Best solutions for Password Recovery and Data Recovery
Best solutions for Password Recovery and Data Recovery
1. Q: What is Password Geeker?
A: Password Geeker is an all-in-one password recovery software, which recover password for Windows, Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, RAR/WinRAR, ZIP/WinZIP, PDF etc. Over 70+ types of passwords can be recovered instantly. A useful password recovery software for both newbie and expert with no technical skills required. No need to call in an expensive PC technician.
2. Q: How many types of password does it support?
A: It supports all popular versions of files, database Such as Windows 8, 7, Vista, XP, server 2012, 2008, 2003, 2000 domain and local accounts' login password, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook password, RAR, ZIP, PDF password etc. Up to 70 types of password can be recovered by Password Geeker.
3. Q: What versions of Windows does it support?
A: Password Geeker support all versions of Windows: Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows NT, Windows Server 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012.
4. Q: What edition should I select when I want to reset Windows password by using this software?
A: It depends on your computer system. If your computer system is Windows 8/7/Vista/XP, you can choose the Personal version. If you're your System is Windows server 2012/2008(R2)/2003(R2)/2000 and your computer is a domain controller, you can turn to the Professional or Advanced version. If you want to reset local password for Windows Server 2012/2008(R2)/2003(R2)/2000, the Professional version will be your best choice. If you want to reset domain(Active Directory) account passwords for Windows Server 2012/2008(R2)/2003(R2)/2000, the Advanced version will be your best choice. You also can find the answer in the Comparison Table on Password Geeker Comparison.
5. Q: What is the system Requirements of Password Geeker?
A: Support Windows 8/7/Vista/XP/NT/2012/2008/2003/2000(32-bit or 64-bit); 1 GHz processor (2.4 GHz is recommended); 128 MB of RAM (1 GB is recommended); 4 MB of free hard disk space.
6. Q: What is brute-force attack?
A: This Attack will try all possible character combinations.
7. Q: What is brute-force with mask attack?
A: It is useful when you remember a part of password that you can specify the types of character combinations and the length range of the password.
A: It is only available to "Brute-force with Mask Attack" which instructs the program what characters have been used in the password and restrict the search area.
a-z, 0-9,A-Z, -_?!@#$... : Defined by the Predefined Passwords Ranges. If the password contains these, check it.
Custom Character Set : You can define your own Character Set for the Brute-Force Attack. Check "Custom Character Set" and enter the Character with your own.
Prefix : If you remember the beginning of the password characters check it and enter the Character.
Suffix : If you remember the end of the password characters check it and enter the Character.
9. Q: What is "Dictionary Attack"?
A: It is an effective attack for you to recover lost password with a default dictionary in the program. The program will try every password in the dictionary. Besides, you can add your own dictionary to the program for saving the recovery time. The dictionary is just a text file with one word at a line; lines are separated with line breaks.
10. Q: What is "Smart Mutations"?
A: Smart Mutations allows you to try combinations among passwords in the dictionary. If you want more character combinations, check "Smart Mutations" and choose a number for "Mutation Count". For example, if you select the dictionary file contains three words(ab,cd,12), then you choose 2 for "Mutation Count" in order to let the program mutate with these three sets, like ab,cd,12,abab,abcd,ab12,cdab,cdcd,cd12,12ab,12cd,1212 ,etc. Select a number in the "Max Password Length" for the possible maximum length of your password.
11. Q: What is the "Program Priority"?
A:Changing Program Priority allows you to control the allocation of processing resources on your computer. By default, all processes are at normal priority.
Idle priority means that this software will not interrupt other programs, so attacks will not decrease the performance of other running applications.
High priority means that this software will use all available system resources. The performance of other applications will degrade but it will work as fast as possible.
12. Q: What if I stop recovering the password?
A: The program will save the recovery process automatically. And it will run again following last time process even if it suddenly suspended.
13. Q: What's the difference between the trial version and full version?
A: For Windows Password, the trial version can only list all the user names of Windows, but cannot remove their passwords. The full version lists all user names and removes any password you would like to reset. For other software, the trial version can only view 3 or less characters of password.
