Common password cracking methods in Windows

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In daily operations, we often need to enter various passwords, such as passwords when starting the system, and passwords when QQ is used. If you forget these passwords, you may not be able to use machines, open files, or chat ..., it may cause huge losses! Next we will introduce common password cracking methods in computer operations, hoping to solve your urgent needs!

I. Forgot the SYSTEM password

If you forget the SYSTEM password in the CMOS settings, you will not be able to start the machine. The solution is to open the chassis, remove the battery, connect the positive and negative poles, and discharge the CMOS, clear all the content in CMOS (including the password, of course), and then restart the system to set it.

Note: For some motherboard With the CMOS Password clear jumper, refer to the motherboard manual to transient the jumper, so that the CMOS password can also be cleared.

Ii. Forget the SETUP Password

If you forget the password, you cannot set CMOS. If you can use a computer but cannot enter the CMOS settings, you can solve this problem: Start DEBUG in DOS state, and then enter the following command to manually clear the SETUP password:

_ O 70 16

_ O 71 16

_ Q

You can also use the CMOS password cracking software to display the CMOS password. There are many such software, such as Cmospwd (various BIOS such as BELL, PHOENIX, and zenith ami ), start the program in DOS, and the CMOS password will be displayed. We recommend that you go to the huajun Software Park to download the software at http://www.onlinedown.net/sort/16_1.htm.

3. Forget the Windows logon Password

Countermeasure under WinMe/98: Press F8 to start DOS, and then delete *. the PWL password file, and all the personal information files in the Profiles subdirectory. After Windows is restarted, a password setting box containing no user name is displayed, without any input, click OK to delete the logon password. In addition, modify the UserProfiles under the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, Network, and Logon branches of the registry database to "0", and then restart Windows to achieve the same purpose.

Countermeasure in WinXP/2000: Delete the SAM file in system32config, and restart the system. At this time, the Administrator account has no password. log on to the system with the Administrator account without entering any password, after entering the system, you can reset the login account password.

4. Forget the Windows Screen saver password

Solution: Press F8 after the instance is started, select safe mode to start, enter Windows, right-click the blank area on the desktop, and select "properties"/screen protection from the shortcut menu, cancel "password protection.

5. Forget the Windows Power Management Password

You can also set a password for the Windows power management function. When this function is enabled, the system requires a password when it returns from the energy-saving status.

If you forget the password, you can use the method used to crack the Windows logon password.

6. Forget the Microsoft Office Password

Solution: use the software to crack the password of Office documents, there are a lot of such software, such as AOPR (download URL http://www.elcomsoft.com /), this software can simultaneously crack the passwords generated by Microsoft Office series Word, Excel, Access, and other software. It can also crack Word *. search for the password of the DOT template file.

7. Forgot the WinZip compressed package Password

Solution: use the software UZPC (Ultra Zip Password Cracker, http://download.pchome.net/utility/encrpt/5029.html) to retrieve the lost Password. When using the software, you must first set an appropriate decryption method, such as "backdoor mode", "exhaustive mode", "dictionary mode", and "pattern matching mode, generally, the "Brute Force mode" is used, and the software tests all possible passwords until the final result is found.

8. Forgot the RAR compressed package Password

After you forget the RAR compressed package password, you can go to ghost. Generally, you only need to use the "crark rar compressed package file name" command directly and use the default parameters to crack it.

9. Forgot the QQ/ICQ Password

To protect the QQ password, you should hurry to the http://service.qq.com/psw/mo.shtml? Psw.htm applies for password protection. If you forget your QQ password or the password is stolen, you only need to enter the correct information to retrieve it.

If you want to retrieve the ICQ Password, you can use the software ICQ Password Revealer (http://www.encrsoft.com/), this is a DOS command line utility, you only need to execute this file in the NEWDB sub-folder of the ICQ installation folder, and enter your UIN as prompted on the screen. The system will retrieve the "long-overdue" ICQ password.

10. Forget the OE Password

If you forget your password and cannot access the emails received by OutLook Express or use the address book, you can restart the computer, press F8, and select "safe mode ", you do not need a password to start OE again. Then you can create a new user (you cannot change the password) and import the information to the new user mailbox.

11. Forget the Foxmail account password

Solution: Eliminate the password of the forgotten Foxmail account. First open Foxmail, create an account (the account name is arbitrary, such as lacl1), and then exit Foxmail. run Windows Resource Manager and find the FoxmailMAILlacl1 folder, which contains an "account. stg. "stg" file; then run Foxmail again to open the account that forgot the password. Why is there no "password prompt box? Now you can directly open the account with the password forgotten, and there will be no less emails in the account!

12. view the "*" Password

Many passwords are displayed as "*" on the screen, so we cannot directly see the original characters of the password. If you use software dedicated to cracking the "*" password, you can find out the original characters of these passwords.

There are many such software. For example, you can use iOpus Password Recovery (asp? Id = 8008 & no = 2 "> http://www.top183.cn/down.asp? Id = 8008 & no = 2), Password Spectator Pro (http://dl.163.com/user/dl.php? Action = dl & id = 21005 ). When using the tool, you only need to open the "*" window, start the software, press the Ctrl key, and press the left mouse button in the password column, the original characters of these "*" passwords will be displayed.