Recovering Windows XP/Vista passwd Part 2

Ophcrack is another useful utility to recover windows passwords. Its available in two versions live cd and single software.
Opcrack uses rainbowtable method to challenge against nt/lm hashes stored in sam/system registry.
here we r going to use live cd version
download opcrack from

http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/

1. download xp iso or vista iso from download site..
2. burn the iso to cd.
3. boot from the cd drive.
4. bingo.. it may take some time to recover password from nt/lm hashes
5. Recovery depends on rainbow table character set and complexity of password... so if u need to crack a complex passwd u need a big rainbow table store
6. never mind u can will get nt/lm hashes notedown. If ophcrack doest help to crack it using other software.