Recover Your Windows Administrator Password

Perhaps one of the most annoying things when it comes to using Windows software is forgetting your administrator password. One may think that they need to format and re-install the operating system which can be time consuming and frustrating. Well for those people who believe this to be true, you are in luck. There is a method which will allow you to recover your Windows administrator password.

One method which will allow you to access the system is trying hard to remember your forgotten password. Maybe you wrote it down somewhere or it is something sentimental and it will shoot back into your mind all of a sudden. Wishful thinking for some, but in rare cases it does work.

In the case where you have completely lost all idea of what your password may have been, a good idea is to try and restore a backed up system state in which you do remember the password. There is a problem by doing this though. One should be advised that you will lose all the recently added users and groups, as well as all the changed passwords since the last backup was made.

The best thing one can do in order to recover their Windows administrator password is to look for some password cracking tools that can be used for miscellaneous objectives such as password protected PDF documents, zipped archives, Office documents, BIOS, protection and so forth. Free Windows cracking tools are usually Linux boot disks that have NT file system drivers and software (NTFS). Usually they will read the registry and rewrite the password hashes for any account including the Administrators. This process requires physical access to the console and an available floppy drive. This method works like Kobe Bryant in the fourth quarter- like a charm.

One should be forewarned that resetting a user’s administrator password on some systems such as Windows XP might cause data loss. Especially EFS encrypted files and saved passwords from within Internet Explorer. In order to protect yourself form this loss, one should always export your Private and Public key, along with keys for Recovery Agent User.

There are a number of free Recovery tools that will allow you to gain access to your administrator password. The top four include:

1.Windows Password Recovery: One can retrieve forgotten administrator and user’s passwords in minutes.

2.Peter Nordahl Hagen´s Offline NT Password and Registry Editor: This is a boot CD/Floppy that can reset the local administrator’s password.

3.Openwall´s John the Ripper: This is also a great boot floppy that includes cracking capabilities.

4.EBCD- Emergency Boot CD: This is a bootable CD, intended for system recovery in the case that the software or hardware faults.

There is nothing worse than losing anyone one of your passwords. Especially when it comes to computer related items. In the case where you have forgotten your Windows administrator password, there are many methods and free tools in which one can use in order to recover it.

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