Looking for Windows 7 Password Recovery options? If you've lost your
current Windows 7 password and can not login to Windows anymore, you can
try any of the methods given below to recover, reset or remove your
password on the easiest, fastest, and safest way.
Method 1: Use An Administrator Account
Windows 7 password recovery is a breeze if you share your
computer with an administrative user. You could ask the administrative
user to log on to Windows 7 with his username and password and perform
the following steps:
- Open Windows 7 Start Menu, and click Control Panel.
- In the Control Panel, click Add or remove user accounts.
- Select the account for which you have lost the password.
- Click on Remove the password or Change the password; and then you can remove or change the forgotten or lost password.
Method 2: Use Windows 7 Password Reset Disk
The above password remove/change method is the easiest and
quickest way of changing the password that you have forgotten. This
method should work for most users, but in case it doesn't work or you
don't have any other Administrative account on Windows 7 to perform the
remove/change password task, then you can use a password reset disk to
reset your password.
Windows 7 allows you to create a password reset disk that you
can use to reset your forgotten password. However, the preliminary
requirement of using this method is that you must have created a
password reset disk beforehand. If you do not have the disk, you can not
use this method!
However, if you already have a password reset disk, you can follow these simple steps to reset your password:
- When you enter a wrong password on Windows 7 logon screen, a
message will appear that "The username or password is incorrect". Click
on the OK button, and you're back to the Windows 7 logon screen.
- Plug the password reset disk (USB flash drive) into your computer, and then click on Reset password…
- When the Password Reset Wizard opens, click Next.
- In the next page, select your disk from the drop-down menu, and click Next.
- Now you can enter a new password. This password will replace
the old password, and everything else about your user account will
remain unchanged.
- Click Finish to close the Password Reset Wizard.
Method 3: Use Ophcrack for Windows 7 Password Recovery
If you have no other administrative account or a password
reset disk to recover your Windows 7 password, you have an option of
using a third-party password recovery program - Ophcrack, one of the
best free Windows password recovery programs available. It is fast and
easy enough for anyone with a basic knowledge of Windows.
With Ophcrack, you do not need access to your Windows
account to be able to recover the forgotten passwords. You just need to
download the ISO image from
Ophcrack's website, burn it to a disc and boot your system from that disc.
When Ophcrack starts, it gathers information about all
the Windows 7 user accounts, and begins to recover the passwords for
each account, automatically. The software can take from a few seconds to
a few minutes to guess (crack) the password depending on the number of
user accounts and the complexity of the password.
Method 4: Use Windows 7 Installation Disc
If none of the above methods work for you, you can use
your Windows 7 installation CD/DVD to recover your Windows 7 password.
The Windows 7 installation disc can not only install the operating
system on your computer but also restores the system to a previous
state. If you have created a system backup image before you set your
Windows 7 password, the Windows 7 installation disc can help you restore
to a state when no password was set.
To restore your Windows 7 to a previous state with a Windows 7 installation disc, here are the steps you will need to take:
- Insert the installation CD/DVD into the optical drive of your computer.
- Turn on (or restart) your computer, and boot from the CD/DVD.
- When the Windows 7 setup starts, choose your language setting, and click Next.
- Click Repair your computer.
- Select Restore your computer using a system image that you created earlier.
- Click Next.
Now your system will be restored to a previous state, and you
will no longer be asked for a password on Windows logon. However, the
weak point of using this method is that you will also lose your
documents and settings that you created after creating the backup image.
Method 5: Recover Windows 7 Password by Third-party Software
- Download the self-extracting Zip file of Reset Windows Password package.
- Uncompress the package, there is a ISO image: ResetWindowsPwd.iso. Burn it onto a CD/DVD or USB flash drive.
- Boot your locked computer from the newly burned CD/DVD or USB flash drive.
- Wait until the boot process is finished. When a window pops up with all your Windows accounts, select the target one and click Reset button to remove the forgotten password.
It is annoying when you lose your password. But, with the
Windows 7 password recovery methods above, you can recover your password
and regain access to your Windows 7 operating system easily.
Reset Windows Password is an easy-to-use bootable utility that allows you to reset Windows 7, 2008, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000 password,
when your password is lost or forgotten. Here is a simple tutorial
guides you to create a bootable USB flash drive and reset your forgotten
Windows 7 password:
