Mr Alewine

I finally attempted Ophcrack, the Software used to crack into computers with lost passwords. I found this site through the video tutorial I posted earlier, and the process seemed fairly simple. All that was needed (according to another video tutorial on youtube) was to download the software, burn ophcrack to a CD, and put the CD in the computer you are trying to crack. The claim was this would work with over 90% of computers using Windows XP and some with Vista. My Dell uses (or I should say "used" since it has been on the shelf for so long) XP, so I assumed this would be no problem. The instructions were to turn on the computer, put in the CD, restart the computer, and enter F12 before Windows starts to load. This allows ophcrack to load instead of Windows.
I followed all these instructions, only to find Windows loading and returning to the same screen where my password was rejected. I tried this several more times, but to no avail. I will burn another CD and try once more, but I believe ophcrack (like the other programs I have tried) does not work. Open Source software is not proving to be beneficial at the moment.