How to reset Windows password with Kali Linux

Friday, October 07, 2016
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  1. Boot to Kali linux from USB or CD/DVD
  2. Click folder on left to browse folder locations and click ‘+ Other Locations’ and double click the windows drive
  3. Open Terminal
  4. ls /media/root
  5. cd /media/root/#  //put it start of string then use tab to complete.  This will be a long string of characters
  6. cd Windows/System32/config  //note that this is case sensitive
  7. pwd
  8. ls -l SAM*  //shows the sam database file on hard drive
  9. chntpw -l SAM  //will list all usernames
  10. chntpw -u “username” SAM
  11. Select 1 to clear