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Local machine password
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If you don't actually need to find out the password, there are innumerable linux boot CDs that can reset the password.
There is a utility called backtrack that can grab the hash which you can then crack with john the ripper if they have not disabled the LMhash regkey.
There is a utility called backtrack that can grab the hash which you can then crack with john the ripper if they have not disabled the LMhash regkey.
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LawnBoy
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- Mar 12, 2003
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There are lots of linux based answers, but be careful. Many of them will absolutely trash the Admin account on XP. I've had excellent results with Petter Nordahl-Hagen's mash up at
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