Cracking Windows Vista Passwords

Well in this tutorial i'll show you how to grab the encrypted hash and try to crack it. We are going to use a program
named OpHCrack. You may have heard about this, they all say you need to download the linux live cd and burn it and boot from it.
Well this trick can be used when you are at school and you do not have admin permissions.

Requirements
• OphCrack Vista Edition
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/ophcrack/ophcrack-win32-installer-3.3.1.exe

• Vista Free Tables
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/ophcrack/tables_vista_free.zip


Installing OphCrack
Well you first need to download the installation (Above) Run the installer and leave all default options.
Just click next, agree etc.. Just as you install a normal program. Now when installing is done you can fire up OphCrack
from the start menu. It should look like this, it might be a little bit different but it should look the same:

Now open the ZIP file with the Vista Free Tables and extract ALL files to a directory. Now go back to OpHCrack and
click Tables from the menu, select Vista Free and click install. Point to the directory where you've extracted
the tables from the ZIP file and click Ok. Now the there should be a green circle infront of Vista Free. (Follow Image Below)

Getting the NT Hashes
Now we need to retreive the NT hashes for the accounts. OphCrack will do this in a matter of seconds. Ok now in the menu of OphCrack > Load > Local SAM File
This will show all the accounts on our computer with the NT Hash behind it. For this step you need Admin Access. So if you are not on a admin account then you have to use the Linux Live CD.
But if you have Admin Access the result be something like below. If it says empty in blue letters, it means that the account is not password protected.

Cracking The Hashes
Well here comes the part that is the most exciting! We are going to crack those hashes, because we've not paid $99 dollars we only have the Free Tables. So there is always a chance you can't crack it.
If you are at school or work and you want to get the hash and crack it at home, you can just load the the Local SAM File and save it (Save Button) and load it at home.
So click the crack button and wait till the password appear behind the hash.

If everything went well, you should now have successfully cracked a vista NT Hash!


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