Someone I know needed to recover a Windows password.
They ran a utility that scanned the disk and gave them a password.
The password worked, but they are 100% positive that the password wasn't the original password, which was a person's or pet's name and an important date.
The password generated was a random mix of letters and numbers but apparently it matches the "Hash".
I take it that the "Hash" is a resultant formula based on the entered password so any sting of text that is fed in to the formula and matches the "Hash" will unlock the computer?
Is this correct and a plain English explanation of how it works would be most welcome?
I understand that this doesn't work on modern versions of Windows, is this true?
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Windows Password Recovery - Windows 8ish new