Windows 7 password recovery floppy disk. An easy way to reset your account password for any version of Windows! Correctly starting a computer from removable media
Pascape Software Reset Windows Password Advanced 9.0 – the program is the most powerful tool for recovering or resetting passwords for Windows accounts: users, administrator, Active Directory users, domain administrator. The program is maximally focused on the untrained user and is easy to use. On the other hand, the algorithms for searching and guessing passwords used in the program are unique and are not used in any other similar program. Unlike other similar utilities, Reset Windows Password is the only program that correctly handles all types of Windows accounts! Simply boot Reset Windows Passwords from a bootable CD or USB, 'remember' your forgotten password, or unlock your account. It's just a matter of minutes! Main features of the Reset Windows Password program:
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| System requirements: | |
| Operating system: | Windows XP,Vista,7,8,10 (x86,x64) |
| CPU: | 1 GHz |
| RAM: | 512 MB |
| Interface language: | Russian |
| Size: | 315 MB |
| pharmacy: | cured |
| *archive WITHOUT password |
From this text you will learn how you can create a bootable USB flash drive or disk to reset your Windows password in 10 minutes. You can remove the administrator password for any version of Windows from Windows XP to 10. I think that the program will cope with an older version, but I doubt that there are oldfags that are still sitting on Windows ME or 98.)
Windows password reset program
A free program called Lasersoft Recover My Password will help us reset the password in Windows; it can be downloaded for free on the official website. Click the Download button, then Download Now again.
An executable file lsrmphdsetup.exe will be downloaded to your computer and needs to be installed. After starting the program, click the Burn Bootable CD / USB disk Now button
In the next window, you need to select the Windows edition from which you need to ask for a password. I recommend installing Windows 8.1 - 64. It is universal, i.e. Suitable for both seven and ten, and of course for Windows 8.
Next, choose which media to record the password reset program on - CD - disk, flash drive or ISO image. I recommend choosing a USB flash drive, since this is the most universal method - all laptops have a USB port on board, but not all have a DVD drive. And press start.
where will we write the program onto a flash drive or CD? The program will issue a warning that all data on the disk will be destroyed; you need to click Yes. The creation process will be completed in a few minutes.
How to reset a password in Windows using a flash drive
Here, we have created a program for resetting the password and recorded it on a flash drive. We insert it into the computer and switch to booting from a disk or flash drive. The boot priority is changed in the BIOS ().
Press ENTER, then NEXT 2 times. In this window, select the top item Clear Password.
Select your Windows user name and click Next again
select user The last step is you need to click Reset/Unlock
Then click OK - Finish. At the bottom of the screen, click on the analogue Start button and select Reboot. When asked whether to save the changes, answer OK.
Ready, your Windows password has been reset.
If you suddenly forgot the password for your Windows account, then you have no choice but to look for a way to reset it or install a new operating system, which in my opinion is complete madness in this case :) Nowadays you can find many different reset methods on the Internet passwords for Windows operating systems using the built-in boot tools of Windows itself, as well as using third-party special programs. Some methods are suitable for some versions of Windows, some for others, and some methods are too complicated for beginners. Previously, in one of the articles, I showed one way to reset a password using a bootable console program built on Linux, however, all actions there must be performed in the form of commands on a black screen and for beginners this may be difficult.
In this article, I will show you the simplest option for resetting an account password in any version of Windows (I even tried it on Windows 10) using the Reset Windows Password boot program. The reset process takes just 4 steps!
I would like to warn you right away that if you used a Microsoft account to log in to your computer, and not a standard local one, then none of the programs will be able to reset its password, since the Microsoft account password can only be changed on the company’s website. Therefore, this method, like all similar ones, only works if you have forgotten the password for a standard local Windows account!
The program is bootable, that is, it cannot simply be installed on a computer as is usually done. The program will launch from a disk or flash drive when the computer boots. Those. The program will need to be written to a disk or flash drive first!
