How to Crack Windows Passwords With Ophcrack and Rainbow Tables

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1 Go to The Ophcrack Website and download the ophcracklivecd iso that is offered there (~4 !"#$ 0d

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2 "%rn the iso file to C& %sin' an i(a'e b%rnin' software$

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+ P%t the C& in the disc drive of the co(p%ter )o% want to crack the passwords of$

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4 "oot fro( disc$ 'his shouldn*t be to hard& )e#ending on com#uter, enter the bios settings and change the boot settings to boot $rom a disc dri%e on $irst boot de%ice&

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3 *+it ",OS settin'$

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6 Ophcrack will initiate b) itself$

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7 Once the s)ste( is done- select the %ser acco%nt )o% wish to recover the password for- and click la%nch$

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8 &ependin' on the speed of )o%r s)ste(- the cracker will 'o to work- and if it can deter(ine and decr)pt )o%r password- it will event%all) displa) it in the ./TPassword. col%(n