Free Ways to Reset Windows Password
When you lost your Windows login password and locked out computer, you’ll need to reset Windows password if you don’t want to reinstall your computer. Actually, there are lots of simple methods for you to get rid of the lost Windows password without any harm to your computer data. Here are some easy solutions to performing Windows password recovery, including free methods and commercial methods.
1. Use password hint
A password hint is a reminder to you of how you made up your password. Some systems let you enter a password hint s. If you forget your password, the hint will be displayed to help jog your memory. When you create a password to log on to Windows7/XP/Vista, you can create a hint to help you remember it. The password hint will appear below the password entry box, after you input a wrong password and click OK.
2. Use a accessible administrator account
Standard user account with admin right and administrator account are both available. Standard User account only allows you to use most software and change system settings that do not affect users and security of computer. But administrator account has complete access to the computer and makes any changes. So you can easily perform Windows password recovery if you can log on your compute r with a Windows account with administrator privileges.
3. Use a password reset disk
Windows 7/XP/Vista allows you to create a password reset disk to reset Windows password for any user that has a valid (local) account by modifying the encrypted password in the registry’s SAM file. With the password reset disk, no need for you to know the old password to set a new one. What you do is just to insert the password reset disk and click reset password link after entering a wrong password and clicking Ok when the wrong message appears. A Windows password recovery wizard will appear and you can follow it to reset Windows password. Of course, you should remember to create a password reset disk before locked out of computer.
4. Use free Windows password recovery software
In addition to the methods above, you can still reset the forgotten Windows password for free with open source Windows password recovery software. There are many free Windows password recovery software available for you if you search it on Google. Among these software, Ophcrack and Windows Offline NT Password & Registry Editor are better.
Of course, you can also take some efficient Windows password recovery shareware if necessary. Windows Password Unlocker is good paid Windows password recovery software. It allows you to create a password reset CD/DVD or USB flash drive to bypass lost Windows administrator and user password, Windows domain administrator password. This Windows password recovery enables you to reset Windows password on your own in less than 5 minutes. The recovery rate is nearly 100%.
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