[OT] msbsos password recovery

[Mike Wright]

g wrote:
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> greets,
> 
> i would like to help a colleague crack a password used on a win 2000 pro
> system and have pulled from;
> 
>  http://www.openwall.com/john/
>  http://www.loginrecovery.com/
>  http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/
> 
> any suggestions for something that may be better.
> 
> password is for a user who is now departed, as in died, and need this
> password to access a remote site. site's policy prohibits their bypassing
> password to allow colleague's company access.
> 

This may be of use.  Has been claimed never to fail on xp or vista; 
don't know about w2k.

http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/download.php?type=livecd

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