Forgot Windows password ? Reset Windows password
If you forgot your Windows password you will not be able to login to windows.
So what to do in this case ? Is there a way to reset the Windows password ? Answer is yes, there is a way to reset or change the password.
Let’s see how we reset windows password.
There is a convenient way to do it with a Windows NT password recovery CD which can used to reset the password for any account in Windows NT ,Windows 2000 ,Windows XP , Windows Vista.
Follow the below steps to rest your windows password:
1. Download the ISO image from here and burn a CD with this ISO image file.
2. Boot your computer using this bootable CD created in step 1. You may need to set your CD-ROM as first boot device in BIOS in order to boot from it.
3. Once you boot your computer with this CD, you will get a command based interface which is quite self-explanatory. On first screen, press enter key to boot in default mode.It will show screen like this:
4. After you boot, it gives option, it will show the drive partitions and will give the choice, “Please select the partition number.” Press enter if windows is installed on C drive, else select the appropriate partition.
5. Now it will ask ” What is path of Windows directory ?”, press enter for default value.
6. Now it will show option “Select which part of registry to load” . Type 1 and press enter.
7. This will show the list of users on the windows. Type the name of the user for which you want to reset password and press enter.
8. Now it will show following choices
- Clear the password
- Edit password
- Promote user
- Unlock account
- Quit
Press 1 and press enter.
9. It will show a message ” Password cleared ! “
10. It will give options to select another user, just type “!” (Exclamation mark) without quotes and press enter.
It will show previous menu, type q and press enter to quit from this menu.
11.Now it will show message ” About to write files back ! Do it ? [n] ” . Type “y” without quotes and press enter. It will show message “Edit Complete.
Note: You can also try again if it somehow failed. New run [n] ” Simple press enter.
12. Remove the bootable CD from the tray and restart your computer.
Password Cleared and Trouble Fixed !
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Vibhor on 12 Mar 2008 at 12:29 am #
Hi,
You have mentioned:
Download the ISO image from here and burn a CD with this ISO image file.”
But it doesn’t contains the link to download the iso.
Could you please help me with the link.
Thanks
freddy on 12 Mar 2008 at 9:05 am #
vibhor there are much easier ways than this to do it from a boot CD,just Google Change Windows password at bootup
Peter on 26 Mar 2008 at 10:30 am #
I successfully used this way a while ago.
You can download this mentioned iso image from here: http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/cd070927.zip
It works great for standalone PCs like home ones. In enterprise environments the best practice is to allow users to reset their passwords with some kind of self-service solutions.
In the most cases, all they need is to answer to a set of challenging questions. Nice solution that I had a chance to use for this is desktop authority password self service http://www.scriptlogic.com/products/password-self-service
Hope it helps!
Peter
Nathan on 02 Apr 2008 at 5:47 pm #
Article doesn’t offer a link, doesn’t mention a name for this tool, and makes no mention of tool-identifying strings. Thanks for the link, Peter!
FRANK on 26 Apr 2008 at 1:12 am #
Cool! man,
I manage to get my window password reset
Ing on 30 May 2008 at 2:22 am #
not clear, how to download iso image bootable cd…. ? and where.
any tips can’t be following.
thanks
some gui on 21 Aug 2008 at 8:21 pm #
Or if you are a risky fellow,
you can turn the computer on and when it says windows loading you turn the computer off
that will initiate safemode and just pick an account and go to control paen and user accounts and veila!
conchatta on 21 Nov 2008 at 2:16 pm #
Im trying to reset my password on my xpx laptop and i need your help
Binu on 19 Feb 2009 at 1:51 pm #
hi i fgtmy windows password.. pls help me
fload on 06 May 2009 at 2:29 am #
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windows on 05 Jul 2009 at 9:36 pm #
There are a lot of Windows password revealers and crackers available, but I’ve found that Windows Password Recovery Tool is the most effective.:
it not only supports XP, 2003, 2000, and NT, I have personally tested it with Vista Home Premium and Ultimate. It works perfectly to reset any local user account to a blank password
You can use the ISO to burn a boot CD. Follow these instructions:
1. Download Windows Password Recovery Tool ISO file from Windows Password Recovery Tool
2. Burn to a CD using a CD burning tool such as Nero or Roxio or MagicISO
3. Insert CD into drive and reboot.
4. You may have to select an option in the BIOS to get the computer to boot from the CD.
Booting up and clearing a password takes a minute or two works like a charm.
Drew on 26 Jul 2009 at 6:43 pm #
Hey someone i kno somehow has a password box being prompted s soon as you turn the computer on. And im trying to download this, i think it will work but i see no download link or anythin. whats up wit it??
Leszek on 14 Oct 2009 at 4:22 am #
Thx, you rescued my life many times
Michael Armstrong on 22 Oct 2009 at 8:37 pm #
here is the methods I know.
The first thing which you check if you forget login password. When we install Windows, it automatically creates an account “Administrator” and sets its password to blank. So if you have forget Your user account password then try this:
Start system and when you See Windows Welcome screen / Login screen, press ctrl+alt+del keys Twice and it’ll show Classic Login box. Now type “Administrator” (without quotes) in Username and leave Password field blank. Now press Enter and you should be able to log in Windows.
Now you can reset your account password from “Control Panel -> User Accounts”.
Same thing can be done using Safe Mode. In Safe Mode Windows will show this in-built Administrator account in Login screen.
Windows XP and further versions also provide another method to recover forgotten Password by using “Windows password Reset”. If you created a Password Reset Disk in Past, you can use that disk to reset the password.