Recover your window OS password using OPHCrack

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Ophcrack is a free and open-source program that lets you bypass Windows log-in passwords by using NT-LM hashes through rainbow tables.

Learn this article to know if OPHcrack still works on Windows 11:

The program includes the ability to import the hashes from a variety of formats, including dumping directly from the SAM files of Windows.

Steps to Bypass Windows Password

1. Boot Kali Linux with the help of Live USB Persistence.

2. Copy SAM and SYSTEM files from Windows Hard Disk Partition:

Click on Windows system partition (C:\ Drive) and Open the terminal from Here.

┌──(mrdev㉿kali)-[~/media/root/0078DE7978DE6CC2]

└─$cd windows/system32/config/

┌──(mrdev㉿kali)-[~/media/root/0078DE7978DE6CC2/windows/system32/config]

└─$cp SAM SYSTEM /root/Desktop/

┌──(mrdev㉿kali)-[~/media/root/0078DE7978DE6CC2/windows/system32/config]

└─$

3. Open the terminal from the Desktop and type the following to create a Windows key text file:

┌──(mrdev㉿kali)-[~/Desktop]

└─$samdump2 SYSTEM SAM -o windowskey.txt

┌──(mrdev㉿kali)-[~/Desktop]

└─$

4. "windowskey.txt" stores the user name and password. The password is stored in the form of a hash.

5. Now open the OPHcrack. The interface looks like something:

┌──(mrdev㉿kali)-[~/Download]

└─$unzip tables_vista_free.zip

6. Download the Rainbow table and unzip.

5. Go to OPHcrack > Load > PWDUMP file and click "windowskey.txt".

6. Now install Rainbow Table. Go to Tables click "Vista free" load the downloaded file and install it:

7. Click Crack to Crack the Password.

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