Luckily there is a simple yet powerful Windows password recovery software called PCUnlocker, which enables you to reset lost Windows 7 password so you can get back into a locked Windows 7 computer without a password. It basically boots off from a Windows PE disc and breaks into the Windows SAM database and reset your login password from there.

How to Get into A Windows 7 Computer without Password?

To get started, download the zipped ISO image of PCUnlocker and save it on any computer you have access to. After you’ve downloaded it, unzipped the download file and you’ll find a bootable ISO image file: pcunlocker.iso. Simply burn this ISO image to a CD (or USB thumb drive) using ISO2Disc program.

Now connect the newly burned CD (or USB thumb drive) to your locked Windows 7 computer. Turn on the computer and get it to boot from the CD. To do this you may need to change the order of the boot sequence in BIOS to place your CD drive (or Removable Device) first. If you have trouble getting your PC to boot from CD/USB, please refer to this article: How to Set Your Computer to Boot from CD or USB Drive.

After booting from the CD (or USB thumb drive), the computer will load the Windows PE operating system that is already installed on your bootdisk. Just one or two minutes later you’ll see the PCUnlocker program open up. The program will display a list of Windows local accounts that are located from your Windows SAM database.

Choose a user account and then click on Reset Password button. The program will quickly remove your forgotten Windows 7 password, as well as unlocking the user account when it is locked out, disabled or expired.

Click on Restart button to reboot the machine and then remove the CD (or USB thumb drive), you can then get into your Windows 7 computer without a password! If your computer is in a secure location and you’re the only one using it, you can turn on automatic logon in Windows 7 so your computer will automatically log on to Windows 7 without asking you to enter a password.

I just bought my eleven year old daughter an HP laptop with Windows 7. I set her up as the administrator, with a password (which in hindsight, I shouldn’t have) she changed the admin password, but didn’t write the new password down, and can’t remember what she changed it to. Is there any free and straight forward techniques to reset Windows 7 password?

If you’ve ever forgotten your Windows 7 password or been asked to assist somebody else in resetting their lost password, there’s a lot of different ways to accomplish it. Here’s how to reset Windows 7 password by using the Sticky Keys trick.

Sticky Keys is designed for people who have difficulty holding down two or more keys at a time. By default, if you press the SHIFT key five times, the Sticky Keys dialog box will open up, even if you are at the Windows login screen. So if you replace the Sticky Keys application with the Command Prompt, you can then press the SHIFT key five times to open up a Command Prompt which runs with system privileges, which can used to reset forgotten passwords of any user accounts existing in your Windows 7 system.

How to Reset Windows 7 Password Using Sticky Keys Trick?

Firstly, you need to boot your locked Windows 7 PC from a Live CD, such as Windows PE, system repair disc, Ubuntu or Linux Live CD. After booting from a Live CD, you can access all files on your system partition through a GUI interface or command prompt.

Simply replace the Sticky Keys application (c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe) with the Command Prompt (c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe). Please note the drive letter of your Windows 7 system as seen in Live CD may be different from what you’ve seen before.

Next take out the Live CD from the CD drive and restart your computer. When you reach the Windows 7 login screen, press the SHIFT key five or more times, this will bring up a Command Prompt instead of the Sticky Keys application.

Tips: If the system already has the Sticky Keys feature disabled, or you don’t have a Live CD around, you can use Password Recovery Bundle to reset your Windows 7 password instead.

Type the following command to reset your forgotten Windows 7 password, replacing username with your account name and password with a new password.

net user username password

After that you can now log in using your new password.

After getting into Windows 7, it is important to rename the sethc.exe file so as to prevent any other user from using this same trick to reset your password. This is especially important if you use a shared computer.

Note: Resetting Windows 7 password using the Sticky Keys trick means you will lose access to EFS-encrypted files, encrypted email messages, and stored passwords for Internet Explorer and network resources. Remember to back up your important data regularly.

Requirements:

• A blank CD/DVD or a USB flash drive.
• Another PC where you can burn the software provided here to CD/DVD or the USB flash drive..
• A basic know how about how to change the Boot Priority in BIOS.

