How to Reset Windows 7 Password
It is easy for you to create a password on Windows 7 to protect
computer data. At often as you might forget Windows 7 password, which
may result in serious data loss. In reality, forgetting Windows 7
password is not a big problem as long as you create a Windows 7 password
reset disk in advance. A Windows 7 password reset disk can help you
easily
reset Windows 7 password when you are locked out of computer.
Part one: Create Windows 7 password reset disk
Before creating the password reset disk, please insert a USB flash drive or floppy disk in your computer.
1.Click Start button to select Control Panel.
2.Click on User Accounts and Family Safety, and then click on User Accounts.
3.Click on Create a password reset disk on the left of the following screen.
4.Click Next when the forgotten password wizard welcome screen appears.
5.Select your target device to create the Windows 7 password reset disk.
6.Type current user account password.
7.Click Ok when the password reset disk is created.
8.Click Finish when the completing screen comes up.
When the Windows 7 password reset disk is created, a file named
userkey.psw will appear on your USB flash drive. Please remember to
place the USB flash drive or the file in a safe place. Anyone can use it
to reset your Windows password with it if he can get physical access to
it.
Part two: Reset Windows 7 password with password reset disk
When you forgot Windows 7 password and locked out of computer, you
can take out of the password reset disk to reset Windows password. Plug
your password reset disk in computer, and then follow the below steps
for
Windows 7 password reset.
1. Log on your computer with the target Windows account.
2. Enter a wrong password in the welcome screen password box, and hit Enter.
3. Click OK when the message that the user name or password is incorrect comes up.
4. Click on Reset password on the following screen.
5. Click Next when password reset wizard welcome screen appears.
6. Select the target password reset disk and enter Next.
7. Enter and confirm your new Windows password and click Next.
8. Click Finish to close the wizard.
9. Log on Windows 7 with the newly reset password.
If you forgot to create Windows 7 password reset disk before locked out of computer
A windows 7 password reset disk can really save you a lot of trouble
when you forgot Windows 7 password and locked out of computer. So don't
forget a password reset disk before locked out of computer. If you
forget to create Windows 7 password reset disk, you can use
Windows Password Breaker
Professional to help you reset lost Windows 7 password. This safe and
reliable Windows password recovery software allows you to burn a
bootable CD/DVD or USB flash drive to rest lost passwords for Windows
7/Vista/XP/NT and Windows Server 2008/2005/2000. You can log on your
computer again within 5 minutes with this tool.
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