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How to reset Windows Vista password when you forget it?
Today data security is an important issue for business and personal users. So as common computer users, were used to set Windows password to protect our files on computer from prying eyes. It is a very good way to protect our privacy, but the problem is that the password for computer can be easily forgotten or lost. Especially when you need to log-on immediately but you cannot remember the password you set. What should you do to regain access to your computer?
Without doubt, I believe reinstalling computer is the easiest way to log-on your computer again. And I also believe it is the last choice for you as no one can afford to lose all your important files after reinstalling. In fact, there is another option for you to get in your computer on your own. You can reset your lost or forgotten Windows password with professional Windows password reset software.
Following Ill show you how to reset Vista password with Windows Password Reset, which allows you to reset Vista password with a bootable CD/DVD or USB flash drive. If your computer operating system is Windows Vista, you can follow it to perform Vista password reset to get in your computer.
====Step 1. Burn a CD/DVD or USB Drive to reset Vista password.
Download Windows Password Reset and install in a computer. And follow the step-by-step guide to burn a CD/DVD or USB drive to reset Vista password.
Note: Windows Password Reset has two editions: Standard and Professional. Windows Password Reset Standard allows you to reset Vista password with a bootable CD/DVD only while Windows Password Reset Professional supports to burn a CD/DVD or USB Flash Drive to reset Vista password.
====Step 2: Set BIOS to boot from CD ROM or USB.
Insert the burned CD/DVD or USB drive in the computer you want to reset Vista password, and then change the BIOS settings of the computer as follows:
1st. Start computer and press F2 or Delete to enter BISO setup during the initial startup screen. Note: What key is pressed depends on the manufacturers, but in most cases it is F2 or Delete.
2nd. Use the arrow keys to select the Boot tab, and then select Boot Device Priority and press Enter. 3rd. Choose first boot device to CDROM or USB flash drive, and then press F10 to save settings. The computer will restart with the changed settings automatically.
Note: When you want to boot from USB, you should adjust USB to 1st Drive by entering Hard Disk Drives firstly before selecting first boot device to USB flash drive.
====Step 3: Remove the forgotten Windows Vista password under DOS.
1st. Choose the installation path of Windows, and enter the ID of the path 2nd. All the user names will be displayed for you. You can select one to remove its password by entering the ID of the User Name. If you want to quit, enter 0. 3rd. Enter y to confirm and continue, enter n to return to previous menu. 4th. After removing the password for the selected user name, you can enter y to continue to reset passwords of other user names, or enter n to restart computer. And now you can log on computer without password.
Note: After selecting n to restart computer, please remember to press any press, and then eject the CD/ DVD or USB Flash Drive.
Tip for Vista password reset: Although you can reset Vista password with software, but its better to set something easy for you to remember but hard for others to guess for your computer. If your password is too long and hard for you to remember, you can write it on paper and keep it in a safe place firstly.
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How to Recover Windows Password for Locked Computer
How to recover Windows password? If you are one of the many people who have forgotten Windows password, the following article shows you how to recover password Windows with smart methods.
These methods described below will be suitable for all Windows operating systems including Windows 7, Vista, XP, Windows 2000, 20003, 2008 etc.
Method 1: Recover password Windows with another user account on the computer.
The first way you may quickly think of is to use another user account to recover your forgotten Windows password if possible. Many people have created two or more user accounts to protect their PC, and give each different privilege over the PC. When using another user to recover Windows admin password, there are 2 options you can take.
Option One:
1. Start your computer and log on computer with the accessible account on your PC.
2. Right click “My Computer” icon on your desktop.
3.Click on “Manage” on the “My Computer” menu, this will bring up computer management window.
4.Find “Users” in “Local Users and Groups”. Then find your password forgotten administrator account and right click it to select “Set Password***”.
5.In the pop-up “Set password for…” windows, type a new password and then confirm it.
Option Two:
1.Click Start -> Control Panel -> User Accounts and Family Safety > User Accounts.
2.Find the target user account, and then double click it.
