Archive for the 'Passwords' Category

HOW TO: Backing Data From A Passworded Windows Account

In computer repair, data backup is obligatory. You may ask a customer if there is data to be backed up and they will say no, not knowing what they are saying exactly. To them, data isn’t the Word documents or speadsheets in their My Docs. Those are “objects” of a sort. Any competent computer tech […]

HOW TO: Open Password Protected PDF Documents

There are sometimes genuine reasons to unlock or crack a password protected PDF file. You have the legal right to open the encrypted PDF document but forgot the password like in the case below. Say one of your former colleague created some critical sales reports in PDF format but he is not working with the […]

HOW TO: Creating a Password Protected Folder

A question that doesn’t come up too often but is still a great one to ask none-the-less - encrypted folders, how do create you ‘em?
While most people are happy with having their accounts password protected, or even going a step further by having FileVault in place, there’s always one or two that only want certain […]

HOW TO: Hacking Windows Vista Passwords

Most tools used to crack a Windows 2k/XP password haven’t been updated to work with Windows Vista’s SAM and SYS Hives, I decided to write this tutorial to shed some light on your options.
Before you run off and start cracking, do you really need to do this? I don’t mean hack the box, is changing […]