Creating a boot disk/flash drive with the Reset Windows Password program and launching it
After the program is downloaded, you need to write it to a disk or flash drive. Instructions for burning the program as an ISO file on a CD/DVD disc are located, and for writing the program as an ISO file on a flash drive -.
Since modern laptops can often be found without a disk drive for reading disks, I think that the method of writing a program to a flash drive will suit most, especially since, perhaps, every computer owner has one.
After you burn the program to a disk or flash drive, you need to run it. To do this, you should restart your computer and configure your BIOS so that the computer boots not from the hard drive as usual, but from a recorded flash drive or CD/DVD disc.
In a separate article, I gave instructions on setting up the BIOS to boot your computer from a disk or flash drive, read it if you have difficulty loading the program:
Each computer may have its own way of configuring booting from a specific device, so it is impossible to give clear recommendations... But the article at the link above should help most.
When the program starts to launch, you will see a window similar to loading regular Windows 7:
Working with the program
When the Reset Windows Password boot program starts, the first window will ask you to configure the program.
First of all, select the Russian language (1), then in the “Operation mode” section select the item “SAM - working with regular accounts” (2) and at the end under the inscription “What do you want to do?” select “Reset or change user password” (3). When everything is configured, click “Next” (4) at the bottom of the window.
The program will perform a password reset (i.e. erasing it, resetting it to zero), and not replacing the old password with a new one!
In the next window we can select the path to the “SAM” and “SYSTEM” folders to reset the password.
If you use standard Windows, where nothing has been changed globally, then you do not need to change the paths and they will already be set correctly:
C:\Windows\System32\Config\SAM
C:\Windows\System32\Config\SYSTEM
At step No. 3, select in the window the Windows account for which we want to reset the password (1) and click “Next” (2).
At the last 4th stage, click the “Reset / Change” button:
You will be prompted to create a rollback file. Using this file, you can restore the ability of the system to work if it “breaks” after running the program.
In general, the program does not go where it is not needed and does not make any serious changes in Windows, so it is easier not to create a rollback file by clicking “No” in this window.
A notification will appear indicating that the account has been changed (the password has been reset) and you can close the program and check the changes. Just click “OK” (1) in the notification window and then “Exit” (2) in the program itself.
Now remove the disk/flash drive with the program from the computer and reboot it. Windows should boot immediately without asking for a password!
As you can see, this method for resetting Windows account passwords is very simple and difficulties may arise, perhaps, only at the stage of loading the program from a flash drive or disk. But among all the methods for resetting a password, I did not find a single one that allows you to reset the password without booting from a special boot disk. Therefore, you still can’t do without it, and it’s easier to figure out how to reset your password than to reinstall Windows :))
Have a nice day and good mood! See you in the next articles;)
We remind you that attempts to repeat the author’s actions may lead to loss of warranty on the equipment and even to its failure. The material is provided for informational purposes only. If you are going to reproduce the steps described below, we strongly advise you to carefully read the article to the end at least once. The editors of 3DNews do not bear any responsibility for any possible consequences.
Windows has long used the SAM system to store and manage all user passwords. All information in it is well protected, so in order to find out the password, you will have to spend a lot of time and resources, especially if it is quite complex. Most often, however, there is no need to find out the password at all - just reset it or change it. Several utilities have been developed for this, one of which we will use. Another important point is that, obviously, when the OS is running, it will not allow you to just break into the password storage. Therefore, you need to make sure that your computer supports booting from a CD/DVD or USB media in order to launch the necessary utilities.
The most famous of them is Offline NT Password and Registry editor, which can work with passwords and the registry of Windows XP/Vista/7. Download the USB or CD version of the utility, burn the downloaded image to disk, or use our tips for creating a multiboot flash drive. The utility does not have a graphical interface, but you shouldn’t be afraid of this - everything in it is quite simple and clear. In addition, the desired option is often offered by default, so you only need to press the Enter key.
