What should I do if I forgot my computer password? This guide will tell you what to do if you forget your Windows password and how to solve this problem without reinstalling the operating system. In addition, we will consider other possible problems with passwords. The Windows 10 and Windows 7 operating systems have improved security features compared to earlier Windows XP/2000 systems.

By the way, you may have one of the frequently used passwords set on your PC, full list popular passwords, see -.

The latest versions of windows use a more efficient password system designed for business use so that no one without the necessary authority can access information on your computer. This is a double-edged sword. Most users forget some important password at least once. And then the user / owner of the information becomes the "enemy without access rights" for his computer.

Naturally, for every protection method there is a way to bypass it, especially if you have physical access to the computer.

In this article, we will look at various methods to protect your computer with a password and how to bypass them. We will start not with user account passwords, but with equally important passwords, such as BIOS passwords.

How to "bypass" the BIOS password?

BIOS password- one of the oldest ways to protect your computer from unauthorized access and one of the most common. Why? This is one of the most effective means if the user does not have access to system unit. Otherwise, it's like locking the house with a lot of locks and leaving the window open.

The default BIOS settings on all motherboards do not store password information. So all that needs to be done to remove the BIOS password is to simply reset the current settings, restoring the default configuration. But remember that resetting the current BIOS settings will destroy not only the password, but also all those settings that you set yourself.

There are two ways to reset BIOS settings. Most motherboards have a special jumper to clear the CMOS (memory that stores BIOS settings). This jumper is usually located near the battery on system board, but for complete certainty it is advisable to refer to the instructions from the motherboard. On some motherboards instead of a jumper, there are just two contacts that need to be closed with a metal object, such as a screwdriver, to reset the CMOS.

If your board has a jumper, then to clear the CMOS, turn off the computer, install the jumper so that it closes the jumper contacts, and press the computer's power button. Your computer will not boot, but the CMOS settings will be reset. Remove the jumper and turn on the computer again. Most likely, you will see on the screen a request to press F1 to set the BIOS parameters. If you're happy with the default settings, press F1 and select 'Save and exit' from the BIOS menu. After that, the computer will boot as usual, except for the BIOS password.

If you don't know where the required jumper is located on your board, or there is none at all, which is quite possible, you will have to go the other way. Each system board has a battery that powers the CMOS memory, allowing information to be stored. As a rule, this is a standard CR2032 battery.

To clear the CMOS, turn off the computer and remove the battery (you may need a thin screwdriver). After 5-10 minutes, replace the battery and turn on the computer. The BIOS will be set to default settings and there will be no password. To continue loading, you will need to press the F1 key, and if you are satisfied with the default settings, select the 'Save and exit' item in the BIOS menu that appears.

As you can see, all this is very simple on a desktop computer, but with a laptop, the BIOS password can become a serious problem. Due to the frequent theft of laptops, manufacturers made sure that access without a password was almost impossible. So, if you forgot the BIOS password for your laptop, most likely you will have to contact service center manufacturer.

What to do if you forgot your Windows password?

If circumstances have developed in such a way that you have forgotten your Windows password, then we recommend that you reset it using a built-in account called Administrator. This is done in safe mode, while loading or restarting your PC.

To restore access to your computer, you will simply need to press F8 and in the menu that has already opened, in which some additional options for loading your operating system will be presented to your attention, you will have to select the aforementioned " Safe mode". Next, you will need to select the built-in account, which, by the way, cannot be protected by any password by default.

If you did everything correctly, since you exactly followed the above sequence of actions while still on the Desktop, you should knock out a window with a message that Windows is working in the “Safe Mode” you need, which is as simplified as possible. You will need to click "Yes" and go to Control Panel - User Accounts, where the icon of the account is located, the password from which you yourself want to reset. On the left, you must select the “Change password” item and enter in the corresponding window, and then confirm the new password. Ultimately, for the aforementioned changes to take effect, you will need to restart your PC.

How to crack a Windows password on a computer or laptop?

