Forgot Windows 7 administrator password? And there is no installation
CD to reinstall Windows 7 or CD password reset disk?
- Without Windows 7 installation CD, so we don’t need to try to restore Windows 7 to factory settings by reinstallation, even though it can remove forgotten Windows 7 administrator password.
- Without Windows 7 password reset CD disk, we still could create password reset USB disk. But we have to get a Windows password recovery tool, because only they could help create password reset disk on another computer when Windows 7 computer is locked.
And the following passage is
intended to introduce two password recovery tools to create password reset
disk to recover Windows 7 administrator password.
- Recover Windows 7 Forgotten Admin Password with Offline NT Password Registry Editor
- Recover Windows 7 Administrator Password with Windows Password Genius
Tool 1: Recover Windows 7 Forgotten Admin Password with Offline NT Password Registry Editor
First, prepare two things:
- Offline NT Password Registry Editor, which is used to burned into USB or CD/DVD-ROM to get Windows password recovery tool.
- Blank and bootable USB drive.
Second, burn Offline NT Password Registry Editor into USB drive.
Third, Reset/remove/recover Windows 7 Administrator Password.
1. After you burn it successfully, insert it into your
Windows 7 computer. You will have to set USB drive as the first boot device
in BIOS and then restart the machine.
Once you have booted from USB, you will see the first screen. A lot of kernel messages about your hardware and such are outputted. Generally, press Enter to go to next step.
Once you have booted from USB, you will see the first screen. A lot of kernel messages about your hardware and such are outputted. Generally, press Enter to go to next step.
2. This step is very important, choose Windows
installation disk. If you choose [1] or press Enter, it means your Windows installation
disk is the first hard drive on your computer. But if you have installed Windows 7 on
another disk, you have to pay attention to it. Otherwise, just press Enter to go on.
3. After you select disk
where the Windows installation is, select PATH and registry files.
The registry is usually system32/config
under WINDOWS or WINNT directory, depending on the Windows version (and it may
be changed during installation).
If the correct partition has been selected, the default
prompt will be adjusted to match if it can find one of the usual variants. And
then select which part of registry to load, use predefined choices or list the
files with space as delimiter. Choose [1]
for password edit.
4. After we choose password reset, Chntpw runs and its main
interactive menu appears.
Just select 1 to
edit user data and passwords. But you can also do other things. And then that will list user info and passwords. Choose user
you want to reset its password and press Enter. For example, if you want to
reset administrator password, type Administrator
and press Enter.
5. Later, you will see User
Edit Menu.
Select 1 to clear
user password. When the message "password cleared" pops up, it means forgotten administrator password has been
recovered successfully.
6. Quit out USB device and press Ctrl + Alt + Del to restart computer.
This tool is surely to be effective for Windows 7 password reset,
but it may be a little difficult for computer newbie to recover Windows 7
password if without enough patience.
So here I suggest another easy-to-use Windows password recovery tool - Windows 7 Password
Genius. There are only two main steps to reset or remove Windows 7 administrator password.
Tool 2: Recover Windows 7 Administrator Password with Windows Password Genius
Also, you will need to prepare Windows 7 Password Genius and bootable USB drive first.
1. Create Windows password reset disk with recovery tool and USB drive.
Run Windows password recovery tool on another computer, and
insert bootable USB device. Choose it and click Begin burning to burn a password
reset disk into connected USB flash drive.
2. Reset Windows 7 administrator password
When password reset disk is burned into USB/CD successfully,
exit it out of computer and plug it into locked Windows 7 computer. Set locked
computer boot from it to restart Windows 7. Few seconds later, Windows 7
Password Genius will run, choose Windows system and administrator. And then
click "Reset Password" and Yes to remove forgotten Windows 7 admin
password.
When its password becomes blank, eject USB/CD and reboot computer.
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