Crack Window password with Kali live

Hello friends this is my new post on this blog, today i am going to tell you about HOW TO RESET ADMIN PASSWORDS FOR WINDOWS 7, WINDOWS 8,WINDOWS 10.

• prerequisites

1. bootable kali linux cd/usb
2. a windows machine (which you want to hack )

to reset windows password we will use chntpw for editing the SAM database where Windows stores password hashes.

• What is chntpw?

           chntpw is a software utility for resetting or blanking local passwords used by Windows NT, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8 and 8.1. It does this by editing the SAM                 database where Windows stores password hashes.see more on wikipedia

• What is SAM database?

           The Security Account Manager (SAM) is a database file in Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 that stores users' passwords. More on wiki and Microsoft
         now lets start:

Boot Windows machine with the LiveCD.
select Live

open terminal
mount partition on which Windows System files are installed(C: Drive of Windows). it name could be sda1, sda3 or something like like this.

mount /dev/sda1 /mnt

now go to Windows password database directory, generally located in /Windows/System32/config/
in your System it could be like this

cd /mnt/Windows/System32/config

type command below for list out all users.

chntpw -l SAM

select user Administartor by following this command.

chntpw -u Administrator SAM

now it will open a menu to reset the password.
Select right option and save changes.
its done now you can login as a admin user on your Windows Machine.
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