How to Recover Windows Login Password

If you have lost and forgotten login password of your Windows computer, but you can still log in to the system when automatic logon is enabled, then there are two ways you can recover Windows login password.

The first option is to use Ophcrack. This is a Windows password cracking tool that reads the NT/LM hashed (encrypted) copies of the passwords from the system, and then uses dictionary and/or brute force methods to find the password that matches the hash. The stronger the password (the longer it is, whether it uses random letters and numbers or words and names) the longer this will take.

The second option is to use Reset Windows Password utility. If you have lost the administrator password and are unable to log in to the computer at all then you must reset the password to something known. This is achieved by booting the computer from a bootable CD/USB and remove the login password as blank. Here are detailed steps:

How to Recover Windows Login Password?

1. Download the zip archive of Reset Windows Password utility to an alternative computer. Once you download the zip file, just unzip it and burn the ResetWindowsPwd.iso file to a blank CD or USB flash drive using ISO2Disc.

2. Insert the bootable CD/USB drive into the target computer with a forgotten administrator password. Power on the computer and set it to boot from CD or USB, not your local hard drive.

3. Shortly after loading the operating system inside the CD/USB drive, it will launch the Reset Windows Password program. You’ll see the Windows SAM registry hive and a list of Windows user accounts which are detected by the program.



4. Choose a user account and then click on Reset Password button, it will remove your Windows login password immediately.

5. Remove the bootable CD or USB drive. Restart the computer and you can then log in to Windows with a blank password.

With Reset Windows Password utility you can easily recover Windows login password for Windows 8/7/Vista/XP and Windows Server 2008/2003/2000.

How to Bypass Windows 7/Vista/XP Admin Password

For most Windows users, forgetting the password to an administrator account can be devastating. Hacking your way into the computer is not always easy and trying to remember the password may not do you any good either. Luckily there is a powerful recovery software which allows you to bypass Windows 7/Vista/XP admin password in minutes.

With Reset Windows Password utility you can bypass Windows admin password through booting your computer from a CD or USB drive. Quickly regain access to your locked computer when you forgot the administrator password. This method is a very simple one. You just need to download the software on an alternative computer, and create a bootable CD or USB drive. So you can then use it to boot your computer and remove the forgotten admin password easily.

How to Bypass Windows 7/Vista/XP Admin Password?

1. Download the zip archive of Reset Windows Password utility to an alternative computer. Once you download the zip file, just unzip it and burn the ResetWindowsPwd.iso file to a blank CD or USB flash drive using ISO2Disc.
2. Insert the bootable CD/USB drive into the target computer with a forgotten administrator password. Power on the computer and set it to boot from CD or USB, not your local hard drive.
3. Shortly after loading the operating system inside the CD/USB drive, it will launch the Reset Windows Password program. You’ll see the Windows SAM registry hive and a list of Windows user accounts which are detected by the program.
   
4. Choose the administrator account and then click on Reset Password button, it will remove your Windows administrator password immediately.
5. Remove the bootable CD or USB drive. Restart the computer and you can then log in to your administrator account with a blank password.

With Reset Windows Password utility you can also unlock any locked-out or disabled Windows accounts, and bypass domain administrator passwords on a domain controller. I think, this would be the perfect password recovery tool for both home and business users alike.

How to Remove Windows Administrator Password

Forgot Windows administrator password? This might bring a lot of irritating and time consuming consequences. Even if you can still log on your computer with a limited account, you don’t have full right to remove or change administrator password. So the only option is to do it from a boot CD/USB.

With Reset Windows Password utility you are able to remove Windows administrator password without knowing the original one for your Windows 8/7/Vista/XP system. This utility works by making a bootable CD or USB drive. After booting from the CD/USB drive, this utility gains full access to the Windows SAM (Security Accounts Manager) file where all Windows passwords are stored, and enables you to easily remove the password associated with your administrator account.

How to Remove Windows Administrator Password?