Boot from removable media Offline NT Password and Registry editor. You are unlikely to need additional boot options, but in some cases you will have to empirically select those that will help the utility start. The next step is to select the partition number on which Windows is installed. You will have to navigate first of all by its size. In principle, until the very last moment the program does not make any changes to Windows, so in case of an error, you can simply start the password reset procedure again.
Then the utility will ask you to specify the path to the folder where the SAM files are located (in fact, this is a registry hive). The default is X:/Windows/System32/config, this is what the program offers at the beginning. Then you need to select the first item (Password reset), since we are going to reset the password.
Then everything is simple. Select the first item (Edit user data and password) and enter the user name or identifier in the format 0xabcd, Where abcd is the RID listed in the first column. RID is useful if the username is not displayed correctly or cannot be entered. For example, when using Cyrillic.
All that remains is to specify item 1 (password reset) or 2 (password change) for the selected user. Exit password editing mode by entering an exclamation point and pressing Enter.
Everything is almost ready. Enter q, press Enter, and then agree to the changes by entering y and pressing Enter again. We refuse to continue working in Offline NT Password and Registry editor ( n), remove the flash drive or CD and press the treasured combination Alt+Ctrl+Del to reboot. Done - the password is reset!
This was an easy way to reset your Windows 7 password. There shouldn't be any difficulties with it. You just need to be careful and careful. Problems can only arise if the necessary drivers for working with the hard drive are missing. Then you will have to put them on a floppy disk (if, of course, you find a living representative of this almost extinct species and a working drive for it) or on a USB flash drive and at the first stage select the fetch additional drivers item.
For the second and third methods, you only need the Windows 7 installation disk and nothing else. A more complex option involves enabling the initially hidden “Administrator” account by editing the registry from the Windows 7 installation environment. In the future, you can log in under this account and edit any other account in the OS. By default, “Administrator” does not have a password, which only plays into our hands.
So, boot from the installation disk and press Shift+F10 to open the command line, where we enter regedit and press Enter to launch the Registry Editor.
Selecting a section HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, and in the menu select “File” → “Load hive...” (File → Load hive...). We need to open the SAM file, which is located in the folder \Windows\System32\config on the partition where Windows 7 is installed. When opening, you will be prompted to enter the name of the hive to load - enter any.
Now you need to select a section HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\hive_name\SAM\Domains\Account\Users\000001F4 and double click on the key F. An editor will open in which you need to go to the first number in line 038 - this is 11. It must be changed to 10. Be careful and do not make a mistake - you only need to change it, without adding or deleting other numbers!
Now we need to select our bush HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\hive_name\ and in the menu select “File” → “Unload hive...” (File → Unload hive...), and then confirm unloading the hive.
That’s it, you can reboot by removing the pre-installation disk and log in under an administrator account. In the Windows Control Panel, under User Management, you can change the settings of another account. Including changing the password.
There is one last way left, the wrong one. Why wrong? Because we will deal with replacing system files, and this is a ignoble matter. What is the main idea? It's simple - the OS has the function of detecting sticky keys enabled by default. You've probably encountered it at least once, and if not, just quickly press Shift at least 5 times, and you will see this wonderful window:
This window belongs to a small auxiliary program sethc.exe, which is located in the Windows system directory. Moreover, it even starts on the welcome screen, when you are asked to select a user and enter a password. But it can be replaced with something useful. Eg, cmd.exe. Naturally, not directly in the running OS, but by booting from the Windows 7 installation disk and pressing Shift+F10.
You need to start by identifying the drive letter on which Windows is installed. The easiest thing is to simply view the contents of the root partition with the command dir. C: will most likely be seen as D:, but not necessarily.
Having decided on the volume letter, we execute two simple commands - with one we copy the original file, just in case sethc.exe to the root of the disk or wherever you like, and change the second one to cmd.exe.
Copy d:\windows\system32\sethc.exe d:\copy d:\windows\system32\cmd.exe d:\windows\system32\sethc.exe
We reboot, quickly press the Shift key (or Ctrl, or Alt) several times and observe the command line window. You need to enter another command in it, substituting the name of the desired user and a new password accordingly. Other options for this command can be found in the official help.
