Password of current user

Question

i have a user account on a desktop that is running windows xp i am currently to log on hacking the password is once you are logged on is there a way to write a program to tell you the password.

Answer 1

No. And do not ask for it because it violates the rules of at least this forum.

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Answer 2

Or if you have a legimate goal describe this goal.  You may just not need the password (for example to connect to a database).

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Answer 3

i have a user account on a desktop that is running windows xp i am currently to log on hacking the password is once you are logged on is there a way to write a program to tell you the password.

LMAO Dude you choose msdn to ask such questions,the password is encrypted but I will give you a hint SAM, and remember Google is your friend too. please dont do this again

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Answer 4

my question is if i can write a program to find and unencrypt the password.

Answer 5

Yes...

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Answer 6

Huh AFAIK Not ;-)

You can reset the password but you can`t get the current password , as AFAIK  MSFT uses a one way hash actually Windows is pretty safe 

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Answer 7

how do you reset the password

without the current one

Answer 8

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click

        Label1.Text = CStr(NetUserChangePassword(Environment.UserDomainName, Environment.UserName, "OldPass", "NewPass")) 'Computer Name, User Name,Old Pass, New pass
    End Sub

    <DllImport("netapi32.dll", CallingConvention:=CallingConvention.StdCall, CharSet:=CharSet.Unicode)> Public Shared Function NetUserChangePassword(<MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)> ByVal Domain As String, <MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)> ByVal User As String, <MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)> ByVal OldPass As String, <MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)> ByVal NewPass As String) As Integer

    End Function



End Class

Returns 0 if Pass change was successful

Ok ok i know you want to change the pass without the old one, but chances are slim seeing(If using this method) this is the way windows works.

As this user said:

You can reset the password but you can`t get the current password , as AFAIK  MSFT uses a one way hash actually Windows is pretty safe 

Because of that, it means you can brute force(trying billions of passwords) the password which in some cases will take days but retrieving the password will be hard and also means you cant change the password without the old one because the one way hashes wont match, alternatively you could go on a wild goose chase and use the bruteforce method which could include booting up xp with a copy of the SAM file , to do this you could boot up an alternative OS

Using this method , windows requires old password

Resources: http://www.ehow.com/how_6668845_change-logon-xp-using-vb.html

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  Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Shell("net user " & Environment.UserName & " new pass")

    End Sub

Using this method , old password is not required

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Answer 9

that is the problem I DON'T KNOW THE OLD PASSWORD.

Answer 10

Is it possible to ask the Administrator to reset/change the password? I'm not quite sure why this is a programmatic task. This is usually a one-time action.

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Answer 11

Is it a matter of you wanting to become admin or cant log on to the PC or do you just want to do something in vb.net

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Answer 12

i am the admin i want to know what my password is so i can quit hacking my computer to log in every time the power goes out

Answer 13

i am the admin i want to know what my password is so i can quit hacking my computer to log in every time the power goes out

First, you can not retrieve the password. That's fact. Second, I'm trying to understand your situation: The power goes out, you reboot and log in again. Have you forgotten your password because of the power outage? If you can not log in, you can't run your application. If you can log in, you already know the password. Could you please clarify this?

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Answer 14

  Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Shell("net user " & Environment.UserName & " new pass")

    End Sub

Using this method , old password is not required

Sorry dude forgot about that, but you still wont know the old password and  seeing that your situation has come to light the above method will work just fine because you are an Administrator (as you said) and need to change your password.

OT

Another thing is if you press F8 at start up and proceed to safe mode , in most cases, there will be another admin account with no password because people forget about this account, my Dad did......This usually happens with Windows XP Home Edition.

Thanks

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Answer 15

Yes please clarify, have you modified a certain file so that when you press shift a certain amount of times at the logon screen, the CMD pops up? and if you have done something similar then i see no reason as to why you cant reset your password as well.. 

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Answer 16

For clarification, if you "Find" the password, then there is no reason to "Unencrypt".  With sufficient power and time, you can accomplish anything, including trying billions of passwords.  I never said it would be easy or useful to try this.  I agree with everyone that the scenario makes absolutely no sense.

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Answer 17

AFAIK

There are 2 situations with a different aproach ..

1. You are on a domain network and a user has the problem that he forgot his password , no problem the sysadmin can solve this he can reset the password from his console for anny domain user or  create a new account ( we can even write code in anny .net language to do that ) .

2. Your computer is a standalone computer and only has one Adminsitrator account you don`t know the password of that one account and you want to enter that computer you do not have a password recovery disk etc etc

Well in that case there are bootable cd-roms ( for free ) availlable on the web with a linux distro and apps that can clear the password and let you create a new one however  the original user will always notice that cause he is locked out with his original password  

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Answer 18

My understanding is now that you want to be automatically logged on when your computer starts ? If yes see http://pcsupport.about.com/od/windows7/ht/auto-logon-windows-7.htm

If not I suggest to explain what you are trying to do rather than how you think it should be done. Under normal circumstances, the password can be changed by a user (knowing the old password) or an admin (doesn't have to know the old password, the idea is that the user will notice his password was changed so even if an admin used this to gain some access to private user data, the user will known and in most cases the admin is trusted anyway). Else this is done using brute force (but then it seems this is not YOUR password).

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Answer 19

clarification windows xp is easy to hack i can hack it and got to my desktop as if i am logged in.

i can then do anything i could if i am logged in.

Answer 20

clarification windows xp is easy to hack i can hack it and got to my desktop as if i am logged in.

i can then do anything i could if i am logged in.

Depends on what you believe is hacking ,,, i have a Windows 7 Mediacenter  that logs on automaticly on booting up , but that doesn`t mean it is hacked ,,, Hacking is when you are able to logon at my computer when i am away AFAIK you can`t do this since Windows 2000 ...

The only way i know works is resetting the password , but if a user has implemented standard File encryption then these files will be permanently gone :-| so watch out using this technique also  

I still don`t understand your "reall" problem .....actually .... so i guess we have a comunication disturbance here

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Answer 21

on windows xp home edition 64 bit operating system there are ways to get the result of logging in with out ever entering a correct password. i am implementing one if these holes in the programing.