP Ophcrack). In the following tutorial, we explain how we created an All In One USB Ophcrack Flash Drive.
Forgetting Windows password isn't just embarrassing, it also makes you lose all access to your computer files all of a sudden. Things can get even worse if you have no idea how to recover the password but you need to use the computer urgently. Luckily there are some Windows password recovery freeware which can help you get out of such situation. Here is a list of 5 best free Windows password recovery tools that will help you recover forgotten Windows administrator or other user passwords.
1. Ophcrack
Ophcrack is the wonderful free tool to recover forgotten Windows password. It's very easy to use Ophcrack software, Ophcrack support Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7. Just download Ophcrack ISO image from its official website and burn it to a CD and boot from the CD, well this amazing tool automatically starts locating your user account and proceed to recover your password.
Ophcrack Windows Password Recovery Tool
2. John The Ripper
John The Ripper is a fast password cracker based on dictionary attack with a wordlist currently available for many flavors of Unix (11 are officially supported, not counting different architectures), Windows, DOS, BeOS, and OpenVMS. Its primary purpose is to detect weak Unix passwords. Besides several crypt(3) password hash types most commonly found on various Unix flavors, supported out of the box are Kerberos AFS and Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 LM hashes, plus several more with contributed patches.
3. Cain & Able
Cain & Able is a fast, free and effective Windows password recovery utility. Cain & Able requires administrator account access to Windows. You need to log in your system with admin account to install this tool. You also need to download rainbow tables to work with this tool. This tool is only working on Windows XP operating system.
4. LCP
LCP is yet another free password recovery software tool for Windows. Like Cain & Abel, LCP is a standard Windows program you download from LCPSoft's website and install inside of Windows, meaning you'll need access to a user account on the computer. LCP can be a little intimidating to those new to Windows password recovery tools so some prior knowledge is very helpful to avoid even bigger problems with your PC.
5. Knoppix STD
G4TV has a good article on another Linux distro you can download and use to crack your Windows password. Follow the detailed instructions he gives and if the password is not too long or difficult, it should be able to crack it!
Conclusion
There free Windows password recovery tools might be a little too techie for some people, but it's definitely worth it if you want to recover Windows password for free. If you are not tech savvy, it's recommended to use the paid option - PCUnlocker, which allows you to instantly reset forgotten Windows 10/8/7/Vista/XP password by creating a bootable password reset CD/USB.
Ready to try or buy?
- Buy PCUnlocker Professional
- Download PCUnlocker
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Ophcrack is a Windows password cracker based on a time-memory trade-off using rainbow tables. It could recover 99.9% of alphanumeric passwords in seconds, and is available for Windows 8/7/Vista/2008/2003/2000.
Oph — Windows Password Recovery Tool
Now let's try how Ophcrack reset password on Windows 7.
We could choose Ophcrack or Ophcrack LiveCD to reset Windows 7 password. Now we choose Ophcrack LiveCD, because it includes Ophcrack v 3.6.
Tips: If we choose Ophcrack, select the latest version Ophcrack v 3.6. If we choose Ophcrack LiveCD, select 'ophcrack Vista LiveCD'.
1. Download Ophcrack LiveCD.
Search 'Ophcrack' on Google and open the following page. Click 'Download ophcrack Live CD' and choose 'ophcrack Vista LiveCD' on next page and download it.
2. Burn ISO image file to a CD/DVD or USB flash drive (take as example).
After downloading, you could find ophcrack Vista is an ISO image file. You should burn the Ophcrack ISO image file to a blank disc, such as writable USB flash or CD/DVD. Burning an ISO file is different from burning a normal file. It needs a tool, such as UltraISO, ISO2Disc to burn ISO file into USB drive or CD/DVD.
3. Boot Windows 7 computer from disc you have just burned.
After burning ophcrack into disc, boot computer from the disc by rebooting your computer with newly created USB disc or CD/DVD disc in the drive. Then Linux will load, Ophcrack will start, and Windows password recovery begins.