Windows 7 Password Recovery

This method can enable you to reset/remove forgotten Windows 7 password in minutes, but it cannot tell you what the password for an account actually is. Reset Windows Password utility woks by overwriting the password hash in your SAM file so you can then log back to your account with a blank/empty password. Here are the Windows 7 password recovery steps:

Step 1:
First, download the Reset Windows Password utility on another PC in order to make a bootable Windows 7 password recovery CD/USB drive.
After the download is complete, extract the ISO image file from the zip and burn the ISO to a CD or DVD using your favorite CD Burning utility such as ISO2Disc.

Step 2:
Now move to the Windows 7 PC you want to reset the password, either insert the CD/DVD or the USB flash drive what you opted for and select it as the first boot device in computer BIOS.

Step 3:
Once you have booted into it you will see that the computer is loading the Windows PE operating system inside the CD/USB drive. After one or two minutes, the Reset Windows Password program will open up and automatically detect the SAM registry files for all your Windows installations.

Step 4:
Choose the SAM registry file for your Windows 7 installation, it will show you all the user accounts that are associated with your Windows system. Select the user account you forgot password of, and then click on “Reset Password” button. It will remove/reset your forgotten Windows 7 password instantly!

Step 5:
After you are completed with all the above steps successfully, remove the Windows 7 password recovery CD/USB drive and restart the computer. you can then happily log in to your Windows 7 system again.

Basically, you need a second computer to create a password recovery bootdisk, it can be your other PC or a friend’s laptop. Download the Password Recovery Bundle software and it enables you to create a password recovery boot CD easily. Boot your locked computer from this CD and you can break Windows 7 password in minutes. Here is a step-by-step guidance on how to break Windows 7 password when you lost or forgot the administrator password.

How to Break Windows 7 Password?

1. Use a second computer to download Password Recovery Bundle. Launch the program after installing, and then click on Windows Password button. Follow the on-screen instructions to create a bootable CD.
2. Once you’ve created the CD, you place the CD into the computer with the forgotten Windows 7 password, and turn on the PC. If your computer does not automatically boot from the CD drive, you may need to change your boot order or use a boot menu to select the CD you want to boot from.
3. The PC reads the information on the CD and finally start the Reset Windows Password program. It shows a list of user accounts inside the SAM database for your Windows 7 installation.
   
4. Highlight a user account that you want to break, and click on Reset Password button. It will remove your lost Windows 7 password associated with that user account. Now restart the computer and you can then log back into Windows 7 with a blank password.

Password Recovery Bundle is a must-have rescue utility to all Windows users, with the helps of this software you can break Windows 7 password in minutes. No matter you are using Windows 8, 7, XP or Vista, this program can work well on it.

I have tested several Windows password recovery tool and it turned out that Password Recovery Bundle 2013 is one of the best cracking utility out there that allows you to retrieve lost Windows 7 password in a matter of minutes.

How to Retrieve a Lost Windows 7 Password?

To get started, you need to find an alternative computer which you can login with administrator user account. Download Password Recovery Bundle on the computer. Launch the program after installing, and then click on Windows Password button. Follow the on-screen instructions to create a bootable CD.

Once you’ve created the CD, you place the CD into the computer with the forgotten Windows 7 password, and turn on the PC. If your computer does not automatically boot from the CD drive, you may need to change your boot order or use a boot menu to select the CD you want to boot from.

The PC reads the information on the CD and finally start the Reset Windows Password program. It shows a list of user accounts inside the SAM database for your Windows 7 installation.

Highlight a user account with the lost password, and click on Reset Password button. It will remove your lost Windows 7 password associated with that user account. Now restart the computer and you can then log back into Windows 7 with a blank password.

Conclusion

Password Recovery Bundle 2013 is a must-have rescue utility to all Windows users, with the helps of this software you can retrieve a forgotten Windows 7 password and regain full control to your machine easily.

I forgot Windows 7 administrator password and can not log into my laptop. I have tried every password I can think of and can’t remember the correct one. I have tried putting my computer in safe mode, does not work. All of my school files are on my computer. If anyone knows how I can reset my password myself, that would be great.

