Forgot Password on New Windows 7
I had just installed my windows 7 ultimate, and I filled my username, usercomputer name, and new password with its hint.
But when all the installation had finished, I couldn't login to my account. I don't know why, because I think that I didn't type wrong password there. I'm really sure that it must be true password.
At first, I find another account, with no name and no password. When I tried to type on it, it didn't work. Then I clicked on 'reset my password'. I knew it needed a 'Password Reset Disk'. But, because of I didn't have it before, i didn't use that. And then
I was trying and trying to type my right password. Until so many times I'd try, I still couldn't login. So I decided to re-start my computer.
After that, I still couldn't login. And I can't switch to another user now. What must I do? Please help me...asap. Thank you
September 4th, 2011 7:09am
Reinstall the OS again. It only takes ~30 minutes and will take a lot less time than troubleshooting a forgotten password.If you found this post helpful, please "Vote as Helpful". If it answered your question, remember to "Mark as Answer".
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September 4th, 2011 11:40am
see this link http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itprosecurity/thread/68f9b720-831c-4895-9616-483d54ac4090 Note: i know some program to do it but not recommended from microsoftMohamed Abd Elhamid Abd Elaziz Microsoft System Administrator Abdul Samad Al Qurashi Co.
September 6th, 2011 3:22am
you can go to the SAFEMODE and log in by administrator and change your password there , if you forget the administrator password also , you can use the Active @ boot to change all password together .
here: http://www.ntfs.com/boot-disk.htm
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September 22nd, 2011 6:31am
Windows 7 now are popular PC system in our daily life.
IF you using Windows password Recovery tool 3.0. There are some steps for you to following in recovering password:
1. Try leaving the password blank. More often than not,
the Administrator password doesn't exist at all! Just press Enter without typing anything when asked for it.
2 . Enter the password to your account. Often times, depending on how Windows 7 was setup on your computer, the primary user account will also be the administrator user account.
3 . Try to remember your
administrator password. If you installed Windows 7 on your computer yourself, you probably set the
administrator password during the Windows 7 installation process. If that's true, you might be able to make really good guesses at what the password might be.
4 . Have another user enter his or her password. If there are other users that have accounts on your Windows 7 computer, one of them may be setup with administrator access.
5 .
Recover Windows 7 administrator password using a password recovery tool. Password recovery tools are software programs
recover Windows 7 password without reinstalling the OS.
6 . Perform a clean installation of Windows 7. This is a last resort option. This type of installation will completely remove Windows 7 from your PC and install it again from scratch.
October 27th, 2011 5:42am
Method-1.
Windows 7 password reset disk
If you have a Windows 7 password reset disk, you can follow the steps below to reset Windows 7 password.
Step 1. Insert Windows 7 password reset disk in computer.
Step 2. Access the Reset password option after inputting an incorrect password in Windows logon screen. When you click on the Reset password link, a Password Reset Wizard will come up to lead you to finish resetting Windows password. Of course, this solution
is only effective when you have created a password reset disk before you lost password.
However,how to create password reset disk? For instance creating a password reset disk in Windows 7.Same things can be done in WIndows vista/XP and so on.The operations are similar.
Method-2.
Use Windows 7 System repair disc.
In addition to Windows password reset disk, System Recovery Options is another Windows feature that allows you to recover password for Windows 7.
If you have a system repair disc, see how to start Windows 7 password reset:
Step 1: To start the System Recovery Options environment, insert the System Repair Disc into the drive and reboot the PC from CD/DVD drive.
Step 2: Select your Windows installation from the list when prompted and click Next. The System Recovery Options will be displayed as follows. Then System Restore would help you recover password if you have created a restore point without login password.
Method-3.
If the methods above are unavailable,you have to reinstall your system,or else If you really meet this situation, don't worry, you can download a free software--Ophcrack, or reset Windows password with the Command Prompt.Windows domain Password Recovery,Windows 7 Password
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February 3rd, 2012 4:38am
I recommend Ophcrack as it is said to be the best free of charge Windows password recovery tool. Ophcrack is an open source (GPL licensed) program that cracks Windows passwords by using LM hashes through rainbow tables. The program includes the ability
to import the hashes from a variety of formats, including dumping directly from the SAM files of Windows. It is claimed that these tables can crack 99.9% of alphanumeric passwords of up to 14 characters in usually a few minutes. PC Login Now is another recommended
freeware, which means that you can use the program free or for a small donation. This tool allows you reset your Windows passwords and unlock locked accounts on Windows 7/XP/Vista and Windows 2000, 2003, Server 2008. Instead of recovering your password, PC
Login Now erases the current password and allows you to create a new password for you as soon as possble.
February 3rd, 2012 9:42am
If your Windows 7 system is new, it is said that there is little data in your computer, you can consider to reinstall it.Forgot Windows 7 password -
Windows 7 Password Recovery.
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February 15th, 2012 2:38am
1. Reset password with password reset disk or administrator account.
Reset your Windows password:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Reset-your-Windows-password
If you forget the administrator password and don't have a password reset disk or another administrator account, you won't be able to reset the password. If there are no other user accounts on the computer, you won't be able to log on to Windows and will need
to re-install Windows.
What to do if you forget your Windows password:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/What-to-do-if-you-forget-your-Windows-password
2. Reset password with software.
If cannot reset your lost password by the ways Method 1 describes, try to get
Windows 7 password reset software and create a password boot disk to reset windows password offline.
Ophcrack, chntpw, Spower password tool etc.
forgot windows 7 password, what can i do?
March 12th, 2012 3:12am
I think you can go to safe mode to
reset windows 7 password, you can learn more how to reset windows 7 password on safe mode from this article:
Three Simple Ways to Reset Windows 7 Password.
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May 14th, 2012 9:15pm
I would use the free hirens bootable live cd and use the offline password changer, and remove the password that way, it has other options like lock and unlock accounts, etc.
boot from hirens, find offline password changer, then just follow the text wizard.
May 15th, 2012 2:15pm