An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link When Windows stores a password, it is done so by hashing the password in an LM hash and putting it in the Windows SAM file. In the scary moment ...

Click to viewExtremely impressed at the ease and speed with which the Ophcrack Live CD cracked my Windows admin password when I tested it out last a few weeks ago, I thought it might be useful to ...

Forgot your computer password? And have no options except installing the Windows again with hard formatting the Windows volume? But what if you have something important in the Windows Volume that you ...

Why are you still using the LM versus NT hash? Seems like switching the default hash would be the easiest jump in security you could make.

All systems with access to a Windows partition: The free, open source Windows password cracker, Ophcrack Live CD, has updated to version 3.0 with faster cracking, a better interface, and an all-new ...

I tried using open source software "Ophcrack" which can analyze and display passwords of various Windows user accounts. It also supports Windows Vista, because it does not analyze in brute-force, it ...

Adam Pash over at Lifehacker has a simple slide show demonstrating how to crack your Windows administration password with the Ophcrack Live CD. Once you download and burn the disc, it’s surprisingly ...