4 Most Workable Windows Password Recovery Tools
Windows Password Reset Disk
Creating password reset disk is a built-in feature of MS Windows system, which allows users to create a password reset disk by using an USB flash drive to in case of a lost or forgotten Windows password. It is a precautionary measure as most Windows users forgot the login password without a password reset disk at hand.
Pros:
Free Windows password recovery solution.
Very easy to create and use such a disk.
Cons:
Need to create the disk before forgetting the password.
Only valid for the target Windows account.
2. Ophcrack
Ophcrack is the most popular free Windows password crack software based on rainbow tables. It is a very efficient implementation of rainbow tables done by the inventors of the method. Ophcrack is proficient software service that is able to recover and reset administrator and locak passwords for Windows, as well as Mac and Linux systems.
Pros: Free Windows password recovery tool to retrieve your lost Windows password.
Cons: 496MB (7/Vista) / 415MB (XP) LiveCD ISO image will take you much time for download and passwords greater than 14 characters cannot be cracked
Time: More than 1 hour
3. Windows Password Unlocker
Windows Password Unlocker is the most popular commercial password recovery tool which allows you to create a password reset CD/DVD or USB flash drive to reset forgotten Windows password. It especially designed to reset the forgotten Windows password for domain and local users on all popular Windows OS.
Pros: Powerful Windows password recovery tool allows you to reset lost password to blank in minutes without any data loss or damage. And 100% recovery rate guaranteed.
Cons: It is released as a shareware, not a freeware.
Time: a few minutes, usually 5 minutes.
4. Offline NT Password & Registry Editor
Offline NT Password & Registry Editor password cracker is a free and Windows password recovery tools. It can reset the password of any user that has a valid (local) account on your Windows NT/2k/XP/Vista/Win7 etc system.
Pros:
Very fast password cracking tool
No access to Windows or knowledge of old passwords is needed
Program is completely free and open source, which means it will likely stay free
Cons:
Offline NT Password tool is completely text based which is a little inconvenient
ISO image must be burned to a CD before passwords can be reset.
So, if you want to solve your Windows password recovery issues on Windows 7/XP/Vista or other Windows OS, the above ones are suitable for you.
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