How to Reset Windows 7 Password without any Software?

There are many Windows 7 users who forget their windows login password and face many problems to recover or reset it. These Windows 7 users are always in search of method (manual or automatic) which can help them to recover lost password. So here I am writing about how to reset Windows 7 password without any software.The only resource user need to follow this method is a bootable Windows 7 Installation Disk.

1. Make CD/DVD drive as first booting device (in most of Windows PC CD/DVD drive is first booting device by default) and insert Windows 7 Installation Disk in the drive.

2. On Restarting PC you will see message "Press any key to boot from CD". So you can press any key to start booting (from installation disk) process.

3. Next you will see two options:“Install Windows” and “Repair Windows”. Click “Repair Windows”.

4. Next you will see various options to recover windows. Click on “Command Prompt” option to continue.

5. Type the following commandsin command prompt window:

copy c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe c:\

copy /y c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe

6. Reboot your PC (and take out installation disk)

7. After restart (at login screen) press shift key 5 times. It will show you command prompt window.

8. At command prompt type: net user user_name new_password

For example if you want to set new password 12345 for user Patrick then you can write net user Patrick 12345.

Now you can easily login to windows 7 with new password.

If you don’t have Windows 7 password reset disk (or not able to access command prompt) then no need to worry because there are many password recovery software to reset windows password. These Windows password recovery software provide easiest way to reset windows password in few minutes only.

I hope this article is very helpful for users who want to reset windows 7 password without any software.

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Reset windows password with “Offline NT Password and Registry Editor”

There are several methods to reset lost windows administrator password. You can reset password if you boot your system in safe mode with command prompt, use password-reset disk, use windows installation disk and use offline NT password and registry editor are very helpful methods to reset lost windows password.

In this post I am sharing how you can reset windows password with offline NT password and registry editor.

Offline NT password and registry editor are windows registry editor tools and you can download it for FREE. It can reset password of any length and complexity. It supports all windows versions from windows NT3.5 to windows 7.  It didn't required access of your computer because it can work offline.

Note: 
1.In the case if you ask windows to lock files with password at the time of installation then with this method you will get access of your computer but files and folder will be inaccessible for you.
2.Be very careful while editing windows registry because if you edited any wrong file then it may create problem for you.

Here the steps to reset windows password with offline NT password and registry editor.
1.Get live CD of offline NT password and registry editor.
2.Reboot your system with live CD. It will find all partitions of your drive.
3.Select that partition in which windows houses.
4.In next step provides location of password registry. In most of cases default path works.
5.After reading password registry tool will print list of all valid users and provide you option to set new password, wipe the password, enable/disable an user, or escalate their privileges to those of an admin. Make sure you write the changes to the registry before exiting the tool.
6.Set new password for any user you want.
7.Now exit.

Now boot your system normally and login with new password. You are able to login your computer. It works perfectly almost in every condition. 

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Free Method To Change/Reset Windows Admin Password

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Most of users frequently change their important passwords just for security purpose but it is quite hard to remember every password very easily unless it is not very much easy for us to recall. It is also true to make the password strong we use combination of alphabets, numbers and special characters etc. Sometime these multiple combination creates a confusion to recall the exact password which leads to forget or lost windows login password. If anyone forget the windows password then it is very hard to access windows based computer without having correct password. In password loss situation it is important to apply windows password recovery method or software to access the system.

Today, I am sharing FREE method, by which it is easy to recover lost windows administrator or user password. This method can also help to change administrator password.

Here I am explaining method for windows XP but this method is similar for windows 7 and windows Vista.

Requirements: To have Windows Installation CD.

Here we go...........

1. With BIOS make CD drive is the first Boot device.
2. Insert windows installation CD into CD drive and boot the computer. The message will display “Press Any Key to Boot from CD” then user have to press any key.

3. After pressing any key windows installation will be started and it start loading files. Wait for a while and press Enter once there is below given screen.

4. Now accept license agreement and Press F8.

5. Now to Repair existing setup. Press R to repair.

6. After pressing R, windows setup will start copying files from setup to drive. It will take few minutes.

7. Once all files have been copied the system will reboot automatically. But this time do not press any key for the message “Press any key to boot from CD” .

8. Now windows start installing.

9. It is important to carefully check each step of installation when it reach to “Installing Devices” then press Shift + F10.

10. The above command will open command prompt, type CD.. And hit Enter to come into C:\Windows (if it is not in windows folder). Now type NUSRMGR.CPL command and hit Enter.