1. Download the zip archive of Reset Windows Password utility to an alternative computer. Once you download the zip file, just unzip it and burn the ResetWindowsPwd.iso file to a blank CD or USB flash drive using ISO2Disc.
2. Insert the bootable CD/USB drive into the target computer with a forgotten administrator password. Power on the computer and set it to boot from CD or USB, not your local hard drive.
3. Shortly after loading the operating system inside the CD/USB drive, it will launch the Reset Windows Password program. You’ll see the Windows SAM registry hive and a list of Windows user accounts which are detected by the program.
   
4. Choose the administrator account and then click on Reset Password button, it will remove your Windows administrator password immediately.
5. Remove the bootable CD or USB drive. Restart the computer and you can then log in to your administrator account with a blank password.

Reset Windows Password utility can be used to as a great relief if you are usually confronted with the problem of forgetting Windows password. Follow this simple guide you can remove Windows administrator password on almost all versions of Windows system.

How to Reset Login Password in Windows 7/Vista/XP

Forgot the login password in Windows 7/Vista/XP? There a couple of different approaches you can take to recover access to your computer, depending on your exact situation. In any event you have two basic choices: you must either crack the login password or forcefully reset it to something known. It seems obvious to me that resetting the password will take much less time that brute force cracking, so it’s a more cost effective way to get around the password forgotten problem.

Reset Windows Password is the powerful password reset bootdisk which comes with the ability of resetting login password in Windows 7/Vista/XP. Using the boot disk to remove a login password is much easier than re-installing Windows. No need to take your PC to a computer repair shop or call a technician to your home to fix the issue for you. You can reset forgotten Windows login password on your own.

How to Reset Login Password in Windows 7/Vista/XP?

1. Download the zip archive of Reset Windows Password utility to an alternative computer. Once you download the zip file, just unzip it and burn the ResetWindowsPwd.iso file to a blank CD or USB flash drive using ISO2Disc.
2. Insert the bootdisk you’ve created into the target computer whose login password you want to reset. Power on the computer and set it to boot from your bootdisk instead of the local hard drive.
3. Shortly after loading the operating system inside the bootdisk, it will open up the Reset Windows Password program. You’ll see the Windows SAM registry hive and a list of Windows user accounts which are detected by the program.
   
4. Choose a user account and then click on Reset Password button, it will reset your login password immediately.

The last step is remove the bootdisk and restart the computer. You’ll find that you can log in to your desired account with a blank password. Additionally, you can use the same bootdisk to reset login password for domain user accounts in Windows Server 2008/2003/2000. I think every system/network administrators should have a copy of the password reset bootdisk in their toolbox.

Crack Windows Administrator Password When You're Locked Out

This tutorial will show you how to crack Windows administrator password when you forgot it or need to gain access to a computer which is password protected. Most of us have way too many passwords to remember on a daily basis. The worst case scenario is where you forgot Windows administrator password without which it becomes impossible to login to your computer. So here is an excellent password cracking trick.

There are many password cracker tools available on the net which can be used to crack Windows login password, but most of them are useless if the operating system is inaccessible. That's where Reset Windows Password utility comes in. This software runs on a Live CD or USB drive so you can boot into your computer and crack Windows administrator password on Windows 8/7/Vista/XP.

1.Create a bootable CD/DVD or USB flash drive

 

To get started, you need to create a bootable password cracking CD/USB on an alternative computer. So you can then use it to crack the administrator password on your locked-out computer.

1. Click here to download and save the Reset Windows Password self-extracting Zip file to a folder on your hard drive, then extract the ISO image file: ResetWindowsPwd.iso from it.
2. Insert a blank CD/DVD or USB flash drive on your computer.
3. Download and install the ISO2Disc utility, launch the program.
4. Click the Browse button to locate your ISO image file, then click the Start Burn button to burn the ISO image to your CD/DVD or USB flash drive.
   

2.Change BIOS Settings

1. Boot your locked computer. When it is powered on, check the boot-screen for setup key (i.e. DELETE key, F8 key, F2 key) to enter BIOS Setup Utility.
2. Use the arrow keys to select the BOOT tab, then change the Boot Device Priority: Set 1st Boot Device to CDROM if you just created a bootable CD or DVD, or set 1st Boot Device to Removable Device if a bootable USB flash drive was created.
   
