How to Reset Your Forgotten Windows 7 Password the Easy Way
There are very easiest methods in resetting passwords in xp and older versions . The Windows 7 logon password is one of the most important passwords we have memorized and if you've lost (okay... forgotten) this password, the entire world can seem just out of reach.
Resetting Your Forgotten Windows Password
Method 1:Reset lost Windows 7 password with Windows password reset disk.
A forgotten or lost Windows 7 password can be easily and quickly reset by a created Windows password reset disk. Below are the simple steps:
If you enter the wrong password when you attempt to log on, Windows displays a message that the password is incorrect. Click “OK” to close the message.
Click “Reset password”, and then insert your password reset disk.
Follow the steps in the Password Reset Wizard to create a new password.
Log on with the new password. If you forget your password again, you can use the same password reset disk. You don't need to make a new one.
However, you may ask: “What if I don’t have such a disk?” Well, take it easy, you can resort to other ways.
A forgotten or lost Windows 7 password can be easily and quickly reset by a created Windows password reset disk. Below are the simple steps:
If you enter the wrong password when you attempt to log on, Windows displays a message that the password is incorrect. Click “OK” to close the message.
Click “Reset password”, and then insert your password reset disk.
Follow the steps in the Password Reset Wizard to create a new password.
Log on with the new password. If you forget your password again, you can use the same password reset disk. You don't need to make a new one.
However, you may ask: “What if I don’t have such a disk?” Well, take it easy, you can resort to other ways.
Boot off the Windows disk and select the “Repair your computer” option from the lower left-hand corner.
Follow through until you get to the option to open the Command Prompt, which you’ll want to select.
First you’ll want to type in the following command to backup the original sticky keys file:
copy c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe c:\
Then you’ll copy the command prompt executable (cmd.exe) over top of the sticky keys executable:
copy c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe
Now to reset the password—just type the following command, replacing the username and password with the combination you want:
net user geek MyNewPassword
That’s all there is to it. Now you can login.
Of course, you’ll probably want to put the original sethc.exe file back, which you can do by rebooting into the installation CD, opening the command prompt, and copying the c:\sethc.exe file back to c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe.
