

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 32Bit/64Bit Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise 32Bit/64Bit Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Datacenter 32Bit/64Bit Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard 32Bit/64Bit Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition 32Bit/64Bit Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 32Bit/64Bit Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 32Bit/64Bit Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard 32Bit/64Bit

Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise 32Bit/64Bit Microsoft Windows Vista Business 32Bit/64Bit Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 32Bit/64Bit Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic 32Bit/64Bit Supported Microsoft Windows operating systems The commercial licenses licenses out the software to one USB pendrive per license purchased.Ĭurrent version is able to bypass passwords on the following operating systems: Newest Kon-Boot releases are available only as commercial products and are still maintained. This version is still available as freeware This release provided additional support for bypassing Windows systems passwords on any Windows operating system starting from Windows Server 2008 to Windows 7. In 2009 author of this software announced Kon-Boot for Linux and 32-bit Microsoft Windows systems. Version 1.0 (freeware) allowed users to login into Linux based operating systems and to bypass the authentication process (allowing access to the system without knowing the password). The main idea was to allow users to login to the target computer without knowing the correct password and without making any persistent changes to system on which it is executed.įirst Kon-Boot release was announced in 2008 on DailyDave mailing list. Does not work if Windows 10 uses a Microsoft online account.Kon-Boot was originally designed as a proof of concept, freeware security tool, mostly for people who tend to forget their passwords.It happens that it does not work from all USB ports.Does not work if Security Boot mode is enabled in BIOS (different brands have different names).Does not work if Windows 10 uses a Microsoft online account.Kon-Boot allows you to go to windows to bypass the password, replacing the contents of the Windows kernel, the password is not reset and the next time you start Windows, it will require it again as if nothing had happened. We insert the flash drive, run the computer. If your Windows 8 or 8.1 boots in UEFI mode, then to activate Kon-Boot you need to disable Secure Boot in BIOS. Go to the BIOS, set the boot priority from the USB drive. Insert the prepared drive into the PC that needs to be hacked. If one flash-drive is connected to your PC, we press all the time positively until we see the inscription “USB kon-boot is Ready”. Go to the folder “kon-bootUSB” and run on behalf of the administrator file "usbinstall2NEEDADMIN.bat mouse. Unpack the archive with the downloaded files. Insert the USB-drive and format it in the FAT32 file system (all data will be deleted).
