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I often encounter a problem forgotten user password for logging into Windows. There is a huge amount of information on this matter, but in some places it is outdated, and in others completely useless. Well, for example, if in WIndows XP or Seven (it doesn’t matter), the local user password is forgotten, and the administrative account “Administrator” or “Administrator” has no password, then you can boot from this account. The administrator password is set during installation of the operating system. By default this user has a blank password. To log in to Administrator mode, on the system welcome screen, press twice CTRL+ALT+DEL, a window for entering the administrator password will appear. Enter in the "user" field - Administrator or Admistrator (depending on the XP version), leave the "password" field empty. When the computer boots, go to "Start\\Control Panel\\User Accounts" and change the required password. But this method is banal and simple, and often machines are brought not with a simple forgotten password, but with a password-protected administrative account, the password for which, of course, has been forgotten. Pirate builds of Windows XP often suffer from this problem - after installation they do not offer to create a user, but immediately load the Administrator, so they put a password on it, thereby closing all escape routes. In this article we will solve this problem for two operating systems - Windows XP and Windows Seven.

1. Reset your password using a boot disk or USB flash drive

Loading the image:

How to use all this is written in the English dialect.

How to make the CD

Unzipped, there should be an ISO image file (cd??????.iso). This can be burned to CD using whatever burner program you like, most support writing ISO-images. Often double-cliking on it in explorer will pop up the program offering to write the image to CD. Once written the CD should only contain some files like "initrd.gz", "vmlinuz" and some others. If it contains the image file "cd??????.iso" you didn\"t burn the image but instead added the file to a CD. I cannot help with this, please consult you CD-software manual or friends.

The CD will boot with most BIOSes, see your manual on how to set it to boot from CD. Some will auto-boot when a CD is in the drive, some others will show a boot-menu when you press ESC or F10/F12 when it probes the disks, some may need to have the boot order adjusted in setup.

How to make a bootable USB drive

Copy all the files that is inside the usbXXXXXX.zip or on the CD onto an usb drive, directly on the drive, not inside any directory/folder. Please know that getting some computers to boot from USB is worse than from CD, you may have to change settings, or some will not simply work at all. It is OK if there are other files on the USB drive from before, they will not be removed. Install bootloader on the USB drive, from command prompt in windows (start the command line with "run as administrator" if possible) X:syslinux.exe -ma X: Replace X: with the drive letter the USB drive shows up as (DO NOT USE C:) If it seems like nothing happened, it is usually done. However, a file named ldlinux.sys may appear on the USB drive, that is normal. It should now in theory be bootable.

And in Russian something like this: in order to create a bootable CD, unpack the archive, it contains an iso image - write it to disk with any program like Nero, I use UltraISO for this; in order to create a bootable flash drive, unzip the archive to the root of the flash drive. Launch the command line and enter the command there: X:syslinux.exe -ma X:, where X is the letter of the flash drive. The flash drive should become bootable, by the way, no messages should appear.

So, we believe that we have succeeded in creating bootable media. And we even booted from it. We follow the guide:

On the first screen, press Enter and see this:

The utility must find a partition in the operating system, which will be clear from the line: Candidate Windows pertitions found: - one partition was found. We also press Enter (in the Select line it means the section has already been entered) and then we see the following screen:

If you need SATA drivers, you can download them. Drivers for disk controllers are also offered by the developer of the utility; they are presented in the form of floppy disk images.

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 be launched 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 the paths do not need to be changed 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;)

System requirements:
RAM: 512 Mb
CD-ROM (DVD) or USB device
BIOS must support booting from CD/DVD or USB media
OS: Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 10 Technical Preview.
File systems: FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, NTFS5.

Description
Losing your password or having your account blocked is a fairly common problem. You can format the hard drive or reinstall the system, but this will not save you from losing both data and settings, as well as other problems. Moreover, it will take a lot of time. But there is a solution. Simply download Reset Windows Passwords using a bootable CD or USB and recover your password or unlock your account.

Reset Windows Password is the most effective solution for recovering or resetting passwords in Windows OS. The program is as easy to use as possible. The password search and selection algorithms are unique and are not used in any similar program. This is the only utility that works correctly with all types of accounts.

Simple and intuitive graphical interface.
Resetting or changing passwords for users, local administrator, domain administrator, Active Directory users, DSRM (Directory Service Restore Mode) account
Ability to enable and unlock user accounts, as well as local and domain administrators
Disabling the password expiration option
The latest password search algorithms (so-called Smart Attack, recovery using Passcape tables, instant recovery of password-protected accounts with fingerprint login, etc.)
Dump user password hashes from SAM for further analysis
Dump Active Directory user hashes
Dump cached domain passwords
Supports all NT-based versions of Windows, including the latest Windows 10 TP
Supports all types of accounts, including Windows 8 LiveID
For all editions of the program there is a utility for independently creating a bootable CD/DVD/USB disk from a downloaded ISO file with the program
Support for 32/64 bit Windows
Large built-in support for IDE/SATA/SCSI/RAID controllers
Determining multiple installed Operating Systems
Support for non-English versions of Windows and passwords in national encodings
Ability to roll back changes made to the system
Removing passwords and other personal information from your computer
Reset and recover your SYSKEY password
Creating virtual disks from image files
Finding forgotten registration keys

Restrictions:
Although the program comes with a large set of HDD drivers (ATI, Highpoint, Intel, Jmicron, Marvell, Nvidia, Silicion Image, Sis, Uli, Via, Vmware), some computers may require additional hard drive drivers. Refer to your personal computer's motherboard user manual for more information.

