Cracking Windows logon password

If you want to get through the user passwords in Windows 98, get ready to go ahead.

For this you will have to restart your computer (in case it is already ON). Reach the startup screen and as soon as "Starting Windows..." appears on screen, press F8 on your keyboard (without any delay) and select option no.7 from the list that appears i.e. Start your computer in DOS mode

When in the DOS mode type out the following:

(the text before > appears itself, so you don't have to type it)

c:\......\>cd\

c:\>cd windows

c:\windows\>ren *.pwl *.xyz

-or-

c:\windows\>del *.pwl

 

Here, the 1st option (ren...) renames all the password files in the folder with a different file extension (as a result you can even restore the passwords after your hack is complete .

The 2nd option simple deletes all the password files present in the Windows folder and cannot be recovered back.

Using any one of these two options won't make any difference to your hack.

After this, at the login screen type any password for fun and it will assume it is the correct password and you are done!