Password store In Windows...
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I looked it in c:\windows\security and in c:\windows\systeme32 But i did not find it. Where the passwords stored. Thanx indeed.
The OS doesn't store the passwords, for security reasons. --Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | 1ClickPicGrabber | CP SearchBar v2.0.2 | C++ Forum FAQ Strange things are afoot at the U+004B U+20DD
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I looked it in c:\windows\security and in c:\windows\systeme32 But i did not find it. Where the passwords stored. Thanx indeed.
Which password, are you talking about?? Windows logon?? ARSALAN MALIK
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The OS doesn't store the passwords, for security reasons. --Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | 1ClickPicGrabber | CP SearchBar v2.0.2 | C++ Forum FAQ Strange things are afoot at the U+004B U+20DD
What security reasons?? ARSALAN MALIK
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What security reasons?? ARSALAN MALIK
Ask yourself what would happen if account passwords were kept somewhere. Would you want any old program (like, say, a virus or spyware) to be able to read your passwords? --Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | 1ClickPicGrabber | CP SearchBar v2.0.2 | C++ Forum FAQ Strange things are afoot at the U+004B U+20DD
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Which password, are you talking about?? Windows logon?? ARSALAN MALIK
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I looked it in c:\windows\security and in c:\windows\systeme32 But i did not find it. Where the passwords stored. Thanx indeed.
On Xp they are in WINDOWS\system32\config\SAM WINDOWS\system32\config\system No I won't tell you how to extract the passwords!
"An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't." - Anatole France
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I looked it in c:\windows\security and in c:\windows\systeme32 But i did not find it. Where the passwords stored. Thanx indeed.
Windows 95/98 used to store the password with some trivial encryption in a file in the windows directory, but anything later than that does not. As others have said, through the miracle of cryptographic hashing algorithms, it is not necessary to actually store a password in order to be able to verify it. Thus, NT/2000/XP/2003 only store password hashes, not actual passwords.
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On Xp they are in WINDOWS\system32\config\SAM WINDOWS\system32\config\system No I won't tell you how to extract the passwords!
"An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't." - Anatole France
Ted Ferenc wrote: No I won't tell you how to extract the passwords! So... could you tell us the resource article that would eplain on how to extract the password???
A thousand mile of journey, begin with the first step. APO-CEDC Save Children Norway-Cambodia Office
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Ted Ferenc wrote: No I won't tell you how to extract the passwords! So... could you tell us the resource article that would eplain on how to extract the password???
A thousand mile of journey, begin with the first step. APO-CEDC Save Children Norway-Cambodia Office
If I did that I would be flamed :-O I was asked to break the password of a laptop, the owner had died, so I did some research, as a test I created a new account and password on my XP bix and managed to get the password. But to give you a clue, I am sure you would find it eventually, use rainbowcrack http://www.antsight.com/zsl/rainbowcrack/ I think you will find it takes far too long to make the tables for this to be an easy soluion, but it is possible! Also you need to be able to get these two files to crack the password BTW in the end breaking into the laptop was so easy I did not need to do the above.
"An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't." - Anatole France
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If I did that I would be flamed :-O I was asked to break the password of a laptop, the owner had died, so I did some research, as a test I created a new account and password on my XP bix and managed to get the password. But to give you a clue, I am sure you would find it eventually, use rainbowcrack http://www.antsight.com/zsl/rainbowcrack/ I think you will find it takes far too long to make the tables for this to be an easy soluion, but it is possible! Also you need to be able to get these two files to crack the password BTW in the end breaking into the laptop was so easy I did not need to do the above.
"An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't." - Anatole France