So, you've hit your head upon the nearest table corner and are suffering from selective amnesia. Or you've been so paranoid and have changed your admin password more than you've changed your shirt. It was inevitable that you would forget the administrator password. Chances are that you haven't really helped yourself and created either a Password Hint, a Password Reset Disk or another Administrator-privileges enabled account.

Do not despair. All is not lost, and you may still be able to bring things back to normal without a reinstall. However, once you're done with this HOWTO, please create a password reset disk in Windows XP and store it in a safe place and save yourself a world of trouble.

Tool #1: Offline NT Password and Registry Editor:

Get it here:

Bootable floppy:
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bd041205.zip

Bootable CD:
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/cd041205.zip

and then boot the computer off it. It will detect and offer to unlock locked or disabled out user accounts but be warned, that if you've encrypted user data, you may end up corrupting it if you've used EFS.

Tool #2: Austrumi

Austrumi is a Linux bootable ISO image for recovering NT passwords and other cool tools and methods, sized for Business Card size CD media (50Mb). It allows you to change any password, including that of the Administrator, on a partition occupied by Windows NT, Windows 2000 or Windows XP. Simply boot the CD and when you get to the initial boot prompt, type:

boot: nt_pass

This will launch a console utility that will detect Windows partitions on the hard disk and provide you with a menu to modify any user or Administrator passwords on the Windows system. It will even give access to the Windows registry for recovery purposes. Quite a handy utility to keep in your wallet (AUSTRUMI is small enough to fit on a business card-size CD) if you are unfortunate enough to having to deal with Windows machines in your line of work.

Read more at http://sourceforge.net/projects/austrumi

Download the files you need here:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/a...2.iso?download

Tool #3: XP Password Recovery:

This site provides a tool to recover lost Windows XP passwords. It works for administrator accounts, it doesn't change the password just tells you the old one. It works with encrypted files (EFS) and password hashes. It even works if no passwords at all are known for the machine (as long as you have another computer with internet access to view this website with). It does not work if the password has symbols or spaces in.

Author (Oliver Mattos) claims it also works with Windows NT and Windows Server 2003 and Windows Longhorn, but the BEST thing about it is the fact that it won't reset your passwords, but simply reveal them for you to remember and then use.

Give it a try. The author would like to receive feedbacks for debugging and troubleshooting purposes.

Note: You'll need a blank floppy to run the process, and it will take anywhere between a few minutes to a few hours for the scan to complete.

Usage, instructions and additional information can be found at 

http://xpcracker.mine.nu/xpcracker

Source

Time to say, Cheers.., Like Kaspersky Antivirus, Kaspersky Internet security suite 2009 also offers 1 year Genuine License key so go fast and get yours now.  Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 is an all in one protection suite that offers for your PC.  And we are extremely sorry for having posting this article very late, 2 weeks in my guess - we are late to report this, Never just ignore KIS 2009 it can protect you against oldest to latest thread around the globe. Here are the steps to get your Genuine License Key,

PROCEDURE :

Step 1 :  Go to this page and click the blue link that says “To get free protection, go to the Kaspersky Barclays offer page“.

Step 2 :  The Next step is to choose your Title, First and Last Name a valid e-mail address  and online banking membership number, enter a number that starts with 2010 ( Eg. 201056789112. )

Step 3 :  Now check the email address that you’ve entered earlier. You should get an email from Kaspersky Lab (pleasedonotreply@kasperskylab.co.uk) with the subject “Register with Kaspersky”. If you didn’t get it, check your spam/junk folder. Click the activation link at the bottom of the email.

Step 4 : Your default browser will open. Click the Next button to submit your email confirmation ID.

Step5:Check your email again. You should get another email from Kaspersky Lab (pleasedonotreply@kasperskylab.co.uk) with the subject “Your Kaspersky Activation Code and download instructions”. Note down the activation code. That’s the genuine license key for Kaspersky Internet Security 2009.