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If you want to return everything to normal, you need to boot from the installation disk again, open the console and run the command:
Copy d:\sethc.exe d:\windows\system32\sethc.exe
However, you don’t have to restore anything, but leave this little trick in the system just in case. In addition to the methods listed above, there are many other methods for resetting or recovering a password in Windows, but we will not consider them now. Once again we urge our readers to be attentive and careful when working with the internals of the OS, and even better not to bring the situation to a “surgical” intervention in SAM. Good luck restoring access to your accounts!
Something terrible happened - you somehow managed to forget the password for your Windows 10 account. What to do now? Of course, you can do it the old fashioned way - reinstall the operating system. Or you can try removing password protection using a USB drive. You can learn how to create a flash drive to reset a Windows 10 password on a computer, laptop, or tablet from this instruction.
Creating a flash drive to reset Windows 10 password using the official method
Windows provides built-in tools for creating a USB drive, which you can later use if your login password has been forgotten or lost. However, there are several disadvantages to this method that make it less practical. The first drawback is that you can create such a drive only by logging into Windows. It turns out that users should take care of preparing a USB flash drive in advance for future use. Second, a device prepared for password reset can help in the case of a local account. It will not be able to remove or replace the password from your Microsoft account.
If you are used to thinking ahead, or you have already learned from bitter experience and are now planning to create a USB drive that will help you reset your password in the future, you need to do the following:
The final result should be a userkey.psw file on your drive. It contains all the data needed to reset your password. Interestingly, this file, if necessary, can be moved to any other drive and used in case of an unpleasant situation. To use a flash drive with it, you need to connect it to the computer, enter the wrong password on the login screen and click on the item that appears to begin the reset.
Using Online NT Password & Registry Editor to reset Windows 10 password
If you have forgotten or lost your password, and you did not have time to create a drive to reset it before this unpleasant incident, then it makes sense to use third-party tools. In this case, the Online NT Password & Registry Editor utility. Like similar tools, it can reset passwords for user accounts, although only local ones. She can't reset her Microsoft account password. But it can help you bypass a blocked entry and get into the system.
Before using Online NT Password & Registry Editor, you need to burn it to a USB flash drive. To do this, you still have to get a computer somewhere. Next, do the following:
If something went wrong, you can download the archive marked CD, extract the ISO image from it and use the WinSetupFromUSB program. Please note that in your case, when setting up this utility, you need to check the box next to SysLinux bootsector/Linux distribution using.
So, you managed to create a USB flash drive to reset your password. What to do next? Here's what:
- Connect the USB drive to the computer on which you need to reset the password or somehow gain access to the system.
- Turn on your computer and boot the USB flash drive by selecting it in the Boot Menu. You can read about how to call this menu in the instructions for your PC.
- Many different messages should appear on the screen. Don't get lost. That's how it should be. Press Enter to move to the next step.
- Now the utility should detect the system partition of the hard drive and display a little information about it. All you need to do is indicate its number and move on.
- After checking the partition for the presence of all necessary files, a list of possible actions will appear on the screen. Since you are interested in resetting your password, you need to select the first option.
- In the next step, you must also select the first item.
- You will see a table with a list of user accounts. In the very first column you can see the so-called RID number of each account. See what number is assigned to the entry you need and enter it below. If you are trying to access a computer with a Microsoft account, you must select the hidden account Administrator.
- Now you are offered a list of actions with the selected user record. In the case of a local account, you need to enter the number 1. If at the previous stage you selected a hidden administrator account, you need to enter the number 2.
- As a result, a message should appear on the screen indicating a successful password reset, or a successful attempt to activate the administrator account.
- Next, you just have to press Enter, then enter q, and then - y to finalize the changes.
- This completes the work with the flash drive for downloading Online NT Password & Registry Editor. Pull it out and press it Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart your computer.
