Windows Password Cracking For Complete And Total Idiots
What You Need -
- Access to machine (user account)
- Saminside Pro
- Windows 2000 Recovery Console (maybe)
- Erunt (maybe)
1. Obtaining the SAM and SYSTEM files ( where passwords are stored )
a. This is sometimes very difficult because they are always in use by the operating system
b. That, however is the beauty of system backups, and registry backup programs
c. The original SAM and SYSTEM files are stored in the directory “C:\windwos\system32\config”
d. However, whenever there is a restore point created, they are backed up to the directory “C:\windows\repair”, which is not in use by the operating system
e. Simply copy those 2 files, to a separate directory that u intend to do your hacking from, and proceed to step
2. Obtaining SAM and SYSTEM files if they are unattainable from the repair directory
a. Use a program like ERUNT to “backup” the registry to a directory of your choice.
b. Installing, and backing up requires administrator priveledges
c. If you cannot manage to do this, then go onto the Windows 2000 recovery console method
3. Obtaining SAM and SYSTEM files should the past 2 methods fail
a. For this method you need a Windwos 2000 CD
b. Boot the computer from CD, and when the computer starts up, enter the recovery console, and copy C:\windows\system32\config\SAM and C:\windows\system32\config\SYSTEM to another directory that you hae access to
4. Cracking the passwords with SAMInside
a. Download saminside pro demo
b. Put the sam and system files in the same directory if they aren’t already
c. Open the SAM and SYSTEM files in SAMInside
d. A list of usernames should appear
e. Simply uncheck the ones that you don’t need to crack (i.e. helpassistant, guest, etc.)
f. Start the attack: it took me about 30 minutes for it to complete on an Intel Celeron 1.5 GHZ with 512 MB RAM