Most password recovery programs require your system to up and running in order to crack Windows password. But what if you can’t log in to Windows. Reset Windows Password utility is a Live disc which can be burned onto a CD or USB drive. Boot your locked computer from the Live disc and it allows you to reset Windows 7 password easily.

How to Reset Forgotten Administrator Password for Your Windows 7 Laptop?

1. Download the Reset Windows Password utility onto an alternative computer. Unzip the download file, you’ll get the ResetWindowsPwd.iso file. Burn the ISO file to CD using an CD burning software such as ISO2Disc or BurnCDCC.
2. Set your Windows 7 laptop to boot from the Live CD. To boot from the CD-ROM drive, you may need to press a key such as F8 or F12 while your computer is starting up and set CD/DVD as the first boot device in BIOS.
3. After the CD boots, you will have a mini operating system loaded into memory which will launch Reset Windows Password utility. It will not install anything to your hard drive.
4. Click on the Reset Windows Local Admin/User Password option, the program will automatically detect the Windows SAM registry hive and local user accounts existing in your local computer.
5. Choose the administrator account and click on Reset Password button, it will remove your forgotten Windows 7 administrator password in a short time.

Restart the laptop and reject the Live CD, you can then log in to the administrator account with a blank password. After logging into your Windows 7 system, you’ll find that all your files on your hard drive are there and remain intact.

When installing Windows 7 the first time, the setup will prompt us to create a user account and password. The password ensures that only you have access to your user account or user profile. If Windows 7 is installed already, when you first turn on your new computer, you will still be prompted to setup a Windows login credential. It’s a rule of thumb of remember the password and keep it private by not sharing it to anyone. However, there are end-users who forget their Windows 7 password, so we’ll discuss on this article on what to do if you lose your Windows 7 password.

Using Password Hint and Password Reset

If you forget Windows 7 password and received an error message that the entered user name or password is incorrect, Windows will display the password hint. Try remembering the password using the hint that you’ve created. If you really cannot remember your password, and you have created a password reset disk, click “Reset Password” on the login screen and follow the instructions when Forgotten Password Wizard is displayed.

There’s no Password Reset Disk?

Not everyone created Windows 7 password reset disk which means your account is locked and you have no access unless you have another administrator account. Try to login using another administrator account in Windows 7 (it can be another admin user account that you’ve created before or the default but hidden administrator account that you’ve enabled), select Start button, type lusrmgr.msc in the Search box and press Enter key. The Local User and Groups console will be displayed. Select “Users” in the left pane. Right-click the account that you need to reset the password for, and click Set Password. Type and confirm the password.

Note that resetting the password in Windows 7 using another administrator account has impact: You will lose access to encrypted e-mail messages, stored password for websites and encrypted files on that account that you reset the password for. If your emails and files are not encrypted, you are not affected.

What if there’s no other administrator account in Windows 7 to reset a password?

The worst scenario is you did not enable the default but hidden admin account in Windows 7 or you don’t have another account with administrator permission. Don’t worry, because you can try another method to reset when you lose your Windows 7 password by using a third-party password utility software: Password Recovery Bundle.

To prevent from losing your Windows 7 password again, take advantage of the password reset disk in Windows. The Forgotten Password Wizard will create a userkey.psw file in any removable drive of your choice so you can use to reset a forgotten Windows 7 password in any event. This will save you time and trouble in case you’ve forgotten your Windows 7 password.

I forgot Windows 7 password to my computer, and it is the only account on the computer. I do not have a reset disk and I don’t think I ever had a reset disk. I cannot use that computer at all. No I have no idea how to log on to Windows. I can’t re-install windows now because I have data in it. How can I get in?

Forgot Windows 7 password and don’t have a password reset disk? Windows has a built-in password reset feature, which allows you to reset forgotten Windows password easily. But you need to create a password reset disk before you forget Windows password. But Many people may not be aware of do the preparation, so they tend to run into the situation of forgetting Windows 7 password without reset disk.

