Having
a an administrator password on your windows 7 is a sure way of taking charge of your computer. This means
that other people around you can access only what you want them to access. It is
likely that having the password may mean losing it at one time. The
question is “how do you recover your lost administrator password?” Here are
tips on how to around it.
You
can use a password reset disk to
reset the account's password and thereby regain access to the system. Of
course, you can only do that if you already prepared the reset disk, so do that
right now.
Launch
Control Panel, click User Accounts, and click the link "Create a password
reset disk" at left. Follow the prompts to create a bootable diskette or
USB drive that will let you reset your password. Then store it somewhere safe.
Consider doing the same for relatives when you pay them a visit.
Windows Recovery Environment (RE).
There are a number of very intricate techniques to reset the password for a Windows 7 user account. Many start with Windows Recovery Environment (RE). When you boot from the Windows 7 DVD and choose "Repair", it boots into Windows RE. Once Windows RE is running, you can open a Command Prompt, perform offline Registry editing, and more.
There are a number of very intricate techniques to reset the password for a Windows 7 user account. Many start with Windows Recovery Environment (RE). When you boot from the Windows 7 DVD and choose "Repair", it boots into Windows RE. Once Windows RE is running, you can open a Command Prompt, perform offline Registry editing, and more.
If
you know what you're doing, you can dig into the Registry, change just the right
byte in the data for a specific binary Registry value, and thereby enable the
Administrator account. Another trick involves temporarily replacing the program
file for Window's "StickyKeys" feature with CMD.EXE. Once that's
done, you can press Shift five times at the Welcome screen to invoke
StickyKeys. This will open a Command Prompt from which you can reset your
password by typing the right command.
However,
for most users these techniques are just too arcane, and a mistake could cause
serious trouble. If you've got the skills to perform these tricky password
reset techniques, you can surely find full details on the Internet.
Get
Help
Companies like Passcape Software, Elcomsoft, and others offer Windows password recovery tools at a reasonable price. Free tools are also available, though you'll want to check reviews before making a choice.
Companies like Passcape Software, Elcomsoft, and others offer Windows password recovery tools at a reasonable price. Free tools are also available, though you'll want to check reviews before making a choice.
Here
is a list of free tools;
Once you've recovered the password you're home
free.
Do
be sure to choose a password recovery tool, not a password reset tool. If the
user encrypted any files using Windows's built-in Encrypting File System,
resetting the password will make those files inaccessible. Yes, Elcomsoft and
others offer tools to crack EFS-encrypted files, but you can avoid that
potential problem by recovering rather than resetting the password.
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