Step 6 : Follow the onscreen instructions and at the end have One Year Protection to your PC without paying even a small cent.

Credit:http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2008/06/10/free-1-year-kaspersky-internet-security-2009-genuine-license-key-for-everyone/

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In Kaspersky Internet Security (KIS) and Kaspersky Anti-Virus (KAV) 7.0 or 2009 (version 8.0), the setup installation process will detects, scan and check for security software applications that when co-exist with Kaspersky antivirus module for concurrent functioning may slow down work of the user’s computer, or incompatible with the antivirus program installed.

Such conflict programs including, but not limited to older version Kaspersky Anti-Virus, AhnLab SpyZero and V3 VirusBlock, Aluria Security Center, ALWIL Avast, AOL AntiVirus, Ashampoo AntiVirus, Avira AntiVir, BitDefender, BullGuard AntiVirus, CA eTrust AntiVirus, Suite Personal and PestPatrol, ClamWin AntiVirus, COMODO AntiVirus and Firewall Pro, Dr.Web AntiVirus, EarthLink Protection Control Center, ESET NOD32 and Smart Security, F-Prot, F-Secure Anti-Virus, G DATA AntiVirus Kit, GriSoft AVG, Kingsoft Internet Security and AntiSpyware, Lightspeed Security Agent, McAfee SpamKiller, AntiSpyware and VirusScan, Norman Virus Control, Norton AntiVirus, Confidential and Internet Security, Panda Platinum Internet Security and WebAdmin AntiVirus, PC Tools AntiVirus, RAV AntiVirus, Rising AntiVirus, Sophos Anti-Virus, StarForce SafenSec, Steganos Internet Anonym Pro, Sunbelt Personal Firewall, Symantec AntiVirus, Symantec Norton Internet Security, Spybot Search and Destroy, Sunbelt Kerio Personal Firewall, TEGAM ViGUARD, Tiny Firewall Pro, Trend Micro Anti-Spyware, OfficeScan Client and PC-cillin Internet Security, Trust EZ Firewall, VirusBlokAda AntiVirus, Windows Live OneCare AntiSpyware and AntiVirus, Virus Killer, Virus Dr., ZoneAlarm IMsecure, Anti-spyware, Anti-virus, Firewall, Security Suite and Wireless Security.

When Kaspersky installer detects any of the above software programs that are marked as not-compliant and cannot be used together with Kaspersky product, the setup wizard will require user to uninstall and remove all incompatible software before installation can continue and setup terminates, and user can only cancel the installation.

However, sometimes, the detected product actually has never been installed on the system, or has been uninstalled before starting the setup, yet the Kaspersky setup keeps saying there is conflicting third-party software, despite it’s not in the system or has been deleted. To fix and resolve the problem, Kaspersky provides a workaround, or an option or switch on Kaspesky Anti-Virus 7.0/2009 and Kaspersky Internet Security 7.0/2009 to skip and bypass the scan for incompatible software during the product installation.

Follow these steps to start setup installation process for KAV 2009/7.0 or KIS 2009/7.0 skp and bypass without scanning for incompatible software:

Run the product installation as per normal (where you will double click on the downloaded setup executable).

In the Setup Wizard window, click Cancel to stop and exit from installation process.

Open Windows Explorer, and navigate to the following folder to ensure that two setup files embedded from the original installer are there - setup.exe and kav.en.msi (other language editions will have different string replacing en):

Windows XP

For Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009: \Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Kaspersky Lab Setup Files\Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009\English

For Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0: \Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Kaspersky Lab Setup Files\Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0.xxx\English

For Kaspersky Internet Security 2009: \Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Kaspersky Lab Setup Files\Kaspersky Internet Security 2009\English

For Kaspersky Internet Security 7.0: \Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Kaspersky Lab Setup Files\Kaspersky Internet Security 7.0.xxx\English

Windows Vista

For Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009: \ProgramData\Kaspersky Lab Setup Files\Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009\English

For Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0: \ProgramData\Kaspersky Lab Setup Files\Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0.x.xxx\Eglish

For Kaspersky Internet Security 2009: \ProgramData\Kaspersky Lab Setup Files\Kaspersky Internet Security 2009\English

For Kaspersky Internet Security 7.0: \ProgramData\Kaspersky Lab Setup Files\Kaspersky Internet Security 7.0.x.xxx\English

Note that by default these folders are hidden and cannot be viewed or displayed on folder listing. In order to view these folders, go to the Tools menu select Folder Options (or Organize menu select Folder and Search Options in Windows Vista). Go to the View tab and in the list enable the option Show hidden files and folders.

