Ecco un live CD che permette, dopo aver avviato il pc da tale supporto, di trovare la password di amministratore e procedere a cambiarla.
Tale software è gratuito.
Download PCLoginNow 2.0 di seguito una descrizione piu' dettagliata:
PCLoginNow is an easy-to-use tool to reset local administrator and other accounts passwords on Windows system. No need to reinstall the system. It resets Windows passwords and Windows security settings instantly. All version of Windows are completely supported. It's an incredible CD for Home users and Businesses. And most of all, it's the most popular and safe solution for removing your Windows password until now.
Besides the abilities of resetting passwords, PCLoginNow can also help you maintain, change accounts policy setting and properties. You can easily upgrades an general account to administrator level, lock or unlock those accounts you don't need anymore, And moreover, all of these are done without booting your tedious, time-comsuming Windows System.
The most powerful feature PCLoginNow have is to support Syskey.
SYSKEY was an optional feature added in Windows NT 4.0 SP3. It was meant to protect against offline password cracking attacks so that the SAM database would still be secure even if someone had a copy of it.
Even thouth the system registry is proctected by Syskey, PCLoginNow can easily bypass this mechanism and reset the Windows passwords.