11. That command will open user account windows, click on “change an account” and select administrator or guest.

12. Windows will open which have option to “Change the password”, click on that option.

13. After clicking change the password option, next windows will ask for New password, Verify Password and password recovery Hint. Fill these fields with your desire password and hit Enter to save change and close this window.

14. We can also set windows not to ask username and password from any user at the time of login then just type CONTROL USERPASSWORDS2 command instead of NUSRMGR.CPL command on command prompt. This command will open following screen by just clicking on uncheck box “Users must enter a username and password to use this computer”.

15. Message will pop-up saying “Windows administrator password has been change.” Type Exit to close command prompt.

16. Windows installation process will resume and let it to be complete. After completing whole process user can login with changed windows administrator password.

Above written method is best method to reset windows administrator password. Due to any reason if you are not able to reset administrator password by above method then use windows password recovery software to make password recovery process easy.

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How to solve “Unable to Log You on Because of an Account Restriction” error of remote desktop

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When you try to connect windows XP based computer system with the use of remote desktop tool, you may not allow to connect with that system and you may receive the following error message “Unable to Log You on Because of an Account Restriction”. When you are trying to connect with the computer which that null (blank) password it could be the main reason of this error. Remote desktop tool cannot establish connection with the system which have null password.

Microsoft offer solution of above problem, you need to setup a user account with some password to establish connection with remote desktop tool. So log on at the console of the computer, and then set a password for that user account.

Actually this behaviour is due to windows password restriction policy. So if you wish to establish connect which have null password then you need to disable password restriction policy. You can follow the steps as given below to disable restriction policy.

1. Click Start, point to Run, type gpedit.msc, and then click OK to start the Group Policy Editor.

2. Open Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\Security Options\Accounts: Limit local account use of blank passwords to console logon only.

3. Double-click Limit local account use of blank passwords to consol logon only.

4. Click Disabled, and then click OK.

5. Quit Group Policy Editor.

By applying above method you can establish connection with the computer which have null (blank) password. If you have password protected computer then you must need to enter your password to establish connection. In case password is lost for remote desktop tool then there will be no connection created, in this situation you have to apply windows password recovery method.

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Reset lost windows administrator password with Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset (DaRT)

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Microsoft offers range very useful tools that help you quickly troubleshoot and repair windows based computer system. Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset (DaRT) is one of the such tool which reduce cost and time to recover and repair computer that will not boot. It is combination of several utilities which recovers unbootable windows based desktop. With the use of Locksmith you can reset lost password of windows administrator. This is one of the best method of lost windows password recovery.

Reset windows password with Locksmith : Locksmith Wizard is tool which responsible to reset administrator or user password of windows based computer. To reset your password you did not required to know your current password. It have one restriction that the password which you choose must comply with local Group Policy object (GPO) defines that includes password length and complexity. Use this tool in the event that the password for a local account, such as the local Administrator account, is unknown. This tool cannot set passwords for domain accounts.

Steps To Start DaRT :

1) To use DaRT you first need to create it, first required to use ERD Commander Boot Media Wizard to create the ERD Commander boot media. To start wizard click on Start -- > All Programs ---> Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset --- > ERD Commander Boot Media Wizard.

2) A box will open that will ask to select tools in your boot media.

3) To start DaRT Boot a physical computer by using the ERD Commander boot media.

4) In the final step it will show “System Recovery Options”. You need to select “Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset (MSDaRT)”.

5) In the MSDaRT dialog box click on Locksmith.

6) Locksmith will allow you to reset password of any account of your computer. Just select account from drop down list and write new password.

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Fix Error message “Unable to Log You on Because of an Account Restriction”

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Fix Error message “Unable to Log You on Because of an Account Restriction”

There may be chances when you have faced this error message on your screen. Let us read more to know why this error comes. Actually at the time of windows XP home edition installation, windows ask to set windows administrator password, you need to set password that you can easily remember. After windows XP installation has been completed, administrator account can be access in safe mod only. If you will try to access administrator account in normal mode you will receive error message “Unable to Log You on Because of an Account Restriction”.

Windows offers solution of above error message, the simple solution of above error message is that change administrator password that has been set at the time of installation of windows XP. Follow the steps given below to change windows administrator password.

Click Start, click Turn Off Computer, and then click Restart.

1. After the computer completes the Power On Self Test (POST), press F8, and then click Safe mode.
   
   NOTE: If you have difficulty getting to the Safe mode menu command, press F8 repeatedly after you turn on the computer.
   