Open a command prompt window by typing Cmd into Start -> Run or Start Search box (in Windows Vista).

Type the full path to the setup.exe file, and append to the end the switch of /pSKIPPRODUCTCHECK=1, making the command syntax as X:\path\setup.exe /pSKIPPRODUCTCHECK=1.

For example, if you are installing Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009 under Windows XP,t hen the command will be as below:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Kaspersky Lab Setup Files\Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009\English\setup.exe /pSKIPPRODUCTCHECK=1

Press Enter to run the Setup Wizard, which will now install the Kaspersky product without any warning on incompatible software.

Registry Booster 2 is the safest and most trusted solution to clean and optimize your system, free it from registry errors and fragmented entries.

Through Advanced Error Detection Technology, Registry Booster automatically identifies missing, corrupt, or invalid items in your Windows registry and dramatically enhances performance and general stability.

Key Benefits:

Clean your system and boost performance. Boost system performance by cleaning out all missing, unwanted, obsolete and corrupt registry entries automatically with Registry Booster 2

Repair your PC and keep it tuned. Dramatically improve your computing experience by repairing all registry problems and preventing application seizures and crashes.

Enhance System Stability and Efficiency. Even the newest of computers face the risk of errors or corruption - Registry Booster 2 will prevent errors while keeping your PC stable and roaring at peak efficiency.

Exceptionally Simple to Use. Set in a highly intuitive, attractive, logical and user-friendly graphical user interface, Registry Booster 2 sets the standard for ease-of-use.

Safe and Trusted. Avoid crashes, seizures, slow downs and error messages with the safest and most trusted solution from a leading software vendor.

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How to Maintain Registry..

You get a new computer fresh from the manufacturer and it's a lean, mean, computing machine. It has a hard drive, DVD player, modem, maybe a TV card, and more. It has nearly a gigabyte of software installed on it. And from the moment it was created, from the time the Windows operating system was installed, the Windows Registry became active. You might ask, "What is the Registry?" Good question.

In simple terms the Registry is the keeper of all the information in, on, or about your computer. If a program is installed it places listings in the Registry. When you download a file there are entries in the Registry. If you install a printer, a scanner, a modem, a VoIP phone, or anything else, it add things to the Registry.

The Registry is kind of like a table of contents, index, and catalog of everything about your computer. Windows can't run without the Registry. Over time, however, the Registry becomes bloated and has many useless entries. Almost like a hard drive it becomes fragmented. This slows down your computer and leads to system crashes and bad performance. Not a good situation. Fortunately for you and me there are a number of programs that are designed to clean and repair the Registry. These programs remove the junk and that helps make your computer faster again.

Registry Mechanic

Registry Mechanic, by PC Tools, is a full-featured program that cleans your Windows Registry and more. Registry Mechanic makes it easy to clean and repair the Windows Registry. It also has a feature that will optimize the Registry by compacting it. By optimizing the Registry your computer runs better and you'll have far fewer crashes.

Registry Mechanic removes the clutter from the Registry and then optimizes it. It makes backups of the Registry and you can always restore any changes that were made. One very cool feature is the Registry Monitor which can sit in your system tray and constantly monitor the Registry. Nicely done. Registry Mechanic has won many awards throughout the industry. Look for a full review of it coming soon.

