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Cracking Windows Logon Password







Cracking Windows Logon Password







Cracking Windows Logon Password.(Hacking SAM file) Windows NT/2000/XP/2003




SAM File - Holds the user names and
password hashes for every account on the local machine, or domain if it is a
domain controller.


What
are password Hashes?



Actually when we enter password in Windows Logon Tab,
Windows
encryptsour password using an encryption scheme that turns our password into
something that

looks like this:
65464564s1d4d2c9a56s42166d55se
SAM file can be found under
C:(default OS drive) ->
WINNT -> System32 -> Config -> SAM
. SAM file can be
cracked by sing a simple


freeware software "
SAMInside".
Troubleshooting : While copying SAM file it shows an error of

"Access
Denied
" or "File in
Use
". Actually copying of SAM file is restricted by
Windows. There are
many
alternatives to copy SAM file. [1] You can boot your system by a Live Linux CD
such as Knnopix
or Fedora. Linux has access to all Windows Files. This way SAM file can be
easily copied.