Get Your Lost Windows Password

1. Go to the ophcrack website and choose the correct operating system LiveCD to download.

2. With the downloaded .ISO, create a LiveCD the same way you did with the Ubuntu LiveCD in the Linux chapter.

3. Put the CD in your CD-Drive and restart to boot from the CD.

4. You will see the following screen:

5. Hit or wait six seconds to boot into the Ophcrack Graphic mode. If something goes wrong and the screen won’t show the Graphics, restart and go into the Ophcrack Graphic VESA mode. If this also fails, go into Ophcrack Text mode.

6. Once it ophcrack loads completely, it will automatically get your Windows password hashes and begin the cracking process.