Crack Windows Login password easily using ‘ophcrack’

Ophcrack is a free Windows password cracker or Windows Login Password Recovery tool that uses rainbow tables to retrieve Windows login passwords from password hashes. The tool is available in two versions (Vista Ophcrack and XP Ophcrack). This bootable flash drive utility can then be used to recover, reveal or crack both Windows XP and Windows Vista login passwords.

 

How to Boot Ophcrack from a portable USB flash drive:

 

Having Ophcrack for Windows Vista and XP on a USB thumbdrive can come in handy for those who may have lost their Windows admin or user Login Password and need to quickly recover a lost Windows password.

 

 

USB Ophcrack flash drive creation essentials:

• Windows Computer (Windows XP or Vista)
• 1GB or larger portable flash drive (USB stick)
• USBOphcrack.exe

How to Create a bootable Ophcrack flash drive:

• Download the HP USB format tool and format your stick using a Fat32 file system
• Download and run USBOphcrack.exe (contents are extracted to a directory called USBOphcrack)
• Click USBOphcrack.bat from the USBOphcrack folder and follow the onscreen instructions. Note that the ISO downloads, USB conversion and installation to your flash drive will take some time.
• Reboot your PC and set your system to boot from the USB device

If all goes well, you should be booting from the USB stick into a mini Linux environment. Ophcrack is launched automatically after the system has booted. You should now be able to recover both Windows XP and Windows Vista login Passwords using this single USB tool.