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sparkysheridan · Beginner

Hi,

i have been trying all day to unlock a forgotten password for a friend.

The system uses Vista home. I have tried OPHCRACK LOVE but it states password not found. i have this NT hash which i have taken from the ophcrack screen

5a80398a0dbba66d2e4cf7ab42af3e97

i have tried to restore windows but it states the administrator account is disabled and the only account that will let be enter a password for is this account. the username is Warren.money.meenan

he thinks his password is tevez then space 32 so it would be "tevez 32"

any help is greatly appreciated

Thank You.

_mranderson_ · Valuable expert

Cracking the hash is not the way to get inside a windows OS unless everything else failed (and it never happens). If you have physical access to the PC, it's even easier. Search google for a program to change windows passwords that boots from cd, download it and write it to a cd, setup your bios to read cd device first, put that cd inside and boot up your PC. Then use the program to change the password even without knowing the old one.