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How to Recover Passwords Using Ophcrack LiveCD

By Tim Fisher, About.com

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Download the Ophcrack LiveCD ISO File - Firefox Download Manager - Downloading Ophcrack LiveCD for Windows Vista

Firefox Download Manager - Downloading Ophcrack LiveCD for Windows Vista

On the next webpage (not shown), Ophcrack LiveCD should begin downloading automatically. The download is in the form of a single ISO file.

If prompted, choose to Download File or Save to Disk - however your browser phrases it. Save the file to your Desktop or another location that's easy to locate. Do not choose to Open the File.

The size of the Ophcrack LiveCD software you're downloading is fairly large. The Windows XP version is 452MB and the Windows Vista version is 532MB.

Depending on the bandwidth of your Internet connection, the Ophcrack LiveCD download could take as little as several minutes or as much as several hours.

Note: The screenshot above shows the download process for the Windows Vista version of Ophcrack LiveCD when downloading using the Firefox browser. If you're downloading the Windows XP version or using another brand of browser, like Internet Explorer, your download progress indicator will probably look different.

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