Cracking Windows Vista/XP/2000/NT Passwords via SAM and SYSKEY with Cain, Ophcrack, Saminside, BKhive, Samdump2 etc

source:  http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=security/cracking-windows-vista-xp-2000-nt-passwords-via-sam-and-syskey-with-cain-ophcrack-saminside-bkhive-etc I get questions about SAM/SYSKEY cracking so often, and since I’m tired of pointing people to my other tutorials on the same subject, I’m creating this one-stop-shop for info on the topic. I’m putting up this one page with links to all of my videos and articles on how Windows passwords work and [...]