Here we’ll discuss on how to reset Windows 7 password easily if you forgot Windows 7 password and don’t have a password reset disk. So you can regain access to your computer without formatting or reinstalling the entire operating system.

How to Reset Forgotten Windows 7 Password without Reset Disk?

First of all, choose a software tool that can help you solve this forgotten Windows 7 password problem. If you don’t have option in front of you, Reset Windows Password is recommended. It will let you boot your computer and reset the password without changing anything else on your computer.  Here are the steps:

1. Download the self-extracting Zip file of Reset Windows Password package.
2. Unzip the download file, there is an ISO image: ResetWindowsPwd.iso. Burn it onto a blank CD/DVD or USB flash drive using ISO2Disc or any CD/DVD burning software you like.
3. Boot your locked computer from the CD or USB flash drive.
4. Wait until the boot process is complete. When a window pops up with all your Windows 7 user accounts, select an user account and then click the Reset Password button.

   

5. It will reset your forgotten Windows 7 password immediately.

Now all things are done, reboot the computer as usual and you can get into the system without being asking for any password. The forgotten Windows 7 password has been removed. If you are about to set a new password, make sure it’s safe and you’ll never forget it again.

Option 1: Find Windows 7 Password While Logging In

If you can still log in to your computer with administrator account, you can try to use Ophcrack to find your Windows password. Ophcrack is a Windows password cracker based on rainbow tables. It is a very efficient implementation of rainbow tables done by the inventors of the method. It comes with a GTK+ Graphical User Interface and runs on Windows, Mac OS X (Intel CPU) as well as on Linux.

Whether you need to find the lost password to a Windows account, you’re looking to ensure that your passwords are secure, Ophcrack is a pretty useful tool.

Option 2: Find Windows 7 Password without Logging In

Forgot Windows password and can’t log in to your user account? Don’t worry! There is an easy way to help you get out of this situation. Reset Windows Password utility is the only software you need. It comes as an ISO image file. Just burn the ISO image to a CD or USB stick, you can then use it to boot your locked computer,  it allows you to reset you forgotten Windows password instantly.

Reset Windows Password utility can be used to deal with all types of Windows password problems, such as forgot Windows password, Windows account is locked out or disabled, password is expired. The program is able to reset Windows admin/user passwords on Windows 8, 7, Vista, XP, 2008, 2003, 2000, as well as resetting forgotten domain passwords on Windows Server 2008, 2003 and 2000.

Conclusion

Each option has its advantages and disadvantages. Option 1 is useful when you forgot Windows password but you can still log in, while Option 2 always works no matter you can log in or not. With these 2 useful options you can find Windows 7 password with ease.

You may think it’s impossible to remove Windows 7 password because you lost the password and couldn’t log into the computer and do anything. That really doesn’t matter. You can use create a password reset bootdisk on another computer, then use it to boot your locked computer. The bootdisk enables you to remove Windows 7 password quickly and easily.

How to Remove Windows 7 Password in A Short Time:

1. First you need to download Password Recovery Bundle program on another computer. After installing and running the program, click the Windows Password button, which allows you to create a password reset bootdisk in 3 steps. Insert a blank CD/DVD or USB drive into the computer and click Start Burn to create a bootdisk.
2. Insert the password reset bootdisk you’ve created into the computer which locked you out of it. Turn on the computer and hold down F2 or whatever the setup key is shown as during the initial boot screen. This should bring up the BIOS.
   In the BIOS look for the Boot Device Priority option, set CD/DVD as the 1st boot device if you want to boot from CD. You can either set Removable Device as the 1st boot device if you want to boot off USB drive. Save your changes.
3. restart the computer and now it will boot from the password reset bootdisk. After one or two minutes the bootdisk will launch the Reset Windows Password utility. Choose the user account whose password you want to remove, and then click Reset Password button. The program will remove your forgotten Windows 7 password instantly.
4. Now remove the password reset bootdisk and restart the computer, you can then quickly log on Windows 7 system without being asked for a password.

The password reset bootdisk can save you lots of time and frustration! You can also take precautionary steps to create such a bootdisk so you can use it to remove Windows 7 password in case you forgot Windows 7 password next time.