In order to do this, you will have to follow the following sequence of actions:

1. Prepare a CD or flash drive, which should contain a special set of resuscitation programs intended for Windows recovery. You will need to insert it into the drive or into the appropriate port during the subsequent reboot of the computer. You can prepare this package of resuscitation programs yourself by downloading programs there that are intended for separating, saving and restoring data, or you can download some ready-made RBCD 10.0, for example;
2. During PC startup, in order to enter the BIOS, press the "DELETE" button. There we will need to change the installation priority and assign the computer to boot from the CD-ROM. After that we visit our boot disk in the drive and restart the PC;
3. Having entered the resuscitation disk in me, which should appear after the resuscitation software package has been loaded, we must select the edited copy of Windows and go to the “System Restore” mode - the section that will be at the very bottom of the page;
4. We are looking for the command line and enter “regedit” there (we are looking for it in the dialog settings of the same window). We find, and then select the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE section, in which we need to select File, and then Load hive;
5. Open the "SAM" file and select the section - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\hive_name\SAM\Domains\Account\Users\000001F4. Double-click on the key F placed there and go to the very first value in the line, which we will need to replace with the number 10;
6. In the same section, select "File", and after that "Load Hive". Click "Yes" to confirm the unloading of the hive. We close the registry editor, finish the installation process in this way, take out the USB flash drive or disk and restart the computer.

How to find out the password from the computer?

Question: how to crack a password on a computer remains relevant to this day. Unfortunately, it seems possible to really find out the password from a computer only by choosing it correctly manually. Therefore, if you are not ready to spend a few hours of your free time on this process, we strongly recommend that you just reset it and come up with some new one.

Again, it's much easier to just reset your password and come up with a new one after. Nevertheless, if you just need to find out the password, we recommend that you use a program for this purpose, which is called, from the image of which you will need to make a boot disk. Having correctly configured the BIOS to boot from the drive and installing this program, immediately upon entering the Desktop, you will see a window in which you can see the usernames, including the Administrator, as well as passwords from their accounts.

Asking the question: what to do if you forgot the password from your own PC, it is absolutely not necessary to use the above methods of recovering it. Resetting the password in the Windows 7 operating system can also be done using the Net User command. For this case, while restarting the PC, you will need to press F8. Thus, you can open a Menu that allows you to carry out additional boot options for this operating system, in which you will need to select not just "Safe Mode", but one that would also support the command line. While in it, you will need to select the built-in Administrator account and in the Command Interpreter window, immediately after that, the system prompts will appear, where you will need to enter net user "username" "password".

We assume that you yourself understand that instead of "username" you will need to enter the name of your local user account, and instead of "password" you will need a new password. If you did everything correctly, then in order to close the window, you will need to write on the command line: exit and restart the PC.

How to reset password on Windows 8?

In the case of this operating system, things are much simpler! Resetting the password on Windows 8 can be done as follows:

• On the login screen, you will need to click on the special power icon, which is located in the lower right corner of your screen;
• Next, you will need to press the Shift key and click "Reboot";
• Click "Troubleshooting";
• Click "Reset PC";
• Click "Next" and the system will automatically reboot in order to start preparing for a password reset.

How to reset password on Windows 10?

It is not so difficult to reset the password for Windows 10 users, of course, provided that they have access to e-mail, or to the phone to which their Account. Otherwise, you will have to reset the password from the flash drive, as described above.

How to reset the Windows 7 administrator password?

Reset password Windows administrator 7 best via Interpreter Windows commands. Observe the following sequence of actions:

1. First, run it. You can do this by adhering to the following path: Start - Run - Run the program - cmd. In the Command Interpreter menu that opens, you will need to enter: control userpasswords, after which you will have a window called "User Accounts";
2. Select the account from which you want to reset the password and do not forget to uncheck their item "Require username and password";
3. In the window that opens, you will be required to enter, and then confirm a new password. Next, in the command boot window, you will need to enter Exit and restart the PC as usual.

View passwords that Windows stores

In addition to access passwords for various users, Windows also stores a number of other equally important ones: Internet connection password, passwords mailboxes or access to websites. There are usually quite a lot of them, so it is quite natural that they are forgotten over time.

The operating system offers an "auto-complete" feature for passwords and other frequently entered information in browsers ( Google Chrome, Yandex.Browser, Opera (Blink), Firefox, Explorer 11, etc.). So it is not uncommon for a user to enter a password once, and after a few months, of course, he cannot remember it. Everyone understands that important passwords need to be written down, but not everyone does this. And if you no longer remember the password, how can you find it out, because it is displayed as a series of asterisks: ******?

