Hacking my own computer?

Tasdik · **Joined:** Jan 2007 **Posts:** 13206 **Location:** Life

Is it possible to hack into the main account on my computer? My dad changed the password and has now forgotten what it was, he's 55 so yeah :roll:

Bop · **Joined:** Oct 2008 **Posts:** 1130 **Location:**

safe mode>log in as administrator>change pass?

Tasdik · **Joined:** Jan 2007 **Posts:** 13206 **Location:** Life

*can't remember how to log in using the safe mode*
:oops:

Midori · **Joined:** Mar 2007 **Posts:** 3425 **Location:**

Theres a way to do it, but i don't really feel like explaining.

Theres some programs you can burn to a disc and start up on the CD.

Tasdik · **Joined:** Jan 2007 **Posts:** 13206 **Location:** Life

X-Lax wrote:

Theres a way to do it, but i don't really feel like explaining.

Theres some programs you can burn to a disc and start up on the CD.

Yeah there's a button to "Reset your password" that I'd need a pre-written disk for or something. Unfortunately we've never made one :banghead:

Bop · **Joined:** Oct 2008 **Posts:** 1130 **Location:**

Tasdik wrote:

*can't remember how to log in using the safe mode*
:oops:

F8

Midori · **Joined:** Mar 2007 **Posts:** 3425 **Location:**

Tasdik wrote:

X-Lax wrote:

Theres a way to do it, but i don't really feel like explaining.

Theres some programs you can burn to a disc and start up on the CD.

Yeah there's a button to "Reset your password" that I'd need a pre-written disk for or something. Unfortunately we've never made one :banghead:

Why can't you now? You are using a computer right now aren't you?

Tasdik · **Joined:** Jan 2007 **Posts:** 13206 **Location:** Life

I'm not using the administrative account. I'm on a standered user account. So I can't do really anything.

I've been doing some searching and this is what my computer says I need to do "If you don't have a password reset disk or another administrator account, you won't be able to reset the password. If there are no other user accounts on the computer, you won't be able to log on to Windows. In this case, you will need to re-install Windows."

Fck...how the hell do I do that? And what are the consequences?

BaronSengir · **Joined:** Apr 2007 **Posts:** 654 **Location:** Earth

safe mode log in with admin then control userpasswords2 then reset simple
im assuming your using xp

asusi · **Joined:** Jul 2008 **Posts:** 3223 **Location:**

bryanvan · **Joined:** Jun 2008 **Posts:** 1010 **Location:**

Get into save mode --> choose administrator account --> reset password, I had to do it all the time a while ago ...

Crumpets · **Joined:** Aug 2006 **Posts:** 7800 **Location:**

Yay at no one reading Bop's first comment.

XemnasXD · **Posted:** Fri Mar 27, 2009 9:03 am

Crumpets wrote:

Yay at no one reading Bop's first comment.

or his second...

strangelove · **Joined:** Aug 2007 **Posts:** 1255 **Location:** no

http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/

Tasdik · **Joined:** Jan 2007 **Posts:** 13206 **Location:** Life

Bop wrote:

safe mode>log in as administrator>change pass?

I got it into the safe mode but I can't figure out how to "bypass" that administrative password.
This is on Vista btw.

cpinney · **Posted:** Fri Mar 27, 2009 2:58 pm

oh, vista... ew

pr0klobster · **Joined:** Oct 2007 **Posts:** 1427 **Location:**

Fug_Dup wrote:

http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/

This is the quickest way. l0phtcrack used to work, don't know if it works on Vista though. Hooray for Linux!

Bop · **Joined:** Oct 2008 **Posts:** 1130 **Location:**

Tasdik wrote:

Bop wrote:

safe mode>log in as administrator>change pass?

I got it into the safe mode but I can't figure out how to "bypass" that administrative password.
This is on Vista btw.

Behh...vista doesn't have the admin account option, your gonna have to use a 3rd pt registry editor or an application that can retrieve it like the one in fug_dups post

tip: if you recover the account remove password on it and make your dad a standard account

BloodyBlade · **Posted:** Fri Mar 27, 2009 11:38 pm

Bop wrote:

Tasdik wrote:

*can't remember how to log in using the safe mode*
:oops:

F8

Can't he just shut off the power while his computer is still on, then restart and choose safe mode? xD

Tasdik · **Joined:** Jan 2007 **Posts:** 13206 **Location:** Life

Mmmk I'm trying to get this thing to work >

Fug_Dup wrote:

http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net

I have it on a CD but I have absoltuly no clue what to do now = p. It says
"Just put it into the CD-ROM drive, reboot and it will try to find a
Windows partition,extract its SAM and start auditing"
So what? I just restart and let it sit there for a while?

And then what?

BlackFox898 · **Posted:** Fri Mar 27, 2009 11:54 pm

Tasdik wrote:

Mmmk I'm trying to get this thing to work >

Fug_Dup wrote:

http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net

I have it on a CD but I have absoltuly no clue what to do now = p. It says
"Just put it into the CD-ROM drive, reboot and it will try to find a
Windows partition,extract its SAM and start auditing"
So what? I just restart and let it sit there for a while?

And then what?

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/howtos ... t_password

instructions from maximumPC on how to use it.

Tasdik · **Joined:** Jan 2007 **Posts:** 13206 **Location:** Life

"Once you get the CD burned, put the disk in your drive and boot from the disk. You may have to change the boot order so you can boot from the CD."

How do you "boot from the disk"?

OR change the boot order? lol

Thanks for the help guys

BlackFox898 · **Posted:** Sat Mar 28, 2009 12:23 am

Tasdik wrote:

"Once you get the CD burned, put the disk in your drive and boot from the disk. You may have to change the boot order so you can boot from the CD."

How do you "boot from the disk"?

OR change the boot order? lol

Thanks for the help guys

"Make sure you set your BIOS to boot from the CD drive. You can change your boot order by accessing the boot menu with F10 before the OS loads."

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