Are you looking for a Windows 7 password reset/recovery tool? Here 5 tools are available for you to reset windows 7 password free after forgot or lost.
Top 5 free Windows 7 password reset/recovery tools:
- Admin account
- Windows 7 password reset disk
- Ophcrack
- Chntpw
- Install CD/setup disk
Top 1: Admin Account
Forgot Windows 7 password and need to reset forgotten password? Please try whether you can log into Windows 7 with another admin account.
If you can switch login user from password-forgotten one to another admin account for Windows 7 on login screen, resetting Windows 7 password in Control Panel or with Command Prompt will be allowed after computer access.
Or if built-in administrator is enabled, you can boot Windows 7 in safe mode with Command Prompt to change Windows 7 password.
Note: How to reset Windows 7 password using command prompt
Top 2: Windows 7 password reset disk
Forgot Windows 7 password but have created a password reset disk for it? Then you can reset Windows 7 forgotten password directly on login screen after you find Windows 7 login password is incorrect.
Insert password reset disk into Windows 7 computer, click the link Reset password and follow Password Reset Wizard to do. With such a password reset disk in hand, you can create a new password for a Windows 7 user without computer access.
Top 3: Ophcrack
Ophcrack is a free and fast windows password recovery tool. In order to reset Windows 7 password, you can download Ophcrack Vista free live CD on another computer, and plug it into locked Windows 7 computer.
Boot locked computer from live CD and Ophcrack LiveCD would run successfully on Windows 7 computer, and recover Windows 7 passwords automatically at the same time.
About more details, you can follow the third method in article forgot Windows 7 password have no reset disk – how to get in.
Tips:
Probably forgotten Windows 7 password cannot be recovered after computer boots from Ophcrack if password is too long, or tables cannot be found because Ophcrack works based on Rainbow Tables.
Top 4: Chntpw
Chntpw is another free utility that can remove Windows 7 user password from locked computer.
First, decide to use CD or USB for Windows 7 password removal and then download the appropriate image file of Chntpw.
http://www.chntpw.com/download/
Second, burn the image file into CD or USB via burning program or command prompt.
http://www.chntpw.com/burn-to-cd-usb/
Third, connect the Chntpw Live CD or USB disk into locked computer and start computer from it.
At last, remove Windows 7 password with Chntpw.
https://www.isunshare.com/ophcrack-chntpw/reset-windows-password-with-chntpw-disk.html
Top 5: Windows 7 install CD
Believe you have learned Windows install CD could reinstall or repair Windows system. But do you know it could also reset Windows password? Compared with above free Windows 7 password reset tools, Windows 7 install CD is worth recommended if you want to free reset Windows 7 forgotten password safely and effectively, though it seems a little hard for someone to use.
There are 3 important steps you cannot ignore while you decide to use install CD to reset Windows 7 password.
Step 1: Run command prompt after booting computer from install CD.
After booting Windows 7 computer from install CD, choose Repair your computer and then Command Prompt on following System Recovery Options. Instantly Command Prompt will be run.
Step 2: Replace sethc.exe with cmd.exe.
Enter following command in Command Prompt window, restart computer after exiting install CD and you can replace sethc.exe with cmd.exe.
copy c:windowssystem32sethc.exe c:
copy /y c:windowssystem32cmd.exe c:windowssystem32sethc.exe
Step 3: Reset Windows 7 password and restore sethc.exe.
While you go to Windows 7 login screen, press Shift key five times to bring Command Prompt. Type “net user <username> <userpassword>” and press Enter to reset Windows 7 password.
After that, you can continue restoring sethc.exe with command line.
c:sethc.exe back to c:windowssystem32sethc.exe
About more, you can follow the second method in article forgot Windows 7 password have no reset disk – how to get in.
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