The solution is offered by programs from different manufacturers that can get the password from this string of asterisks. There are many free decryption programs available. Windows passwords or hidden passwords from input lines in different browsers.

We will use a program from Passware. It's an easy-to-use, free program that parses passwords hidden by asterisks and tells them to you. It is very easy to work with her. It is enough to highlight the line with the password and click the 'recover' button.

Of course, there are also commercial versions of programs, which, as a rule, have a large set of functions. For example, Password Recovery Toolbox scans the system and detects saved passwords, data saved for autofill, Outlook Express passwords, Internet connection passwords, etc. This information is then presented in a convenient form. A few more alternatives to the programs described above:, or Password Viewer.

Windows XP user passwords

Windows XP stores user passwords in a modified form. For example, the password "password" would be stored as a string like this: 'HT5E-23AE-8F98-NAQ9-83D4-9R89-MU4K'. This information is stored in a file called SAM in the C:\windows\system32\config folder.

This part of the SAM file is encrypted with the syskey system utility to improve password security. The data needed to decrypt the information after the syskey is stored in the system file in the same folder. But this folder is inaccessible to any of the users. Only the operating system itself has access to it during its operation. The SAM and system files can only be accessed by running a different operating system or by connecting the drive to another Windows computer.

Everything Windows versions XP have an "administrator" account. This name gives the user full access to the system and the ability to reset the passwords of all other users. This can save you if for some reason you cannot log in with your regular user password. The specific use of the administrator password depends on the version of Windows XP: XP Professional.

The administrator password is set during the installation of the operating system. If you write it down or just hit enter and leave it blank, you can easily log in as an administrator and reset user passwords. To log in in administrator mode, press CTRL+ALT+DEL twice on the welcome screen, a window for entering the administrator password will appear.

When the computer boots, go to ‘start\control panel\user accounts’ (start\control panel\user accounts) and change the required password. Since you are already here, this is a good opportunity to correct your mistake if you left the administrator password blank. In addition, it is desirable to change the name of the 'adminisrator' account. This name is known to everyone and is the first one used to gain access to your computer. To change the account name, right-click on 'my computer' and select 'manage'. Expand ‘local users and groups’ ( local users and groups) and open the 'users' folder. Right click on the 'administrator' entry and edit it.
XP home.

This system will not let you just get access to the computer in administrator mode. First you need to boot your computer into failsafe mode. To do this: restart your computer; immediately after testing the BIOS, press F8 several times; in the menu that appears, select ‘start Windows XP in safe mode’ (boot Windows XP in failsafe mode). When the computer boots up, log in with the username ‘administrator’. There is no default password. You can now change user passwords by going to ‘start\control panel\user accounts’ (start\control panel\user accounts). When you're done, restart your computer in the usual way.
Create a password reset disk

Windows XP allows you to write information to a regular floppy disk that allows you to reset your password. Naturally, if you have already forgotten the password and cannot access the system, then you will not be able to create any disk, but it’s worth getting such a floppy disk in advance to protect yourself from such accidents.

To create a floppy: go to ‘start\control panel\user accounts’ (start\control panel\user accounts); select the name under which you are logged in; select ‘prevent a forgotten password’ from the related task menu; follow the instructions of the launched wizard.

To reset passwords using a floppy disk: if you enter the password incorrectly when logging in, the system will ask if you have not forgotten it; at this point you will be able to use your floppy by following step by step instructions operating system.

Be careful: if you used the built-in Windows file and folder encryption capabilities, but did not install the operating system update (service pack 1), deleting the password will result in the loss of encrypted information.

Utilities for changing passwords Windows XP/7/8/10

There are special utilities that allow you to edit or reset passwords for Windows XP/7/8/10 users. Most of them work by loading a minimal version of an alternative operating system, such as DOS or Linux, under which you can access files with passwords.

An example of such a utility can be found at this address: http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ Operating instructions, as well as files for creating a Linux boot disk, are available on the same site.

Please note that if you have used the file and folder encryption functions of the operating system by changing the password using any program, you will lose access to encrypted data. In this case, the following method can help, which allows you not to replace the forgotten password with a new one, but to find out the old one.

