din cate stiu eu, in versiunile mai vechi de nt exista o versiune diferita pe passwd.dll cu posibititati "crescute de crackuire. oricum, nici vresiunile actuale nu sunt prea greu de "rezolvat":
Question:
How do I recover a lost NT password?
Answer:
This is simple if your C:\ drive is FAT. Boot up with a DOS disk and type:
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C:
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CD \WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG
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DEL SAM.*
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Now the Administrator password is blank. If your C:\ drive is NTFS, you have a lot of work to do. Go to
http://www.sysinternals.com/ and download NTFSDOS. Then copy the unzipped NTFSDOS.EXE to your DOS boot disk. Boot up the machine and type:
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C:
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CD \WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG
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COPY SAM.* A:\
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This will copy the SAM file to your floppy disk. Now you need to get on another NT machine, go to
http://www.l0pht.com/ and download L0phtCrack. Run the program and when it asks you for the SAM file, point it to the file on your floppy disk. Now this is going to be a very long process of finding the password depending on the speed of your computer, but eventually you will find it.