2. Log on as an Administrator, or with another account that has Administrator permissions.
   
3. Click Start, click Settings, click Control Panel, and then click User Accounts.
   
4. Click the Administrator icon.
   
5. Click Create a Password or Change my password.
   
6. Type a password for the account, and then retype the password to confirm it.
   
7. Type a hint to help you remember the password in the event that you forget it.
   
8. Click Create Password or Change Password.
   

Above method will only work if you remember windows administrator password, if you forget it, above method will not work for you. To overcome this situation you can use windows password recovery software to reset lost or forgotten admin password.

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How To Reset Windows Admin Password With Ubuntu

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Are you in a situation where you have lost password of windows based admin account. If it is yes then don't worry I have solution which is very simple & economic. You just need to Install Ubuntu (A free Linux Based OS) and follow the simple steps written below to recover windows admin password. This is very unique method of Windows Password Recovery where Internet connection is required.

First I will describe how to install Ubuntu (OS) because it is new for several users, then I will describe how to recover lost windows password with it. You need to install Ubuntu on existing hard drive on which windows is installed.

1. Go to Ubuntu site and download the latest Ubuntu ISO Operating System.

2. Use one of the free ISO burning application to create a bootable CD of Ubuntu. Of course, you need another PC to do this.

3. Use Ubuntu Live CD to boot into the live version of the OS.

4. Go to System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager.

5. Then Settings > Repositories

6. Once the window "Software Sources" appears, make sure to select "Software restricted by copyright or legal issues", then click Close.

7. Click Reload in the Synaptic package manager.

8. Click Search and type 'chntpw.

9. Once the 'chntpw' application is found, right-click in it and "mark for installation".

10. Click "Apply on Summary window," and also to confirm the changes.
** Remember that an Internet connection is required for the above steps. If there is no availability of a connection, a USB flash drive is required. **

12. Next, we mount the Windows drive. In Ubuntu, go to Places > Select the appropriate drive.

13. The last step is actually reset the password through the terminal in Linux.

14. In Ubuntu go to Applications> Accessories> Terminal.

15. Type 'Cd /media/disk/WINDOWS/system32/config /’ in the terminal window.

16. Type 'sudo chntpw SAM’.

17. This by default will change the administrator password. For a change to a particular user. Type 'sudo-u username chntpw SAM.

18. Then you will see a long display of information, most of which can be ignored.

19. The next step is actually reset the Windows password. It is recommended that the password blank with an asterisk *.

20. You will then need to confirm the change with a Y, and reboot.

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Various Ways To Recover Password for your Windows Installation

With so many different accounts, it is difficult for people to remember each and every password. That is why, we do find ourselves forgetting passwords of different accounts. And amongst the various accounts for which you may forget password, you may also forget the password that you had set for your Windows account. But to access your data, you need to log into your account. For this, you need to either recover Windows password, or reset it. There are various ways by which you can perform Password Recovery, and in case they fail, you may also use a reliable Password recovery software for this purpose.

Consider, you changed password of your Windows account, but since you could not change the password of the other accounts that had the same password, you ended up forgetting the password the next day. Chances are that no amount of scratching of your head helps you remember the password. But, without the password, you cannot access your data. But in case you cannot remember your account password, then you can try one of the following ways to reset or recover the forgotten password:

• In case you had set a Hint Question, then use that to remember your password. But in case, you didn't or you cannot remember your password, then try other ways.

• If, you have an administrator account set on your computer, then log into that account to reset the password of your user account. This can be done by opening the Control Panel, followed by accessing User Accounts. Choose the account for which you need to change the password, or remove the password.

• In case you had created a rescue diskette, now is the time to use that and recover the forgotten password.

• If all other options do not work for you, then use a third-party password recovery software to recover your data. These are special tools that help a user get hold of forgotten password.

Since a large number of such tools are available on the Internet, it is possible that a user first downloads the demo version of the tool, if available, to check the interface and recovery capability of the tool. Various user-friendly tools with interactive-interface are available on the Internet.

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Recovery of forgotten windows admin password

A Windows administrator password, also known as the administrator password is the password used to log on to any Windows account that has administrative access. This password prevents unauthorized access to important information stored in the computer and is required for each attempt to start the computer. Windows stores the password in the log file based called SAM (Security Accounts Manager). This is a database that is located in% SystemRoot% \ System32 \ Config. The administrator has to remember the password to access the data stored in it. In this case, the manager forget or lose the password, the problem can become a nightmare of data loss as they lose access to data and are forced to find some solutions for Windows Password Recovery.