Selection and decryption of passwords

If nothing else helps, but you have physical access to the computer, then all is not lost. You can overwrite the config and SAM files and try to decrypt the passwords stored in them using special third-party utilities. As we have already said, for this you will have to use an alternative operating system such as DOS or Linux. And when the files are at your disposal, you can use one of the password decryption programs, for example, LC4 or .

You will need:

1. Access to another computer.
2. At least two blank floppy disks.
3. An archiver designed to work with the command line, for example, RAR.
4. A DOS or Windows 98 boot disk (obtain an image of the required disk at http://www.bootdisk.com/) or a minimal version of Linux (such as Knoppix). There is no need for boot disks if you can simply connect your HDD. If you are using a DOS boot disk and the partitions on your hard disk are using file system NTFS, then to access them you will need a program that allows DOS to view partitions in NTFS format, for example, NTFSDOS.
5. Program for obtaining passwords. We recommend using , since the beta version of this program is free, and free version LC4 is very limited.

Using a bootable flash drive:

1. If your hard drive has NTFS partitions, copy the NTFSDOS file to your bootable flash drive.
2. Copy the archiver (RAR) to a bootable USB flash drive.
3. Boot your computer from this flash drive. If there are partitions with NTFS, type the NTFSDOS command, this program will show which letter is assigned to your system drive, and you will need to use it instead of the letter C in the next paragraph.
4. Archive system files with passwords. For example, if you use the rar32 archiver, the corresponding command will look like this: Rar32 a -va:\systemandsam c:\windows\system32\config\system c:\windows\system32\config\sam will ask you to insert the second one.

Password cracking

Each of the programs you select will list the accounts found in the SAM file. Select those for which you need to define passwords. If you are using , select Attack type: Brute-force. If you used only numbers in your password, check the box ‘all digits (0-9)’. Start the password guessing process using the command from the Recovery menu.

Password guessing can last from 10 minutes to several hours, or even several days, and may fail. Especially if the password uses mixed case letters, numbers and special characters.

This good way checking the strength of their passwords. If you just want to check your password, follow the steps above and see how long it takes to guess.

Programs for cracking a password in Windows

There are a huge number of software tools that can help you crack a password in Windows. In addition to the above program, there is also a Windows Admin Password Hack. But, unfortunately, it is no longer possible to call it relevant, since it only works in Windows 2000/XP. Its closest replacement is MultiBoot 2k10, which is essentially a feature rich boot disk.

conclusions

In any case, if one of your loved ones forgot the password on Windows 7, well, or you yourself were forced to face this - do not despair, there are a lot of solutions to this problem. Well, in order for you to no longer have questions: how to crack a password on a laptop, we strongly recommend that you save them somewhere, in notes inside your own smartphone, for example.

We hope that you will not have to resort to the methods we have described. To avoid such a need, remember that all important passwords must be recorded. And if there is a real need to protect information on your computer, then use passwords from characters in both cases and numbers and do not use ordinary words. In this case, your passwords will be very difficult to crack.

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If you forgot or do not know the password to enter the computer, then you can use the special BootPass full boot disk, which contains several programs that can be used to reset the Windows password or change the Windows 8 user password.

There are a lot of programs in the BootPass 4 boot disk, and below is a list in which only programs to reset the Windows 8 password or replace it.

For Window xp systems and below

• Active@Password Changer.
• Windows gate.
• Paragon Password Cleaner.

For Window 7 systems and below

• Reset Windows Password.
• Elcomsoft System Recovery.
• Windows key Enterprise.
• locksmith.
• Recover My Pass.
• Admin Pass Resetter.
• [email protected] password changer.
• Windows Password Killer.

For Window 8 and below systems

• NTPWEdit.
• Kon Boot.
• password reset.
• Windows Key Enterprise.

Many of these programs can crack or change the Windows 8 administrator password, and some can even brute force the Windows password. Some of these programs can recover the Windows 8 administrator password after changing or resetting it. Some of these programs can delete personal information about the account owner.

