Recover Windows 7 password with Ubuntu Linux

Forgetting of windows 7 password can also become a headache to get back to windows 7 and there are easy methods with windows 7 password to be recovered from a password recovery disk which has been created before or by use of password recovery softwares which will take big amount of time with analyzing all possible options and using the ubuntu linux bootable CD with some tricks the password of windows 7 can be recovered.

This method can be in handy when 1 has failed to create the password recovery disk from windows. The trick works on all Windows Xp and Windows Vista also the same procedure which is explained below needs to be followed.

1) Download Ubuntu Linux : At first, you must download the disk image of Ubuntu Linux. You can then burn to a CD. Download Ubuntu 4.10 LTS "Lucid Lynx (32bits). Click the Save button. Select a folder where to download the Linux disk image, in the Downloads folder for example and click Save. Click Open Folder when the download is complete.

 2) Burn the ISO image to CD: With Windows 7, you can burn CD image directly onto a blank CD in Windows Explorer. If you use Windows XP or Vista, you must turn to a third party burning software like CDBurnerXP, nero burn, power DVD etc...

• Double click the downloaded ISO Ubuntu Linux.
• Insert a blank CD into your drive and click the Burn button.
• Once the burning is complete, click Close.

NOTE: for people already having Ubuntu Bootable CD skip both step 1 and 2.

3) Boot from the CD : Now that your CD is ready, you can start over and start installing Ubuntu Linux. To boot disk, you must change the order of the boot sequence of your computer to place your CD drive first. This manipulation is done in the BIOS. Please refer to the documentation for your computer or your motherboard for more information.

• Insert the Ubuntu CD into your drive.
  
• Restart your computer.
  
• At startup, press the button to access the BIOS, usually Del, F1 or F2 sometimes depending on the brand.
  
• Locate the section on the boot sequence, Hard Disk Boot Priority section in the Advanced BIOS Features or Boot for example.
  
• Using the arrow keys and + and - keys, place the CD / DVD to the top of the list.
  
• Save your changes by pressing the F10 key. Confirm with Y or OK. Finally Press the Enter key.
  
• Your computer will then start on the CD.

4) Install the chntpw program : Ubuntu then boots the CD you inserted, without changing anything on your computer.

• Click on Try Ubuntu 4.10 LTS.
  
• Click the System menu.
  
• Click Administration then Synaptic Package Manager.
  
• Click on the Settings menu and then click Deposit.
  
• Then check the box maintained by the Free Software community (universe) and click the Close button.
  
• Click the Reload button to update the list of available packages.
  
• Then enter the keyword in the Search field chntpw fast (wait a few minutes he called Quick time that the index is rebuilt) and press Enter.
  
• Click the box next to the package chntpw.
  
• In the menu that appears, click the Select option for installation.
  
• Then click the Apply button.
  
• Accept the changes by clicking Apply.
  
• Chntpw be installed. Click the Close button.

5) Locate the hard disk : With chntpw use to reset the password of Windows, you must locate in Ubuntu the hard disk where Windows is installed to unlock.

• Click the Shortcuts menu of Ubuntu and then My Computer.
  
• Your hard drives are referenced. Find one that contains Windows. If it is not clear, double click on each of them will.
  
• The hard disk that interests us is the one with the Windows folder.
  
• Incidentally, note the name of the disk is shown in the File Browser window.

6) Use chntpw to delete a Windows password : With chntpw utility, you can erase the password of any Windows account, freeing access.

