Forgotten Windows 7 account password

Asked By Christiano collins 230 points N/A Posted on - 05/24/2011

Hi,

I bought a new computer and I'm using Windows 7 in it.

The problem is , I forgot the password of my account. How can I recover the password? I don't have any valuable data, in my new PC but  I still want to recover it,  without re-installing Windows. Is it possible ?

Please help.

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Answered By Dennis Walker 0 points N/A #103592

Forgotten Windows 7 account password

Hey,

Did you create a password recovery disk ?

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Answered By Christiano collins 230 points N/A #103594

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No. I never created a password recovery disk.

Is it possible to recover it without any recovery disk?

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Answered By Dennis Walker 0 points N/A #103595

Forgotten Windows 7 account password

Reboot your PC and start it in safe mode by pressing F8.  See if it asks for a password or not. If not,  then

1. go to control panel

2. select user accounts

3. select the user, whoever  forgot the password and reset it.

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Answered By Christiano collins 230 points N/A #103596

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Unfortunately it asks for a password mate.

I'm totally lost now !!!

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You can use the Windows Password Reset. Download it from the link below:

And then, make a CD/DVD Windows Password Reset disk. Restart your computer and boot from the USB or the CD/DVD where the Windows Password Reset is saved. Choose the user where you want to reset the password and then click the Reset button to launch the Windows 7 password reset. Reboot your PC and login using a blank password. Follow the onscreen instructions.

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Answered By Christiano collins 230 points N/A #103598

Forgotten Windows 7 account password

Thank you very much.

I bought a CD of ophcrack.

And it worked !!

It successfully recovered my old password !!!

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