3.Click change your password.
4.Type your password in the new password and confirm password box respectively.
If you are lucky enough to have created two or more user accounts on your more before, then you can use this method to perform Windows Password recover of course. But in case you are not so lucky, then you have to turn to other methods.
Method 2: Take use of Windows Password Recovery Tool Standard.
Windows Password Recovery Tool is an easy-to-use tool designed to recover any forgotten Windows password quickly without needing another user account. It only requires you 4 simple steps to finish the whole recovery process.
Step1: Download, install and run Windows Password Recovery Tool Standard to a working PC (not the locked one).
Step2: Insert a blank and writable CD/DVD to this PC and burn the ISO image file of Windows Password Recovery Tool Standard to it. Once the burning finishes, take out the CD. Thus a Windows password reset disc has been created.
Step3: Insert the created password reset disc to the target computer and set this PC boot from CD/DVD.
Step4: Start to reset Windows password with the password reset disc with only one click of “Next” button on the interface. Few minutes later, you will get a message “Password has been successfully reset”. Then after you reboot the PC, you can access to your PC again.
Method 3: Try Windows Password Recovery Tool Professional.
This is another edition of Windows Password Recovery Tool. Unlike Windows Password Recovery Tool Standard, if you don’t have a CD/DVD, you can also use a USB flash drive to replace CD/DVD with this Windows Password Recovery Professional. In addition, the whole processes to recover Windows password are almost the same as described above.
How to Recover Windows Password for Locked Computer
How to recover Windows password? If you are one of the many people who have forgotten Windows password, the following article shows you how to recover password Windows with smart methods.
These methods described below will be suitable for all Windows operating systems including Windows 7, Vista, XP, Windows 2000, 20003, 2008 etc.
Method 1: Recover password Windows with another user account on the computer.
The first way you may quickly think of is to use another user account to recover your forgotten Windows password if possible. Many people have created two or more user accounts to protect their PC, and give each different privilege over the PC. When using another user to recover Windows admin password, there are 2 options you can take.
Option One:
1. Start your computer and log on computer with the accessible account on your PC.
2. Right click “My Computer” icon on your desktop.
3.Click on “Manage” on the “My Computer” menu, this will bring up computer management window.
4.Find “Users” in “Local Users and Groups”. Then find your password forgotten administrator account and right click it to select “Set Password***”.
5.In the pop-up “Set password for…” windows, type a new password and then confirm it.
Option Two:
1.Click Start -> Control Panel -> User Accounts and Family Safety > User Accounts.
2.Find the target user account, and then double click it.
3.Click change your password.
4.Type your password in the new password and confirm password box respectively.
If you are lucky enough to have created two or more user accounts on your more before, then you can use this method to perform Windows Password recover of course. But in case you are not so lucky, then you have to turn to other methods.
Method 2: Take use of Windows Password Recovery Tool Standard.
Windows Password Recovery Tool is an easy-to-use tool designed to recover any forgotten Windows password quickly without needing another user account. It only requires you 4 simple steps to finish the whole recovery process.
Step1: Download, install and run Windows Password Recovery Tool Standard to a working PC (not the locked one).
Step2: Insert a blank and writable CD/DVD to this PC and burn the ISO image file of Windows Password Recovery Tool Standard to it. Once the burning finishes, take out the CD. Thus a Windows password reset disc has been created.
Step3: Insert the created password reset disc to the target computer and set this PC boot from CD/DVD.
Step4: Start to reset Windows password with the password reset disc with only one click of “Next” button on the interface. Few minutes later, you will get a message “Password has been successfully reset”. Then after you reboot the PC, you can access to your PC again.
Method 3: Try Windows Password Recovery Tool Professional.
This is another edition of Windows Password Recovery Tool. Unlike Windows Password Recovery Tool Standard, if you don’t have a CD/DVD, you can also use a USB flash drive to replace CD/DVD with this Windows Password Recovery Professional. In addition, the whole processes to recover Windows password are almost the same as described above.