Windows XP HacksEveryone has locked themselves out of their own system at least once and thought that formatting their hard drive was the only answer. Not true! Now you will never have to lose your data over your forgetfulness again! There are two methods to bypass Windows XP security, both of which are basic at best, but they work beautifully.

1.0 Using Safe-Mode to Crack Windows XP Security

This is definitely the easiest of the two methods to Bypass Windows XP security. This hack relies on the computer not being assigned an Administrator password. In most cases, the TRUE Administrator account for Windows XP is not displayed on the Login Screen, and usually it is NOT assigned a password. Here’s how you access it:

1) Reboot the Computer
2) At the Windows XP Boot Screen Press F8 (you might have to press F8 a few times).

Windows Boot
Windows XP Boot Screen

3) Now you should be at the XP Advanced Options menu. Use the arrow keys to select Safe Mode. Press Enter.

Advanced Options
Advanced Options Menu

 

4) Select your OS from the list and Press Enter.

 

OS Select

5) Once you’re into Safe Mode, Click on Administrator and leave the Password blank. (Remember, it’s blank by default)

 

Admin Screen

6) Press Yes at the Safe Mode Warning Message that appears.
7) Now you can go to Start> Control Panel> User Accounts and change all the passwords on the machine (including Administrator).

If the above method fails, that usually means someone has assigned an Admin password for Windows. Try this next method.

 

2.0 Using a Boot Disc to Crack Windows XP Security

This method is so simple it only requires the user to know how to burn a CD. By now, I think Microsoft has trained chimps to do such work, so this shouldn’t be beyond you. A guy by the name of Petter Nordahl-Hagen, wrote an amazing program that resets the Administrator password on any Windows NT/2000/XP machine. It’s called Offline NT Password & Registry Editor, and that’s what we’ll be using soon.

 

Items Needed

  • CD Burner
  • Blank CD-R
  • Offline NT Password & Registry Editor
  • WinZip (or other program that extracts Zips)
  • CD Burning Software that Burns ISOs (almost every burning program has the ability to burn ISOs)

 

Steps to Follow

(NOTE: The screenshots below list the file name as cd041205.zip and cd041205.iso. Just substitute cd050303 for cd041205 file names)

1) Download cd050303.zip to your Desktop.
2) Find the file cd050303.zip, open it, and extract the cd050303.iso file to your Desktop.

Password Program

cd050303.zip open in WinZip

3) Now open your CD Burning Software. (I’m using Nero Express for this tutorial)
4) Click on Disc Image or Saved Project

 

Nero Burn

 

5) In the Open window, go to your Desktop, Files of Type: Image Files (*.nrg;*.iso;*.cue). Now you can select cd050303.iso, and Press Open.

Nero Burn Select Window

Nero Express: Open Window

6) Now just burn it like you would any other CD. Just burn it at a slow speed to avoid corrupting the data (no faster than 8x).

7) Once the burn is complete you now have a fully functional boot CD to bypass passwords.

To Use the CD

1) Put the Boot CD in the Computer that you (hopefully) forgot your password on.
2) Now Reboot the Machine
3) The computer should then boot from the CD instead of the Hard Drive.
4) Just follow the prompts that are now provided to reset the Admin. Password.
5) Here’s a full FAQ from the creator of this Boot Disc.

AltHack does not condone or support malicious hacking. This information is provided for those who are mature enough to use it responsibly. As for the others, you can judge your own ethics, and hopefully judge them wisely. We believe in free information, not destruction!


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