• Open a Terminal window by clicking on the Ubuntu menu, click Accessories, then Terminal.
• Enter the command cd / media and confirm with Enter.
• Enter the ls command and confirm with Enter. The list of hard disk drives is displayed. You should see the reference noted above.
• Then enter the command cd followed by the reference hard drive containing Windows. In our case, the command is cd FAC4AC2BC4ABE7D9. Confirm with Enter.
• Then type the command cd WINDOWS/system32/config to access the Windows system folder where are saved passwords. Press Enter.
• Then enter the command sudo-i chntpw Sat and confirm by pressing Enter.
• Press the button 1 and press Enter.
• SAM is the file that contains the Windows registry. The list of users on your system is displayed. Enter the code located in the RID column beside the name of the user you want to reset the password to zero code preceded by 0x and press Enter. For RID 03E8, the command becomes 0x03e8 here.
• Then press the 1 key to erase the password for the selected account and confirm by pressing Enter.
• The password is then deleted as you said the message Password cleared. Press! And press Enter to exit from the menu.
• Then press the q key, validate and confirm the registration of the change by pressing ahead. Confirm with Enter.
• Then close the Terminal window and restart your computer by clicking the Stop button and then click Restart. Confirm the operation and remove the Ubuntu CD in your drive when you are asked. Press Enter.
• On the next start, the password protecting the session you are no longer required. This is normal, you just delete it. Before, a password you requested.
• You can then set a new password and create a recovery disk to recover if lost.

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Speed up Internet surfing on Windows 7/XP/Vista and Linux

The internet browsing speed can be utilized to the maximum extent which one's internet service provider is providing by following the below steps, which basically is not used to the fullest level due to reasons like of DNS and so on.

Changing of the DNS(Domain Name System) of the current service provider to the fastest DNS servers of the ones like of OpenDNS or Google public DNS will do the required trick. This speeds up the loading time taken for the webpages which r browsed. DNS Servers are used by the internet connection to the correspondence between a domain name and IP address corresponding(each websites has an IP address and can be accessed directly from those IP addresses). It indeed makes the browsing of the internet easier using domain names rather than sequences of numbers. Whenever you call a page, images that are loaded or download files, a DNS server is used.

The procedure to attain it with xp and windows 7 and linux and Vista is different and explained below.


1) Procedure for XP : The parameters of the network connection of the Windows XP computer must be changed to declare a new DNS servers. it can be done like this --

• Click the Start button and then click Control Panel.
  
• Click Network and Internet Connections.
  
• Click on Network Connections.
  
• Double click the icon for your network connection.
  
• Click the Properties button.
  
• Double click the item Internet Protocol (TCP / IP).
  
• Select Use the DNS server addresses on this windows.
  
• Then enter the Preferred DNS server field the first DNS server address to use for Google 8.8.8.8 Public or DNS to OpenDNS 208.67.222.222.
  
• Then enter the DNS server field the second DNS server address to use for Google 8.8.4.4 Public or DNS to OpenDNS 208.67.220.220.
  
• Click OK twice and then click Close.
  
• Reboot the system. The new settings are then applied. Launch your Web browser and visit your favorite sites. They should receive more smoothly and quickly.

 
2) Procedure for Windows 7 : The New DNS servers definition in Windows 7 goes through the Network and Sharing center. It can be configured like this--

• Click the Start button and then click Control Panel.
  
• Click Network and Internet.
  
• Click Network and Sharing Center.
  
• In the left pane, click Change settings of the card.
  
• Double click the icon for your network connection (this can be a cable connection or wireless).
  
• Click the Properties button.
  
• Double click on the icon Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4).
  
• Select Use the DNS server addresses.
  
• Then enter the Preferred DNS server field the first DNS server address to use for Google 8.8.8.8 Public or DNS to OpenDNS 208.67.222.222.
  
• Then enter the DNS server field the second DNS server address to use for Google 8.8.4.4 Public or DNS to OpenDNS 208.67.220.220.
  
• Check the box Validate parameters and left click OK and Close.
  
• The new settings are then applied and your network connection is verified. Click Close.
  
• Launch your Web browser and visit your favorite sites. They should receive more smoothly and quickly.

3) Procedure for Windows Vista is same as the procedure for Windows 7.

4) Procedure for Ubuntu Linux : Declaration of DNS servers for internet usage is easier in Ubuntu Linux. IT is configured like this --

• On Ubuntu, click on the System menu.
  
• Click Preferences, then Network Connections.
  
• Click your network connection (this can be a cable connection or wireless) and click Modify.
  
• Open the Settings tab IPv4.
  
• Scroll Method and select automatic addresses only (DHCP).
  
• In the DNS Servers field, enter the addresses of DNS servers to use, separated by a space. For example 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4 for Google or Public DNS to OpenDNS 208.67.222.222 208.67.220.220.
  
