In this lecture, we are going to see how we can reset Windows passwords with Linux and enter utility.
You have a scenario where you have a physical access to a system which is password lock, you are going
to use a live USB to quickly remove the password of a user to gain access to the system.
You need to have a lifeboat.
You stay with you.
You can check the lecture.
How to make line as a bootable USB drive in the previous section.
Luck in your life up on your target PC and bolt from it.
Press escape or whatever your system supports and boot from USB.
Was colleagues booted open the drive containing Windows files navigate to Windows system32 slash config
folder.
Open it as a route.
Now open the terminal and run the following.
Command c h and tip w dash, I say.
Their shave leg open the sea urchin DPW utility in an interactive mode.
The same contains the passwords of all users on Windows, as we already know.
The utility will show an interactive menu.
Now you need to select the option to edit user accounts.
Type one and press enter.
It would list all local accounts on the p, C type, the respective ID of the user account.
We need to crack.
Select the option to clear passwords.
Type one and press enter.
No the good the utility type Q and press enter and once it asks whether you want to save changes, type
Y and press enter or remove the USB drive, reboot your system to windows and your password will be
removed.
No.
Let's move to the actual demonstration.
So here we are on our target machine, and you can see that it's possible to shut it down.
You plug in your life, USB and bolt from it.
Press escape after going through the boot menu and boot from us.
We.
One study shows there's menu tools the option to go from live system.
Gorilla index will automatically start.
Open the drive containing Windows files.
Navigate to Windows System32.
And config folder.
There we have Sam and system files.
Right click on the folder and open it as route.
No right click in the folder and choose the option to open terminal here.
They use the command as shown on the screen.
See each and every utility will start nor select the option to edit user data and passwords.
Type one and press Enter.
It would list all accounts.
Here we are targeting the user account of Omar.
So type.
It's 83 eight and enter.
No, you can see that we can clear the password or we can unlock it.
It's already unlocked.
The tools, the option to clear user password, type one and press enter.
Not good.
The utility type Q and presenter.
Thank you again.
I know we need to save the changes type by and press enter.
No, Just shut down car clinics.
Will USB and boot or windows.
Here.
You can see the password has been removed.
I hope you like this lecture and see you in the next lecture.