Tips: If I burned the ISO file, but it does not boot Ophcrack when I reboot my machine. We have to verify there have been two directories stored on the CD: boot and tables.
4. Recover Windows user password.
Ophcrack will locate users on your Windows systems and begin cracking their password. The password recovery process is automatic. Games like age of empires for mac. When the passwords are displayed on screen, write them down.
2. John The Ripper
John The Ripper is a fast password cracker based on dictionary attack with a wordlist currently available for many flavors of Unix (11 are officially supported, not counting different architectures), Windows, DOS, BeOS, and OpenVMS. Its primary purpose is to detect weak Unix passwords. Besides several crypt(3) password hash types most commonly found on various Unix flavors, supported out of the box are Kerberos AFS and Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 LM hashes, plus several more with contributed patches.
3. Cain & Able
Cain & Able is a fast, free and effective Windows password recovery utility. Cain & Able requires administrator account access to Windows. You need to log in your system with admin account to install this tool. You also need to download rainbow tables to work with this tool. This tool is only working on Windows XP operating system.
4. LCP
LCP is yet another free password recovery software tool for Windows. Like Cain & Abel, LCP is a standard Windows program you download from LCPSoft's website and install inside of Windows, meaning you'll need access to a user account on the computer. LCP can be a little intimidating to those new to Windows password recovery tools so some prior knowledge is very helpful to avoid even bigger problems with your PC.
5. Knoppix STD
G4TV has a good article on another Linux distro you can download and use to crack your Windows password. Follow the detailed instructions he gives and if the password is not too long or difficult, it should be able to crack it!
Conclusion
There free Windows password recovery tools might be a little too techie for some people, but it's definitely worth it if you want to recover Windows password for free. If you are not tech savvy, it's recommended to use the paid option - PCUnlocker, which allows you to instantly reset forgotten Windows 10/8/7/Vista/XP password by creating a bootable password reset CD/USB.
Ready to try or buy?
- Buy PCUnlocker Professional
- Download PCUnlocker
Related Articles
Ophcrack is a Windows password cracker based on a time-memory trade-off using rainbow tables. It could recover 99.9% of alphanumeric passwords in seconds, and is available for Windows 8/7/Vista/2008/2003/2000.
Oph — Windows Password Recovery Tool
Now let's try how Ophcrack reset password on Windows 7.
We could choose Ophcrack or Ophcrack LiveCD to reset Windows 7 password. Now we choose Ophcrack LiveCD, because it includes Ophcrack v 3.6.
Tips: If we choose Ophcrack, select the latest version Ophcrack v 3.6. If we choose Ophcrack LiveCD, select 'ophcrack Vista LiveCD'.
1. Download Ophcrack LiveCD.
Search 'Ophcrack' on Google and open the following page. Click 'Download ophcrack Live CD' and choose 'ophcrack Vista LiveCD' on next page and download it.
2. Burn ISO image file to a CD/DVD or USB flash drive (take as example).
After downloading, you could find ophcrack Vista is an ISO image file. You should burn the Ophcrack ISO image file to a blank disc, such as writable USB flash or CD/DVD. Burning an ISO file is different from burning a normal file. It needs a tool, such as UltraISO, ISO2Disc to burn ISO file into USB drive or CD/DVD.
3. Boot Windows 7 computer from disc you have just burned.
After burning ophcrack into disc, boot computer from the disc by rebooting your computer with newly created USB disc or CD/DVD disc in the drive. Then Linux will load, Ophcrack will start, and Windows password recovery begins.
Tips: If I burned the ISO file, but it does not boot Ophcrack when I reboot my machine. We have to verify there have been two directories stored on the CD: boot and tables.
4. Recover Windows user password.
Ophcrack will locate users on your Windows systems and begin cracking their password. The password recovery process is automatic. Games like age of empires for mac. When the passwords are displayed on screen, write them down.
5. Remove Ophcrack disc and login Windows with recovered password.
As the introduction at the beginning of this passage, the recovery success rate of Ophcrack has not reached 100%. So if ophcrack cannot find Windows 7 password, how should you do? Please refer to it if necessary.
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