Cleverly cracking WINXP's login password method

As early as in 2003, the first issue of "Microcomputer" published an article about cracking Windows XP login password, seriously speaking, this is not a crack, but by adding users Another new user is using Windows XP, and the operation is a bit cumbersome. Recently, the author has "filled" some password files on Windows XP in some forums. A new crack login method is invisible in the mind.

First find a Windows XP system without a password, enter the "WINDOWSsystem32" system directory of the XP system disk, and copy the name "SPOOLSV.EXE" (50KB) to a floppy disk or flash memory (such as figure 1).

Figure 1 system32

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If the specified file is not found in the system32 folder, the current system hides the display system file, click in the explorer Menu "Tools → Folder Options", uncheck the "Hide Protected Operating System Files (Recommended)" checkbox in the "View" tab, and select "Hide Files and Folders" as "Show all files and files" Clip" way.

After preparing the password file, first confirm the file system of Windows XP (that is, the disk system format) to be cracked. If it is FAT32, then just find a boot disk and put "SPOOLSV.EXE" in the floppy disk. "Copy to the "WINDOWSsystem32" folder of the target XP system.

The target XP system's file system is NTFS. If it is installed with other operating systems that recognize the NTFS file system (such as Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003), go directly to the system for coverage. Otherwise, you can load the NTFS for DOS tool for access coverage in pure DOS state.

After replacing the file, Windows XP can be started in the normal way. You can successfully enter the Windows XP desktop without entering a password. The multi-user XP system will select the default user login. Bring up the Windows Task Manager tool (shortcut "Ctrl+Shift+Esc") and view the "SPOOLSV.EXE" process in the "Processes" list (Figure 2).

Figure 2 Task Manager

Please note that this method will cause XP to use Hibernate Shutdown. When switching users (shortcut key "Win+L") will also prompt for a password to return to the desktop. Please use it with caution. In addition, this article is only for technical discussion, do not use it for illegal purposes, or the consequences will be at your own risk.