How to enable the windows vista admin account
Posted on February 20th, 2010 by admin
*note* You do not need to get poweriso, or ophcrack. They are useful utilities to check if accounts have passwords. Though they do not play a role in enabling the account, I put them into the tutorial to show you a way of getting password info, and or passwords. The only necessity is the vista installation disk.
This video (for the most part) is for home use, or to help someone else you know. Generally you wont have 10 minutes to perform a hack, especially if you need to be at the physical computer.
To prevent this hack- Use alphanumeric passwords at least 8-10 characters long. Always password protect your account (including administrative and guest users). Also, have strong access control
Links to items used:
power iso- used to burn the OPHcrack CD. Though its not freeware, it will install, and it will burn iso images just fine
link- http://www.poweriso.com/download.htm
OPHcrack- this is an iso image file (there is an install version, but I believe you need administrative privileges to install it.) Once you burn this with power iso, you need to boot your computer from it. *note* this step is not necessary, but it can find unsecured passwords and tell you if the administrator has a password. You would be surprised how many passwords this live CD can find.
link- http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/download.php?type=livecd
Other necessities- windows installation CD. You can use any version of the CD (it does not matter if you use a home premium CD if you have an ultimate installation, but it does matter if you use a 32 bit CD on a 64 bit OS, and Vise verse.
If you do not have an installation CD, give Microsoft a call, and they will sell you one for a low price(if you have the key code for your OS), or puchase a copy 
Alternativily you could get creative and Google it (please do your own research on the legalities of everything you do that you want to reference to this tutorial)
How to burn the OPHcrack iso- Make sure power iso is installed. When you located the OPHcrack iso file, it should look like a yellow CD. When you click it, it will open power iso, click the burn icon and your good to go.
Booting from the OPHcrack CD-this is pretty self explanatory. configure you bios (or hit a certain key at start up, but that various from computer to computer) to boot from the CD drive first. If you have multiple CD drives, make sure you select the right one.
*note* If the computer your hacking into has an external media password, and or a bios password, open up the computer and locate the CMOS battery on the motherboard. If you remove the battery(I leave it out for about 30 seconds), all BIOS passwords will earased. Remember unplug all power, and electronics are very sensitive to static electricity, GROUND YOURSELF
once booted select option 1(if the GUI is blurry when you start it, restart and select option 2) The OPHcrack GUI should start up and it will do its thing. If you wanna see what passwords it finds, wait, if not take note if the administrator account has a password, if it does not, awesome!
Restart your computer with the windows installation disk, then boot from that CD the same way you did with the OPHcrack CD.
Click next, repair your computer, select OS(usually only one), command prompt
then type
regedit
then hit enter.
click, but do not expand, the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. It should turn blue. then go to file, load hive.
navigate to this file path (first click the computer symbol to the left)
C:/windows/system32/config/SAM
a target name box will appear, make sure you type this
Target SAM
then expand the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, the Target SAM name will appear as a folder, expand it
expand the following
SAM
Domains
Account
Users
click on 000001f4 (administrator account)
click in front of the 11 , it should look something like this
11 |
then hit backspace and type 10
close everything and restart your computer without any CDs and the administrator account will be there.
things to remember:
1. to reverse this change the 10 to an 11
2. do not randomly mess around with the registry
3. I do not mind constructive criticism, but do not tell me that this is not practical enough to hack the pentagon
4. The video quality is not the best, but it is good enough of an aid
5. if you have any questions, give me a comment or pm
6. I am not a camera man
7. I could care less if you subscribe
8. If you need help with computers, PM me and I’ll make a tutorial for you.
9. Never go to bed angry
Duration : 0:9:56
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February 20th, 2010 at 4:23 pm
show me a video of …
show me a video of everything you are doing so I can be sure you are doing it right. If you sure your doing it right and want to ignore my request, google how to delete an admin password with a linux live cd.
good luck
February 20th, 2010 at 4:23 pm
I already have an …
I already have an admin priviledge but forgot password. When I used the Ophcrack it showed an admin acct empty and it showed my account as not found. When I followed thru changing 11 to 10 the 10 is already on the admin profile. I tried changing the 10 back to 11, rebooted, but didn’t change me as an admin. How do I access the other admin acct that showed empty? Has anybody found a solution other than formating the whole drive?
