Microsoft Windows XP is one of the single most popular operating systems in the world and being such, it is always under constant attack in regards to malicious attacks to the system. There are several ways to gain entrances to these operating systems if your physically in front of the machine. The admin or administrator password is designed to stop these types of attacks and unauthorized access
. into the system. There are several ways that people can illegally gain this access by using tools like boot disks. One example is the Ultimate Boot CD (or UBDC) and password cracking programs. I have used programs like these before to get access to my own systems as well and they'll work for others
