We all have dozens of passwords floating around in our heads for every computer or machine that we have to deal with. Windows is no exception. The administrator password is very important to remember especially if you are the computer owner and primary operator. Without administrator privileges you may be unable to load programs change system settings, access the internet or access your files. But what if you loose the password. In some cases people forget their user name and the password. Windows creates the administrator password automatically and you can always use the user name “administrator” and the password to login. But if you forget the password, then what?!
Ophcrack is the answer to your problem. This tool is a linux tool that can analyze the registry and find passwords for users of a computer. This tool is only successful with Intel hardware and strong passwords it may not be able to crack at all.
Offline NT Password and Registry Editor is an alternative tool that will reset the passwords instead of cracking them in the event that Ophcrack can’t crack a tough password.
It’s a good idea to read the latest instructions for the file release of the download before using these freeware tools because they have the ability to harm your system if used improperly.
Basically you need to download the ISO file to your hard drive then burn a CD from the ISO file, to create the bootable disk. Be aware that burning from an ISO file is not the same as copying the ISO file to a blank cd disk. The burning software must be able to create an IMAGE from the ISO file to the blank disk.