When you forgot or lost Windows 7 password, there was no password reset disk available. Could you discover any way to reset Windows 7 password instantly? Believe some people can do that. But not everyone could get such way so easily.
Naturally, the easiest and simplest way to reset win 7 password is reset it with win 7 password reset disk or use the net user command to reset it. So you should check whether you have a pre-created windows 7 password reset disk, or have another available account who has administrator privilege before you try other solutions to solve this problem.
1. If you have a win 7 password reset disk, you can follow the step-by-step guide to fix the problem easily.
See Reset your Windows password with disk.
See Reset your Windows password with disk.
2. If you have another available admin account, you can solve the problem with a few steps:
- Run cmd.exe as administrator.
- Type in: net user <user name> <new password>to set a new password to account <user name>.
If the solutions above cannot be carried out, the software mentioned below will help you fix the problem.
Two kinds of software help to reset Windows password without disk:
Option 1: Reset Windows 7 Password with Chntpw
Step 1: Grab Universal USB Installer and download Ubuntu 10.10.
Step 2: Create a Bootable Ubuntu Live USB.
- 2-1: Run the Universal USB Installer and select Ubuntu 10.10.
- 2-2: Click Browse to select the Ubuntu ISO file.
- 2-3: Select the USB drive and set the persistent file size. Once all settings are in place, click Create to begin creating a bootable Ubuntu Live USB.
Step 3: Boot Computer from Ubuntu Live USB.
- 3-1: Press ESC, F2, F10, F9 etc. to reboot PC and enter computer BIOS.
- 3-2: Set USB/Removable Hard disk as first boot option in the BIOS settings.
- 3-3: Save the changes and reboot the system from Ubuntu Live USB.
Step 4: Install Chntpw.
- 4-1: Press Ctrl + Alt + T to open a Terminal window.
- 4-2: Type sudo apt-get install chntpw and click Enter.
The process of download and installation would go on without further assistance. Once it’s finished and your back at the regular prompt, simply type exit and hit Enter.
Step 5: Reset Windows 7 Password.
- 5-1: Mount the hard disk partition where Windows is installed in according to access all the removable drives and hard disk partitions from Places menu.
- 5-2: Mount the drive with Windows folder.
Open all partitions to find the drive with Windows folder. When you find it, make a note of the drive’s label that appears in the menu bar of the file browser. - 5-3: Open Applications menu from panel, and select Terminal from Accessories menu.
In Terminal window, enter cd /media command, and then list all mounted media drives with ls command. - 5-4: Navigate to drive that contains Windows folder.
- 5-5: Read Windows user account credentials and make changes to saved passwords with running chntpw tool. sudo chntpw SAM
Type:
cd <hard drive label>
cd Windows/System32/config
cd <hard drive label>
cd Windows/System32/config
Pourpose: Open config folder and then you can make changes to Security Accounts Manager (SAM).
The sudo chntpw SAM command can only make changes to Windows admin account password. If you want to change standard user’s password, use the switch –u followed by correct user account name.
sudo chntpw –u <user account name> SAM
sudo chntpw –u <user account name> SAM
If you’ve changed the user account password, reboot your system, and exit Ubuntu Live USB. If you’ve just reset the admin password, Windows will not prompt you to enter the password. However, if you changed the password, please log in to Windows with new password.
Option 2: Reset Windows 7 password with Windows Password Genius
What about the Chntpw introduced above? Is it easy or a little difficult for you? No matter how, a more easier and convenient software is available now - iSunshare Windows Password Genius.
Only two steps are needed to reset Windows 7 password without disk:
- First step: Create a password reset disk.
- Second step: Reset Windows 7 password.
Step 1: Create a Windows 7 Password Reset Disk with USB or CD/DVD
- Download and install Windows Password Genius on an accessible computer.
- Insert a writable USB or CD/DVD drive into computer and select the device you have inserted into computer.
- Click Begin burning to create a Windows 7 password reset disk.
Until successfully burning message pops up, we finish burning a password reset disk.
Step 2: Reset Windows 7 password
- Insert burnable USB or CD/DVD into locked computer, and make computer boot from these devices.
- Select Windows 7 and user account that you wish to reset password.
- Click Reset password to wait for removing Windows 7 password, and then Reboot.
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