• Click the Apply button, type your password and confirm with authentication.
  
• Finally, click Close. Launch your Web browser and visit your favorite sites. They should receive more smoothly and quickly.

NOTE : Both the OpenDNS and Google public DNS are much faster DNS servers and OpenDNS seems to be a bit faster than that of the Google public DNS.The processof changing from the default ISP provider DNSservers to google or open DNS also helps in bypassing the blocked websites of that particular ISP's many times.

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Cleaner Softwares like CCleaner

Normally most of the people use CCleaner for cleaning the crap in the system and the registry and it is not a bad option to have some alternatives to CCleaner.

For people who are new to CCleaner it and its alternatives r given below with brief introduction to them.



1) CCleaner(Crap Cleaner) : It is a is a freeware system optimizating, privacy and cleaning tool. Also used to remove unused files from the system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk drive(HDD) space. It can also clean traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. Additionally it contains a fully featured registry cleaner which is usefull in cleaning up the registry to speedup the system. with these it is pretty fast in doing it also and normally takes around half a second for the job.

CCleaner Cleans the following:

• Internet Explorer
• Firefox
• Google Chrome
• Opera
• Safari
• Windows - Recycle Bin, Recent Documents, Temporary files and Log files.
• Registry cleaner
• Third-party applications
• Free from spyware,adware,malware etc..
• Adobe PDF reader history
• Isobuster
• Nero burn
• MS office 2003 and 2007 
• MS Picture Manager
• and many more utlities including history of sun java in internet and so on..

The Software can be downloaded for the use from here or here


2) BleachBit : It is another software like of CCleaner which works both on Linux and Windows Based OS. It is very quick in the process and clears up the Cache and Cookies of the system and browser and so on. It can clean 90 applications including Firefox, Internet Explorer, Adobe Flash, Google Chrome, Opera, Safari,and more. Beyond simply deleting files, BleachBit includes advanced features such as shredding files to prevent recovery, wiping free disk space to hide traces of files deleted by other applications, and vacuuming Firefox to make it faster. BleachBit is an open source software. 

Download  Bleachbit from here or here    


3) Glary Utlilities : This is a set of utilities like improving your system's performance and protecting your privacy etc... It's well-organized interface allows users to easily choose from several tools for the desired kind of cleaning. It cleans unwanted junk files and removes invalid and broken shortcuts, freeing up valuable disk space in the HDD.


The Registry cleaner in it allows you to scan, remove, and back up faulty Registry entries just like that in CCleaner. History of Internet Explorer can be deleted from here and it is the only browser history cleaning is supported in it which is also a drawback of Glary Utilities. To improve the speed of your computer, it offers tools to manage start-up programs and memory optimization.IT has file shredder to delete the files from HDD which is usefull for privacy.

Download Glary Utilities from here or here


4) Advanced SystemCare Free(ASCF) : It is a Freeware application used for keeping the system clean just like the other ones mentioned here. It gives the user a set of tools, rolling many of parent company IOBit's better-known system utilities--or at least those utilities' engines--into one convenient package.

The program's Quick Care option includes the ability to clean your Registry, perform a rudimentary malware scan, fix and remove broken shortcuts, delete junk files, and erase browsing tracks. It can be configured on system start-up to make the process run ever quicker.


The Deep Care option adds several features to Quick Care. These include a deeper Registry clean, disk defragmenting, a "Windows vulnerability fix" and a "Passive Defense" that don't readily define what they do, and a system optimization option with several optimization presets. Advanced SystemCare Free has a fantastic range of features, but its Quick Care options are most transparent with how they'll affect your computer. Fortunately, the program's log records all of its activities. We'd just like to find out how a program like this is going to change our computer before it effects those changes.

ASFC can be downloaded from here or here. 


5) MSCONFIG, REGEDIT, GPEDIT.MSC (System Configuration Utilities) : All these applications are inbuilt in Windows  and can be accessed from start and then run and msconfig,regedit(registry editor) and gpedit.msc(group policy editor). one needs to know what kind of speed up is required where in the system and can directly do it from these utilities including of registry cleaning via regedit.

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