How to use BootPass

To use these programs from the BootPass disk in Windows 8, you need to burn the BootPass image to a USB flash drive or disk, and for this you can use the program. When the flash drive or disk is ready, you need to insert one of them into the computer and turn it on (after setting the BIOS to start first from the drive or from the USB port)

The main window of the boot drive

You will see a window with the names of the programs. Select the Windows 8 password reset utility called Kon-Boot v2.4 and press Enter on your keyboard.

Login to windows

Now wait a minute while the Windows password cracker resets the password and you just have to log in Windows system 8.1 by clicking on the arrow without entering the password. The system will start and now it will be possible to change the password on it, and if you do not change the password, then the next time you start the computer (without using a USB flash drive with the program), you will need to enter the password to enter the system.

Unlike Windows 10, where you can reset your account ID over the Internet, Windows 7 only has local accounts that are not connected to the Internet. In this article, we will describe methods on how to reset a password on Windows 7. Standard password reset methods require the use of pre-recorded reset data on a floppy disk or flash drive, we will not consider them, since almost no one backs up the password. Unlike most articles where you need to perform actions with the registry or enter long commands on the command line, we will describe in simpler and easier ways. These methods are suitable for any computer and will also be relevant on a laptop (preferably with Secure Boot turned off).

How to reset a user account password on a Windows 7 computer if you have access to the system

The 1st option, let's say you have 2 accounts with administrator rights on your computer, you have lost access to one of them. The main feature is the Administrator rights on the account from which the recovery will be performed. If you do not have Administrator rights, go to the next option.

Do the following:

• Try logging in with a new password (or without it).

As we can see, there is nothing complicated, but if there is no access to the system, this complicates this situation a little, so we move on to the next option.

How to recover a password on a Windows 7 computer without access to the system

2nd option, in order to access the command line, we need to access the system data, but we cannot log in, so we need the installation Windows media(Windows 7, 8 or 10 doesn't matter) Live CD, to access the recovery environment.
Previously, there was a way to perform a recovery without installation media, but the problem has been fixed with system updates. Only a small part of users have such an opportunity, so we will not consider it.

Procedure:

• Boot from installation media or Live CD
  
  
• Choose System Restore
  
  
• We open command line
  
• We are met by a command line sent to X: \ Sources - this is the data from the installation media. To access system data, type notepad and press Enter.
• Notepad will open, where you need to click File - Open
  
  
• Explorer will open, where we need to set the File type - All files and go to system disk, in the case of the example, this is the disk marked with the letter D
  
  
• We pass Windows - System32 and you need to do the following: Find the files cmd (Command line) and osk (On-screen keyboard) and rename them as follows - osk - osk.old and cmd - osk. Thus, we will replace the On-Screen Keyboard with the Command Prompt, which can be called up through the login window.
  
  
• We restart the computer and get to the login screen. In the lower left corner, click on the Ease of Access button and check the box for Entering text without a keyboard (on-screen keyboard) and click OK.
  
• The Command Prompt window will open.
  
  

• Now we repeat the points from the previous version:

net user [name]

Net user [name] “”

How to reset the Windows 7 administrator password

On Windows, it is possible to enable the built-in administrator account with the following command:

Net user Administrator /active:yes

This command can be entered at point 10 of the 2nd stage, then, in addition to the user profile, the Administrator profile will also appear.

In some cases, it may already be with a given password. Therefore, if you were wondering how to recover the administrator password on Windows 7, then the following commands will help you:

Net user Administrator(Administrator for English version)

Net user Administrator(Administrator for English version) “”

Have a great day!

Let's describe the problem

• computer, laptop with Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8
• the built-in user Administrator is disabled or the password is also forgotten
• all users on the screen Windows logon under a password and you don't know any
• user from forgotten password- regular local account, not Windows LiveID (with mail)

If any of the above do not match, the recovery process may be different.

Problem Solving Process

What is necessary:

• ability to use torrent networks
• be able to burn an ISO image to disk / USB
• the disc itself (CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW...) or any blank USB flash drive of any capacity
• change the boot order of the computer

The method and programs specified below are supplied "as is" - AS IS, they are not responsible for POSSIBLE damage and inoperability. The author has used this method on several computers and so far there have been no problems.

1. Download BootPass

BootPass - boot disk (Windows 7PE x86).

