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hack the administrator Password XP?

i am placing some conditions….
1) windows xp sp2….
2) administrator account password protected….
3) No Live Linux CD present….
4) cd and floopy r not present….
5) use drive is there….
6) Guest account is disabled…

Thn How one can get access to system….???

is there any way to find out the user id and password on a linux pc or live cd without actually logging in?

i recently customised a live cd from a linux distro.

i installed it on my pc.

on the distro web-page it lists a password for root.

i thought i had left that as the default because the software wouldnt let me create a second account.

however somehow i must have changed the password. so now the user id and password wont work.

any idea how to find out so i can log back in?

Windows Password Hashes and Live CD Linux?

If the registry is blocked through windows, but you can boot from a livecd, how might you go about recovering the hashes out of the sam file? Are there any tools for linux? Can I do it manually if I mount the Hard drive? I mannually pulled the sam file, but don’t know what else to do. On my windows I have created rainbow tables ready to crack the passwords.
I would prefer not to reset passwords. I want to know the importance of Bios and if A livecd could pull hashes on one computer, giving access to all the computers admin. user.

i lost my password but i tried using safe mode but thats dosent work is their another way to get back to my pc

i am currently using ubuntu which is a kind of linux and its a live cd and it dosent ask for my password to get in the computer but i did it becasue i forgott my password to my windows xp proffesional edition sp2 and i tried using safe mode but it says some thing like we appolagize for the inconvinience and something else but i am sure 100% its not a virus becasue i had an anti virus and firewalls and anti spies but its just that i for gott it can some one tell another way to log in

answer this question correctly and ill pick you as the best answer