February 20th, 2010 at 4:23 pm
when you start the …
when you start the computer keep hitting f8, when a screen comes up with options navigate to boot in safe mode and hit enter. then log into the administrator account and change the password of any account.
please tell me if this helps you.
~rich
February 20th, 2010 at 4:23 pm
i have windows xp …
i have windows xp and i dont have acess to downloading or anything i can get on the people with admin privileges but dont know what the password is to enable it help
February 20th, 2010 at 4:23 pm
That shouldnt …
That shouldnt happen, make sure you followed every step down to a T. If you still are having trouble record a video of yourself doing it and send me the link to it.
February 20th, 2010 at 4:23 pm
just skip the …
just skip the OPHCrack live CD step. It is unnecessary and I regret putting it into the video because it seems to cause more confusion than anything.
February 20th, 2010 at 4:23 pm
I have tried this, …
I have tried this, i downloaded the liveCD and burned it on a CD with expressburner, i rebooted my computer and BIOS booted from the cd, i clicked at the first, automatic graphic mode (or something.) And when it have loaded from the file and when it has started a black box comes up and says “no tables found”
What is the problem? And i did it on my Vista laptop.
February 20th, 2010 at 4:23 pm
When I click on …
When I click on config it comes up with parentle controll help me
February 20th, 2010 at 4:23 pm
you need the disk …
you need the disk because the target sam file is in use once vista starts. The disk lets you open the file because your running the command prompt off the disk. If you call Microsoft and give them your product key they should sell you a very cheap vista disk(which are already cheap thanks to windows 7 being released)
February 20th, 2010 at 4:23 pm
yay, glad I could …
yay, glad I could help!
February 20th, 2010 at 4:23 pm
YOUR THE …
YOUR THE MAN!! I LOVE YOU!!
February 20th, 2010 at 4:23 pm
if you purchased a …
if you purchased a laptop with windows vista already built in and no disc cud u still do it?
February 20th, 2010 at 4:23 pm
not sure if I …
not sure if I understand your question. could you elaborate.
February 20th, 2010 at 4:23 pm
wrong buddy, thats …
wrong buddy, thats on xp, not vista. and thats a very unsecured xp computer.
February 20th, 2010 at 4:23 pm
wat if u av a …
wat if u av a laptop and vista was built in?
February 20th, 2010 at 4:23 pm
well thx for replyin
well thx for replyin
February 20th, 2010 at 4:23 pm
no, not to my …
no, not to my knowledge.
February 20th, 2010 at 4:23 pm
is their a program …
is their a program that bypass admin without changing the password?
February 20th, 2010 at 4:23 pm
yes it does.
…
yes it does.
Everything I need to INSTALL!!!
dude seriously -____- it irritates me when
I try to update things that i have to install. I
have to friggin have the admin stuff D:<
February 20th, 2010 at 4:23 pm
photoshop desnt …
photoshop desnt require admin to install
February 20th, 2010 at 4:23 pm
Worked great!! …
Worked great!! thanks
February 20th, 2010 at 4:23 pm
please be more …
please be more specific and i would be glad to help.
February 20th, 2010 at 4:23 pm
mine didnt work aat …
mine didnt work aat all help me
February 20th, 2010 at 4:23 pm
i got the ophcrack …
i got the ophcrack downloaded on the cd and i done everything but it says to look in your /txt file or sumthing like that were do i find my password at?
February 20th, 2010 at 4:23 pm
If the admin has a …
If the admin has a password, someone probly knows it and dosnt want you to be an admin. Research linux live windows password deleting cds. They are the only alternative when the admin has a password. (or a format which you probly dont want to do)