Registry First Aid

Another program you might want to try is Registry First Aid. This is another award-winning program that does a great job of cleaning the Registry. It also backs up the entire Registry so you can always do a total restore if necessary. To be honest I've never had to restore the Registry because of any changes made by Registry-cleaning programs. Generally if you follow the recommendations of the program you'll be in good shape.

Registry First Aid also lets you defragment Registry which helps to remove useless entries and make the Registry more efficient. The program also lets you search the Registry which can be a very handy feature. I often use it to find entries for programs I'm trying to totally remove. If you look at the screen shot you'll notice an button for Manage Registry and that's a unique function.What it does is give you direct access, via the Registry, to certain Windows functions. For example the screen shot above is showing the programs that start automatically with Windows. Right from within Registry First Aid Platinum I can enable or disable any of these entries. So it's a handy extra feature.

RegistryBooster2 is very easy-to-use and intuitive. It also scans your system Registry and looks for errors, conflicts, and junk entries. It not only optimizes the Registry but it can also defragment it. Defragmenting the Registry increases the efficiency. It also makes your system more stable.

Windows Live OneCare is a computer security service which integrates anti-virus program, firewall, backup and restore utility to supplement integrated Windows Defender for malware and spyware protection. Windows Live OneCare is developed by Microsoft for Windows XP and Vista (including both x86 and x64) operating systems.

Windows Live OneCare 2.0 features multi-PC or multi-computer and home networking management, printer sharing support, start-time optimizer, proactive fixes and recommendations, monthly reports, centralized backup, and online photo backup. The main advantage of Windows Live OneCase is ease-of-use, with an icon on notification area (system tray) which provides one-glance status of the system’s health using three alert colors: green (good), yellow (fair), and red (at risk).

Windows Live OneCare costs around $49.95 to buy or renew its annual subscription, which can be used on 3 computers. User can always download Windows Live OneCare without CD media for 90 days free trial period, and must be activated with a valid license after that. Now, you can get Microsoft Windows Live OneCare 2.0 for free after $30 rebate if your purchase the software from Amazon.com.

To get Windows Live OneCare 2.0 free one year subscription with free CD media and free delivery to your home, puchase Windows Live OneCare 2.0 from Amazon.com which costs $30.00. Note that you must buy from Amazon.

To ensure that you do so, click on Get Windows Live OneCare 2.0 for Free! link before the green rebate circle button. Add the product to shopping cart and complete the checkout to buy the product for $30. Remember to choose “Free Super Saver Shipping” to avoid shipping charge.

Google is an extremely powerful search engine, in the sense that it will crawl, grab and remember whatever web pages and files that its crawlers come across in the Internet, no matter whether they’re intended for public viewing. Beside, Google also provides powerful search filters and operators to return accurate search results. Thus you can find many interesting results using Google, such as unprotected live webcam.
You can also search for passwords which accidentally expose in various files by using Google, especially the unprotected or improperly protected password information in plain text format that resides on a web server. Most serious security leak happens on misconfigured web server that shows directory listing or expose PHP code. Typical example is plain text passwords used by FrontPage, a simple Web publishing software provided by Microsoft which has now been discontinued. Nevertheless, somebody out there in the Internet is still using FrontPage, and continue to expose the passwords to the world via Google. Try the following search queries to search for FrontPage password stored in service.pwd file.

ext:pwd inurl:(service | authors | administrators | users) “# -FrontPage-”

Other examples include password.log and password.list, .inc files with PHP code that contain unencrypted usernames, passwords, and addresses for the databases authentication, usually MySQL (filetype:inc intext:mysql_connect), config.php used by hackers to hack phpBB forums (ext:php intext:”$dbms”"$dbhost”"$dbuser”"$dbpasswd”"$table_prefix”"phpbb_installed”) and many many more. GHDB provides a long list of possible passwords that can be found via Google.

So, remember to check for your web server vulnerability to fix any security issue, threats and possible leakage. If you do not intend to publish the information to the Web and it’s for internal viewing only, use robots.txt to exclude all crawling and spidering by search engines.