The rainbow tables were unable to crack the password of the account with administrator access, though it did crack password for a non-administrator account. The next approach, which will always work, is to boot the machine from another operating system that can mount the ntfs file system. Then read every file.
Download Knoppix Live-CD and and create a bootable CD.
Turn on the PC and bring up the boot order menu. This could be a press of the <esc> key or a function key. Refer to your machine manual for the proper key press.
In a later step, an sftp server is useful. If you need an sftp server for MS Windows, try Xlight FTP Server.
Allow Knoppix to boot into the windowing environment.
Mount the Windows filesystem. Open File Manager (lower left corner) and click to "/media/sd2/Windows".
Open Terminal emulator (lower left corner).
cd /media/sda2/Windows
mkdir test
cd test
The following find will show errors when it finds the file it just copied. Ignore those errors or send to /dev/null. If desired, add lines for additional file name extensions.
find /media/sda2/Windows -name \*.bmp -exec cp '{}' . \;
find /media/sda2/Windows -name \*.jpg -exec cp '{}' . \;
find /media/sda2/Windows -name \*.jpeg -exec cp '{}' . \;
find /media/sda2/Windows -name \*.pic -exec cp '{}' . \;
find /media/sda2/Windows -name \*.pict -exec cp '{}' . \;
find /media/sda2/Windows -name \*.png -exec cp '{}' . \;
find /media/sda2/Windows -name \*.psp -exec cp '{}' . \;
find /media/sda2/Windows -name \*.tif -exec cp '{}' . \;
find /media/sda2/Windows -name \*.tiff -exec cp '{}' . \;
find /media/sda2/Windows -name \*.avi -exec cp '{}' . \;
find /media/sda2/Windows -name \*.mov -exec cp '{}' . \;
find /media/sda2/Windows -name \*.mp4 -exec cp '{}' . \;
find /media/sda2/Windows -name \*.mpg -exec cp '{}' . \;
find /media/sda2/Windows -name \*.vob -exec cp '{}' . \;
find /media/sda2/Windows -name \*.wmv -exec cp '{}' . \;
Create compressed file.
zip imgfiles *
ls -l imgfiles.zip
Transfer the file to another machine.
Use the network if hardwired or wireless is configured. Midnight Commander, a GUI ftp, is available on Knoppix. Or use sftp.
mc
sftp <ipnumber>
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Recover Windows Vista Password
A friend had two laptops from his son (who died). He didn't know the passwords and wants to retrieve the photos on the laptops.
Download the free Ophcrack live CD and burn it with ISO Recorder. ISO Recorder can be found by right-clicking the file iso file to burn:
Boot the Ophcrack CD and let it run. It can quickly use rainbow tables, those this won't break every possible password. Brute force is needed to break every possible password. If it doesn't find a password, make sure all of the tables are installed.
Download the free Ophcrack live CD and burn it with ISO Recorder. ISO Recorder can be found by right-clicking the file iso file to burn:
Boot the Ophcrack CD and let it run. It can quickly use rainbow tables, those this won't break every possible password. Brute force is needed to break every possible password. If it doesn't find a password, make sure all of the tables are installed.
Sunday, December 09, 2012
Microsoft Windows 8 Upgrade
A desktop 4 core PC has Windows Vista (virus) so it suffers from frequent hangs for no apparent reason. No amount of patching and disabling services has cured it.
Microsoft Windows 8 upgrade is currently offered at $39.99, including Media Center upgrade to play DVDs. The upgrade was surprisingly pleasant. As promised, data files were saved and everything else was removed during the clean install. After the install, don't forget to request the Media Center upgrade key.
Screen shots of the Windows 8 upgrade process.
Checking compatibility
Price and license agreement
Choose to create media or download on the fly
Choice to keep personal files and settings
Install
Personalize color scheme
Express settings, or not
Sign in means to sign in to web account. Downloading apps through web store will require this account.
Installation complete
Begin re-installing applications and customizing.
Microsoft Windows 8 upgrade is currently offered at $39.99, including Media Center upgrade to play DVDs. The upgrade was surprisingly pleasant. As promised, data files were saved and everything else was removed during the clean install. After the install, don't forget to request the Media Center upgrade key.
Screen shots of the Windows 8 upgrade process.
Checking compatibility
Price and license agreement
Choose to create media or download on the fly
Choice to keep personal files and settings
Install
Personalize color scheme
Express settings, or not
Sign in means to sign in to web account. Downloading apps through web store will require this account.
Installation complete
Begin re-installing applications and customizing.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Wifi Router Fixes for Actiontec and Zytel
I encountered a Verizon Actiontec home wifi box that would connect for hard-wired, a laptop, and a tablet. It would not connect to a smartphone. The security was WEP. I changed the security to WPA2 and every device was able to consistently connect.
I encountered a CenturyLink Zytel PK5000Z wifi box that would not allow connections for transient devices. Devices that were consistently at the store were able to reliably connect. Transient devices would start to connect then fail to get IP address. There was no WEP/WPA security. Changing to WPA2 made no difference. Removing NAT made no difference. The firmware was up-to-date. I changed the DHCP expiry from one day to five minutes. This allowed all devices to consistently connect.
I encountered a CenturyLink Zytel PK5000Z wifi box that would not allow connections for transient devices. Devices that were consistently at the store were able to reliably connect. Transient devices would start to connect then fail to get IP address. There was no WEP/WPA security. Changing to WPA2 made no difference. Removing NAT made no difference. The firmware was up-to-date. I changed the DHCP expiry from one day to five minutes. This allowed all devices to consistently connect.
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Tools for Website Maintenance
A friend asked for help with a website. These tools have been useful.
http://www.angelfire.com/fl5/html-tutorial/fontlist.htm
Color wheel:
http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_colorpicker.asp
Simple yet feature rich image editing suite. Doesn't use Windows installer.
http://download.cnet.com/PhotoFiltre-Portable/3000-2192_4-75374045.html
Core FTP LE
FTP client.
http://www.coreftp.com/download.html
TotalEdit
Text editor supporting many software languages.
http://download.cnet.com/TotalEdit/3000-2352_4-10422689.html
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Reference Guides
Font examples:http://www.angelfire.com/fl5/html-tutorial/fontlist.htm
Color wheel:
http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_colorpicker.asp
Software
PhotoFiltre PortableSimple yet feature rich image editing suite. Doesn't use Windows installer.
http://download.cnet.com/PhotoFiltre-Portable/3000-2192_4-75374045.html
Core FTP LE
FTP client.
http://www.coreftp.com/download.html
TotalEdit
Text editor supporting many software languages.
http://download.cnet.com/TotalEdit/3000-2352_4-10422689.html
Code
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