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In Windows XP and earlier systems, there is a built-in administrator account that remains hidden when a user administrator-equivalent account exists. [13] This built-in administrator account is created with a blank password. [ 13 ]
Ophcrack is a free open-source (GPL licensed) program that cracks Windows log-in passwords by using LM hashes through rainbow tables.The program includes the ability to import the hashes from a variety of formats, including dumping directly from the SAM files of Windows, and can be run via the command line or using the program’s GUI (Graphical user interface).
The Security Account Manager (SAM) is a database file [1] in Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, 8.1, 10 and 11 that stores users' passwords. It can be used to authenticate local and remote users. Beginning with Windows 2000 SP4, Active Directory authenticates remote users.
A system installer is the software that is used to set up and install an operating system onto a device. Windows Setup is the system installer of Microsoft Windows. Examples of Linux system installers: Anaconda: used by CentOS, Fedora; Calamares: used by multiple Linux distributions (incl. some Ubuntu flavors, Debian, and derivates)
Something you know (e.g. username/password like Active Directory credentials or TPM pin) Something you have (e.g. smart card or other token) Something you are (e.g. biometric attributes like fingerprint, face recognition, iris scan) Automatic authentication in trusted zones (e.g. boot key provided to company devices by the enterprise network)
Authentication against Windows domain servers with a supplied user name/password combination. Displaying of a legal notice to the user prior to presenting the logon prompt. Automatic Logon, allowing for a user name and password to be stored and used in place of an interactive logon prompt.
Windows Installer Zapper (msizap.exe, a command-line tool) and Windows Installer CleanUp Utility (Msicuu.exe, a GUI tool) are tools for cleaning Windows Installer databases in Microsoft Windows. [7] [8] Many of the Windows Resource Kit tools are included as part of the Support Tools.
With Windows XP, the Start button has an updated appearance and is larger, making it faster to mouse over to it and click it.To help the user access a wider range of common destinations more easily from a single location, the Start menu was expanded to two columns; the left column focuses on the user's installed applications, while the right column provides access to the user's documents, and ...