Question posted by Rylai on November 22nd, 2011

What Program Reset Forgotten Login Password On A Windows 7 Computer?

Question: I have tried Hiren's boot disk 15.0 which has "Offline NT Password Changer 2011-05-11" and it works for XP, but it wouldn't erase the login password for a Windows 7 computer. I had it erase and change the password but the changes didn't appear. Does anyone know of any other programs I could try out? Nowadays, with several password generators, it is not a problem anymore to produce a strong password. But complicated passwords results a new difficulty: not easy to remember good amount of passwords exactly. Because of this, you may forget login password, including windows 7 password. To reset Windows 7 password, the options are wandering within the internet site, which might leave you in a dilemma. Here, we'd like to share with you an easy-to-use password recovery program - Windows Password Breaker, which is nearly 100 percent password recovery rate. With intuitive and easy operating approach, it suits for any consumer even a novice. Windows Password Breaker is the most popular Windows 7 password recovery tool. It can remove forgotten local administrator and other user password for Windows 7/Vista/XP/2008/2003/2000 in minutes, regardless of the length and complexity of the lost password. 100% secure is guaranteed. No any loss or damage to your computer data and settings. What's more it guarantees nearly 100% reset rate. Compared with Offline NT Password Changer, it is more efficient and easier. To use this program, the first thing is to download and install Windows Password Breaker in any computer. Next you can burn a bootable DOS-based password recovery USB or CD/DVD with this application in seconds. After that, you just need to insert the DOS-based disk in the computer that you want to reset password of, and start the computer from the disk. You'll be able to see Windows Password Breaker under DOS Command Prompt. Follow the instruction to finish your forgotten Windows 7 password reset. Step 1: Download and install Windows Password Breaker in any accessible computer. Step 2: Run the program and burn a bootable CD/DVD or USB for your locked computer. Now the Windows password recovery CD/DVD or USB is created. Insert it in your locked computer and follow the below steps to recover Windows 7 password with the burned Windows pasword reset disk. Step 3: Set the locked computer to boot from CD/DVD or USB. When you save the settings, the computer will restart. And after restarting, you can reset password for all accounts. Step 4: Reset windows 7 password successfully and restart your computer. After your Windows 7 password reset, you can get access to your computer again without loss any data on your computer. When you forgot password and need a Windows 7 password recovery tool, just use Windows Password Breaker to reset your password.

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Answer #1: Posted by ferd9757 on December 16th, 2012 10:12 PM
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 All you need is a copy of the Windows installation disk and one simple command line trick. Resetting Your Forgotten Windows Password

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 you can reboot the PC.

Resetting the Password

Once you get to the login screen, hit the Shift key 5 times, and you’ll see an administrator mode command prompt.

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.

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