A Windows administrator account can lose or forget the password. Consider an example, when storing critical data on your hard drive and as a safety net, set an administrator password. Do not use the computer for a considerable time. But later, when you try to log on the same computer, you realize you can not remember the admin password. Consequently, all data is stored becomes inaccessible.


The following are some tips that can help you regain access to data in these cases:

Try to remember the password is possible. Try to log most frequently used passwords
It is possible that you have not assigned any password. So try to leave the password blank and press 'Enter'

Check if another user has an account on the Windows computer with access to administrative level. If so, can let you designate that user as administrator

Perform a clean install Windows. But this is recommended as a method has the potential for loss of critical data
Use a third Windows Password Recovery Software

Windows Password Recovery Solutions demonstrated as viable options in case of lost or forgotten Windows. These applications allow you to retrieve one or set a blank password without setting any risk of data loss.

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Don't Worry if You Have Forgotten Your Windows XP Account Password

Setting up a password on a Windows account has probably been one of the most significant moves for securing an account, whether it is for securing the innumerable email accounts, or various applications and most importantly for the computer systems that most of the people use today. But the same advancement has been plagued with some major problems. And the most significant of these problems is that a password once set can be hacked if not changed on a regular basis, say once a week or month at the maximum. No matter how strong the password is, it may get hacked if the user doesn't change it often. This brings the user to the state, where, he may forget the password in case he doesn't use a particular account for a few days or so. To handle such situations, some ways have been devised to password recovery, so that the user can access his/her account.

A password is like a key that needs to put in the right way for a user to be able to get into his/her account. Otherwise, he/she is locked out, away from his files and important data. Let us see how a user can access his/her Microsoft Windows XP account after having forgotten the set password:

The first and the foremost method is to try and recall the password. Was it your pet, somebody's maiden name, a phone number, or somebody's birthday date, address, something related to your past? Try to remember, and give it your best shot. That would certainly save you a lot of energy and money.

No, you cannot remember? Don't worry! In case, there are other user's logged on to your system, and somebody else has administrator rights, you may seek their help to reset your password. If this doesn't work, check the next step.

Do you remember that you created a password reset disk for your Windows XP. If you did, then, just pull it out! This is the right time to use it! But, in case you do not remember anything about it, then probably you didn't create it, and in case you did create one, you may not be able to recollect where you kept it! So forget it!

Now what? Are you planning to perform a clean installation of your Windows XP? Well, there is another option for you, before you decide to clean install the system! Opt for Windows Password Recovery software.

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Easy ways to recover lost or forgotten Windows administrator password

Computer users often password protect their Windows administrator account in order to avoid security breaches. This way they restrict the unauthorized people to gain access to their vital, sensitive and personal information. The administrator password is usually created at the time of operating system installation. Through administrator account, you can customize your machine in whichever way you want. In order to secure information from any possible threat, you must set a complex password including alphanumeric and special characters. However, setting a strong password has its own disadvantages. You might come across situations when you could not recall the administrator password and could not log on into your system. Fortunately, you can overcome the problem by opting for a reliable Windows password recovery software.

Forgetting crucial passwords is a common thing in today's computer dominated world. You might have to remember different passwords for different applications and e-mail clients. This situation aggravates the problem, as you cannot recall a forgotten password. Also, losing administrator password can come across as a nightmarish experience as it renders you with data inaccessibility. Luckily, you can follow the below-mentioned steps in order to recover Windows administrator password:

Try to look for a possible clue near you. You might have preserved the password in some hard copy or a sheet of paper or a CD.
Try a set of other frequently used passwords. It might click as people often set same passwords for different applications.
If you are not concerned about the data stored on your computer, and want to gain access to your computer again, then you can consider reinstalling Windows.
If nothing works, and you want to restore access to your PC as soon as possible, then use a third-party password recovery software..

Such password recovery tools are the most effective way to reset the administrator password. Windows store all passwords in a hashed format in a file called as SAM (Security Accounts Manager). These Windows password recovery software basically go through these files and reset the administrator account and other passwords.

You can download a password recovery tool from the Internet and recover administrator account password within minutes.

