This installation will erase certain information on the thumb drive. This can be verified by browsing My Computer in Windows. If multiple USB drivesĪppear, be sure to select the drive which corresponds to the proper thumb drive inserted. Run KonBootinstall.exe and select your thumb drive from the list, click enter. Insert your USB thumb drive into your computer.Ģ. If you reboot again without using Kon-Boot you need the old passwords.ġ. Thus the tool doesn’t change the SAM database. Kon-Boot changes the contents of the Windows kernel on the fly while booting allowing you to log on without password. The last part is very quick and only takes a fraction of the time that the tool needs to display its hello-world screens. You have to wait here until the ego screen finishes its display, and then Kon-Boot will finally do what it is supposed to do. Somehow this destroys the beauty of this tool because it would certainly be even cooler to hack Windows without touching a key.Īfter you press a key, a second “I-am-so-proud-to-be-hacker-screen” appears. At this point, you have to press a key for Kon-Boot to continue. Shortly after the CD drive starts spinning, you will see the Kon-Boot welcome screen. Remove Windows Password -Kon Boot Welcome Screen All you have to do is insert the Kon-Boot boot CD, and the tool does the rest for you. Kon-Boot is probably the fastest and easiest way to remove a Windows password. It appears that removing Windows passwords on a machine where you lost the administrator password has become my passion.

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