Comments on: IT Field http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/it-field/ Sat, 18 May 2013 07:52:31 +0000 hourly 1 By: pressler2904 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/it-field/#comment-54382 pressler2904 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:01:41 +0000 #comment-54382 There are a few programs which will allow you to change a password as long as you know the account name. There are others which will enumerate accounts if you do not know the account name.

I hate to sound the way I know I’m going to, but why do you need to “break the log in password”? If this is a corporate setting, and you cannot (for whatever reason) contact the Help Desk/Service Desk regarding a lost or forgotten password, please be aware that there may be serious repercussions concerning unauthorized system access.

That having been said, I would suggest the Ultimate Boot CD for Windows (http:\\www.ubcd4win.com) as a good first source. Also look at L0pthcrack (if you can still find it) or the newer ophtcrack (from Sourceforge here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ophcrack/).

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