Oops, I forgot my Windows Administrator password
By admin on Oct 31, 2007 in freebies, windows
This is the problem faced by one of my friends. Before this I normally use EBCD to reset the Administrator password, but this time EBCD could not detect the Windows partition.
As quoted from the website, EBCD is a bootable CD, intended for system recovery in the case of software or hardware faults. It is able to create backup copies of normally working system and restore system to saved state. It contains the best system software ever created, properly compiled and configured for the maximum efficient use.
Since I could not use EBCD to reset the administrator password, I tried another 2 tools. Both successfully reset the password for me.
Offline NT Password & Registry Editor
As quoted from the website,
- This is a utility to (re)set the password of any user that has a valid (local) account on your NT system.
- You do not need to know the old password to set a new one.
- It works offline, that is, you have to shutdown your computer and boot off a floppydisk or CD.
- Will detect and offer to unlock locked or disabled out user accounts!
- It is also an almost fully functional registry editor!
As for UBCD4Win, you can refer to my previous post, Ultimate Boot CD for Windows.
mike | Jan 6, 2009 | Reply
Forgot Your Windows Password?
A lot of people think that after having lost their Windows admin password, they absolutely have
to reinstall their OS. Let me tell you something: They are wrong!
The program that I recommend is the first one, it is very easy to create a
recovery disk that you can use on any Windows PC. This recovery program
only cost about 19.95 USD.
Windows Password Recovery Software. Reset Administrator Password. XP
VISTA 2003 2000 NT.:
http://www.windowslogonkey.com/
windows | Mar 3, 2009 | Reply
Forgot Your Windows Password?
A lot of people think that after having lost their Windows admin password, they absolutely have to reinstall their OS. Let me tell you something: They are wrong! Here I’m posting a few methods / utilities which can be used to recover Windows password:
1st Method:
The first thing which you check if you forget login password. When we install Windows, it automatically creates an account “Administrator” and sets its password to blank. So if you have forget your user account password then try this:
Start system and when you see Windows Welcome screen / Login screen, press ++ keys twice and it’ll show Classic Login box. Now type “Administrator” (without quotes) in Username and leave Password field blank. Now press Enter and you should be able to log in Windows.
Now you can reset your account password from “Control Panel -> User Accounts”.
Same thing can be done using Safe Mode. In Safe Mode Windows will show this in-built Administrator account in Login screen.
2th Method:
There are many 3rd party utilities which claim to recover forgotten Windows password:
Windows Password Recovery Tool Service: windowspasswordsrecovery.com
WWindows Password Recovery Tool is a program that works instantly to remove any lost or forgotten password. Simply boot your PC from the supplied Boot CD, and get access to forgotten Windows and administrator passwords in just seconds. Their method is so much faster/easier, and works great!
http://windowspasswordsrecovery.com