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How to recover forgotten password of emailing sites from Mozilla Firefox

Mozilla Firefox is a free and open sourced Web browser, which many people use it all around the world. It is a multi-tabbed browser that provides various types of extensions to let you do multi-tasking while working on a single site only. It is a very light-weighted browser that makes surfing really a nice experience. In addition, this browser supports adding various add-ons that it keeps on adding to its armory. One such add-on is the Better Cache add-on that enables you to control the cache settings so that you can judiciously use the bandwidth on offer. One of its options is the 'Everytime a site opens' option which saves the cache settings for a particular site everytime you open it. This is particularly useful when you have stored the passwords of your email accounts in the browser. In such scenarios, you can recover password of your email accounts and other sites using a password recovery software

Consider a scenario wherein you use 'gmail' to perform the emailing tasks in Mozilla Firefox 3.5 at your organization. As a safe practice, you usually change your password every month or so as you are using gmail on public system. However, this time around when you tried to login to your account you are unable to do so. You tried hard to recall the recently changed password but were unable to remember it. Also, you tried to use different combinations of password that you used previously to set the password but to no avail.

In such situations, you should use a third-party windows password recovery software to get the password back. Such tools are extremely useful in such kinds of situations and recover password without much difficulty. However, there is one condition that needs to be true for the exact password recovery. You should enable the setting that remembers the passwords of all the email sites in the cache. Also, you should not remove the history of the Internet usage to make the password recovery successful.

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Using password recovery software when Password Reset Disk is unable to recover password

We know that our brain can remember a lot of things, but provided one keeps on reminding it. For example, lot of us remember certain dates like birthday, anniversaries, etc because we need to put these dates in lot of places like admission forms, email registration, etc. On the contrary, the things or tasks that we do not perform on a regular basis tend to slip out of our minds. The passwords of some our user accounts fall in such situations. A lot of us keep a system password for their computers, which we sometimes forget if we have not used it for long or if we have recently changed it. There are some methods that you can use to recover the system password. However, if you are not able to recover Windows password then you should use a password recovery software to do the needful.

There could be following reasons as well because of which you would need a password recovery software:

• You are unable to recall the password of Windows user account, chat messenger, or email account, etc.
• A particular user in your organization has left and you need to unlock and access the computer system.
• You have lost the sheet of paper in which the password was written.
• You have accidentally deleted the file in which the password was saved.

To ward off such instances in the future, you should create a Password Reset Disk, which enables you to keep a new password for Windows logon. To do this, you should perform the following steps:

• Open User Accounts by following Start | Control Panel | User Accounts.
• Select the user whose account you want to modify.
• Click the Prevent a forgotten password option under Related Tasks, and click Next.
• Insert a removable media such as a floppy disk, and click Next.
• In the Current user account password text box, enter the password that you want to keep, and click Next.
• When the progress gets completed, then click Next and then click Finish. You can use this disk to recover the forgotten password.

However, there may be chances when you are unable to recover Windows password because of any reason. In such cases, you should use a password recovery software to perform password recovery. Such tools reset the Windows password to a blank password.

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Type of passwords for windows operating system

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For providing security to your computer system, what usually you do ?. Very simple, lock your computer with passwords. But do you know how many types of passwords that you can apply on windows operating system ?. Basically three types of password you can apply to providing security to you data. But when you lost or forget these password then how will you get access of your computer so that you can get your valuable data. You need to use windows password recovery software to get access of your computer again.

There are basically three type password by which you can lock your computer:

1)Administrator password: This is most common and easiest way to provide security to our data. By few mouse clicks you can provide administrator password to your data. Different version of windows OS have different option to set administrator password.

a) In windows 2000 or XP : Click on Start->Run , in run window type lusrmgr.msc and click “OK”. A window will be open Double click on User folder , on the right hand site list of users will open, right click on administrator folder and select Set Password.

b) In Windows Vista: Click on Start--->Start Search, in search window wight lusrmgr.msc, and proceed as above.

2)BIOS Password: BIOS is the first program that on you computer when you start your computer. So you can set password for BIOS so that it restrict unauthenticated user to access your computer.

For setting this password you need to reboot your computer, then a massage will appear “ Press Del key for BIOS setting ”(Some BIOS ask for F2 or F10). When you hit respective key BIOS windows will appears, In the mane of BIOS you will find “Security” click on that and you will find option for setting password.

3)Hard Disk password: If you required high security then use this method to provide password to your computer. It is very secure but little bit risky because if you forget your Hard disk password then your not able to access your hard drive even on different computer system.

How to set Hard Disk Password: It is very easy to set hard drive password, steps for setting password are given below:

Open BOIS----->Select security--------->Select Hard disk password.

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