3. Press F10 to save your changes. Now your computer is able to boot from CD/DVD or USB flash drive.

3.Crack Windows Administrator Password

1. Insert the newly burned CD/DVD or USB flash drive to your locked computer, then reboot your computer.
2. Shortly after the computer boots up from the CD/USB drive, you'll the Reset Windows Password screen.
   
   
3. Simply select your Windows SAM registry hive if multiple operating systems have been installed on the computer, the program will list all Windows user accounts. Select the administrator account from the list, then click the Reset Password button to remove the forgotten password.
4. Click the Restart button to reboot the computer, you are able to log into the administrator account without a password.

Reset Windows Password utility can also be used to crack domain administrator password on Windows Server 2008/2003/2000. So this tool is not only of interest to home users, even enterprise customers could use it when forgetting domain user password.

How to Hack Windows XP Password with ERD Commander

Forgot the admin password of your Windows XP computer? How to hack Windows XP password without losing your files? There are plenty of password hacking tools available on the net – commercial as well as free. Here is another way to hack or break the lost administrator password in your Windows XP installation.

ERD Commander is part of the Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset (DaRT), which can help you quickly troubleshoot and repair computer that will not boot. Locksmith is one of the useful utilities inside ERD Commander bootable CD, which allows you to hack Windows XP password easily.

How to Hack Windows XP Password with ERD Commander

To begin to hack Windows XP password, you need to get a registered copy of the Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset (DaRT). Install DaRT on an alternative computer, and then launch the ERD Commander Boot Media Wizard from your Start menu to create a ERD Commander boot CD.

1. Insert the ERD Commander boot CD into the drive of your Windows XP computer which you want to hack into.
2. Boot the computer using ERD Commander boot CD. You may have to set the boot order in the BIOS first.
3. Select your Windows XP installation from the list, and click OK.
4. After logging into the system inside the boot CD, click on Start menu, then select System Tools and click Locksmith.
5. It will bring up the Locksmith Wizard. Click on Next.
6. Select the user account from the drop-down list, type your new password and confirm it. Click on Next.
7. Locksmith will hack your Windows XP password and replace the current password with your new one.
8. Click on Finish.

Reboot the computer and you can then log on Windows XP using your new password. Unfortunately, DaRT is not free. What’s even worse is that not everyone can buy it. It is part of the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP), which is only available for volume-licensed customers (and for Technet/MSDN subscribers).

Locksmith also doesn’t work on domain controllers. If you forgot the password of local admin or domain user account, I recommend you to get the Reset Windows Password utility for only $24.95!

How to get around Windows password when you forgot it? It seems to be extremely difficult if you don’t have the right tools. Here I would recommend Reset Windows Password utility, which enables you to get around Windows 8/7/Vista/XP password easily. The process can be undertaken with a basic knowledge of computer and a bit of time, and will allow you to reset the password on any user account.

How to Get Around Windows Password to Log on Your Computer?

1. Download the Reset Windows Password utility. Unzip the download file, you’ll get the CD ISO image: ResetWindowsPwd.iso, which contains a Windows password reset program.

2. Write the boot CD ISO image to a blank CD using a CD writer and CD writing program. If your computer doesn’t have a CD drive, you can burn the ISO image to a USB flash drive using ISO2Disc.

3. Insert the freshly-written boot CD into the computer whose administrator password needs to be reset. Restart the computer and boot from the CD.

4. After booting from the CD, it will load the operating system inside the CD and start the Reset Windows Password program.

5. Select the SAM registry hive from the drop-down list, it will display a list of local user accounts for your Windows installation.

6. Choose the user account whose password you forgot, then click on the Reset Password button, it will remove your forgotten password immediately.

7. Exit the password reset program and restart your computer. You can then log on your computer with a blank password.

With the password reset CD you can easily get around Windows password on almost all versions of Windows operating systems, quickly log on to your computer without losing any files.