Offline NT Password & Registry Editor Step-by-Step Guide
Friday June 12, 2009
Offline NT Password & Registry Editor (ONTPRE) is an excellent, and arguably better, alternative to the very, very popular Ophcrack password cracking program.
My review of Offline NT Password & Registry Editor has been a popular stopping point on my site but the biggest complaint about this unique "password removal" tool is that it's a bit hard to use since it's all text based.
So in response to all the feedback, I've created a step-by-step guide with screenshots, demonstrating every painless step in great detail:
How to Remove Passwords Using Offline NT Password & Registry Editor
I should also mention another program called PC Login Now which is a password hacking tool that works in nearly exactly the same way as ONTPRE but it does so with an easy to use graphical interface.
However - PC Login Now is not free. In my opinion, you shouldn't need to use PC Login Now - ONTPRE is just as effective and now that you have a step by step guide to using it, it should be easy.
My review of Offline NT Password & Registry Editor has been a popular stopping point on my site but the biggest complaint about this unique "password removal" tool is that it's a bit hard to use since it's all text based.
So in response to all the feedback, I've created a step-by-step guide with screenshots, demonstrating every painless step in great detail:
How to Remove Passwords Using Offline NT Password & Registry Editor
I should also mention another program called PC Login Now which is a password hacking tool that works in nearly exactly the same way as ONTPRE but it does so with an easy to use graphical interface.
However - PC Login Now is not free. In my opinion, you shouldn't need to use PC Login Now - ONTPRE is just as effective and now that you have a step by step guide to using it, it should be easy.
hi there,
Got the ISO file on DVD/CD, works fine until step 2.
After pressing “enter” at [Windows/system32/config]
Nothing happens but it show the question “What is the path to the registry directory?…” again, then I pressed “enter” again but the same happens again.
What should I do? Thanks.
Bob
Bobby, I’m not sure why that would happen. Have you tried another program like Ophcrack? You could also see if the developer could help out.
Hi,
I’m using Windows 7 and I too have the same problem as Bob – the Offline NT step 2 just keeps repeating itself. I have tried Ophcrack also but that too sticks at a certain screen and shows ‘[ok]‘ many times but doesnt actually continue.
Please could you help as I have forgotten my password for my laptop and college work is on there. I changed the password when i installed Windows 7 and have completely forgotten it.
Thanks
Scott
Working now
What you do is actually select the partition by selecting the number. You get this by reading through the script and (on mine) it had 2 partitions available, if i pressed enter (like it says to do and you probably followed) it will go with the wrong partition and wont actually find anything and therefore repeat itself. Choose the other partition (most likely to have more memory on it) by typing the number then press enter… you can follow the rest of the guide from there.
Hope that helped
Scott
@scott: Thanks for the repost! I’ll work some better language into my guide so maybe this won’t be so difficult for others.