Known Issues:
If your computer has two or more logical drives, then when you run Reset Windows Password, the order of the drive letters in the system may be changed.

When resetting the built-in Administrator account password on Windows XP Home Edition, keep in mind that in order to activate the built-in Administrator account, you will need to boot into Safe Mode.

RWP supports all SYSKEY encryption types. In some cases, you will need to enter the initial password SYSKEY or specify the path to the floppy disk with this password. However, the program also allows you to reset SYSKEY, so even if you do not have the password or SYSKEY floppy disk, now this is not a problem.

Once you reset your password, you will temporarily lose access to Website passwords, share passwords, wireless network passwords, EFS encrypted files, email encrypted with certain private keys, and other DPAPI-protected information. For more detailed information, please refer to the Microsoft knowledgebase article KB290260.

In some cases, resetting an Active Directory user's password does not have the intended effect. For example, if the password is reset on only one physical disk from the RAID array, or the password is reset on the RODC (Read Only Domain Controller), or the user belongs to the Denied RODC Password Replication Group.

When creating a bootable disk, keep in mind that some BIOS/UEFI have problems with certain USB drives. As a rule, bootable CD/DVD disks have fewer compatibility problems.

Today I’ll tell you how to reset your Windows password without using third-party programs. In fact, everything is very simple, in order to reset your password (change it), you only need or.

The method I described is not some kind of secret, it is rather a “hole” in the operating system, which, I think, will definitely be covered. But they haven’t covered it yet, let’s use it!

So, first of all, let me explain what we will do. The Windows operating system has such a wonderful feature as “. It is called if you press the key 5 times Shift . Try...

After pressing the key five times Shift The ““ function starts. The function itself does not interest us. We are interested in the possibility of calling a program by pressing a key five times Shift .

So this is what I'm getting at. You need to make sure that when you press the key five times Shift the command line was launched instead of the function “ Sticky keys“. Read on to find out how to do this...

As I already wrote at the very beginning, we will need a Windows disk or bootable USB flash drive. Insert, load and select “ System Restore”

We wait for the search for installed Windows, check what drive it is installed on (in my case it is drive D), select it and click “ Further”

In recovery options, select “ Command line”

A command prompt will open. Great!

At the command prompt, enter the following command:

copy D:\Windows\System32\sethc. exe D:\

and press Enter. If you entered everything correctly you should see the following

This way we saved the file sethc.exe which just starts when you press the key five times Shift , to drive D:\. Now you need to replace the command line launch file with the system recovery launch file. To do this, enter the following information:

copy D:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe D:\Windows\System32\sethc.exe

then press the key Enter and make sure that the command worked successfully

Very good, close the command prompt window and press the “” button

When Windows boots and you see the Welcome screen asking you to enter your user password, press the key five times Shift . A command prompt window will open

Moreover, it is open with maximum rights! Now all that remains is to change the password. My user name is User , so the password change command will be as follows

Lazesoft Recover My Password is a Windows 10 password reset program. You can download the Windows password reset program from the official website. How to use the Windows password reset program:

After all manipulations, the system will reboot. This program is suitable for resetting Windows password from a flash drive and disk.

This method is suitable for those who have foreseen the situation in advance and are considering the option of having to reset the Windows password from a flash drive. Since for this method you need to log into your account and prepare a flash drive, or as it is called in the operating system - “Windows 10 Password Reset Disk”. Reset Windows 10 password via USB flash drive (via Windows 10 password reset disk):

As a result, the flash drive will be ready for resetting the Windows 10 password. The file userkey.psw, which is necessary for the reset, will be written to it.

To reset a password from a flash drive in Windows, connect it to your PC. When logging in, if you enter the wrong password, you will see a new item below the input field. With this item you can activate the reset. Click on it and follow the instructions.

Resetting your computer password in Windows 10 or other versions is necessary when you have forgotten your password but do not want to reinstall the system. How to reset your password on Windows 10 or 8:

It is necessary to restructure the Sticky Keys function to display a command line
Enter the combination that changes the password in Windows to reset the Windows password

In Windows, starting from XP, there is such an interesting function - sticky keys, it turns on if you press the Shift key five times in a row. After the sound signal, a window will appear in which we will talk about sticking.

Do you know other methods on how to reset a password on a computer running Windows 10 or 8?

In order to reset your password in Windows 8 and 8.1, you need to boot your computer from the installation disk or flash drive. Once your computer is booted, select the language you want and click Next. How to reset your password on Windows 8 and 8.1:

Press Shift + F10. A command prompt will open
Save the file that triggers sticking, to do this, enter the command copy D:\windows\system32\sethc.exe D:\
Enter the following command: copy D:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
When the console asks for confirmation, enter the appropriate key (Y or N) and press Enter
Close Command Prompt and restart your computer

After the computer boots, when entering your password, press the Shift key 5 times. If you did everything correctly, the command line should appear. To reset your password in Windows 8, you need to enter in the command line: net user Administrator 123456.

Let's decipher the command:

net user - password change command
Administrator is a required user
123456 - new password

Don't forget to restore the Sticky Keys launch file. To do this, boot from the installation disk again, open a command prompt and run the following command: copy D:\sethc.exe D:\windows\system32\sethc.exe.

And agree with the replacement. Done, now you can restart your computer and work peacefully.