The disk contains full-featured programs for resetting and editing Windows passwords, programs for removing ransomware banners

Like most bootable discs, they are downloaded in ISO format.

Because the disk image in ISO format is already a standard and any program can burn it, even standard Windows tools 8.

Download BootPass from the torrent network (for example, http://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4487280).

You can not download all the files, but only the necessary - the BootPass.iso file itself.

Others optional:

• Iso-Burner.exe is a very small program (646kB) for burning an ISO image to disk.
• Rufus.exe or WiNTBootic.exe to burn ISO image to USB
• text files- for information and instructions

2. Burn BootPass.iso to disk

Now we write the downloaded BootPass.iso image to optical CD-R disc w or USB.

There are many recording options, we will show only 3:

2.1 Standard Windows 8 tools

In Windows 8, this is very easy. Right-click to open the context menu and select "Burn disc image".

Don't forget to insert a blank disc.

2.2 Iso Burner

If you downloaded this program as part of a torrent, then when you start it, a window will appear [email protected] ISO Burner. Only 2 fields - specify the path to the ISO image, select the CD-RW or DVD-RW burner. Press "Burn ISO".

2.3 used to UltraISO

Because she can write both just files and ISO images to optical discs and to USB, HDD, she can also create boot disks, save to ISO format. In general, an advanced program.

You can download it from torrents, from the official website,.

P.S. UltraISO shareware product, you need to buy it later if you like it. By the way, you can check the recorded disc whether it will open in Explorer or not.

3. Change the computer boot order

If you already have the boot order set from CD-ROM(DVD-ROM) first, or you know how, feel free to skip this step.

There are 2 ways to change the computer boot order:

3.1 BIOS

In the BIOS of any computer, there are options for choosing a sequence to boot the system. If these options do not appear automatically when you turn on the computer, press the F2 or Del buttons - they may differ depending on the model and build of your BIOS.

In the BIOS, you need to go to the BOOT section and select the CD / DVD as the first boot device in the Boot Sequence.

Save settings and exit (SAVE AND EXIT)

3.2 without BIOS

Most modern computers have the ability to assign a boot order without entering the BIOS. For this, a quick boot menu is used, which is called up by pressing a special key immediately after turning on the computer (for example, F10, F12 or even F8 - depending on the model of the motherboard).

Usually, when loading, the BIOS itself prompts on the screen which key to press.

P.S. The disc must be inserted into the drive.

4. Loading the BootPass Disk

The recorded disc has been inserted, boot from CD / DVD is set, the drive is working, and then we will have such a window.

We have a variety of programs to choose from that reset Windows passwords.

We have enough Password Reset v3.0. If it doesn't work, you can try others.

• Select the user with the forgotten password, click OK. The program asks if you are sure of your desires, the answer is YES! (OK)
• Next, it will ask, repeat (OK) or restart (Reboot) the computer?
• We repeat how many users need to be cleared of passwords and restart the computer.
• Confirm restart @Yes
• Remove the disk from the drive and click OK

5. Verification

As soon as Windows boots up, it will ask which user to select. Windows will not ask you for a password.

If all is well, don't forget to set a new password for your user.

P.S. in the password, use capital letters, numbers, and even better, special characters - *-+-=/?...

P.P.S. as a password, you can use phrases (rarely used) written in the English layout. For example, "Holy Bagheera1002" -> "Cdznfz

6. What to do if

failed to reset windows password

Go to step 4 and try another program.

Windows stopped loading

Remove all disks and USB. Set BIOS to boot from HDD/SATA/SSD. As a last resort, start Windows Recovery or call the wizard.

If you can’t log in to Windows 7 because you forgot or lost your account password, then this article will help you. It contains all effective ways to remove, reset or change the password of any account(even the administrator) in the "seven" and recommendations are given on how to protect yourself in case the password is lost in the future. All the described methods to unlock a user account are absolutely safe if you follow the instructions and do everything carefully.

How to reset a forgotten password with Ophcrack

Ophcrack- a unique utility that allows you to restore access to any account in Windows 7 in just a few minutes. Moreover, it works in any edition of the OS, starting with XP, and can function from a bootable USB flash drive. The mechanism of the program is somewhat different from the algorithms for selecting passwords of similar applications and includes several components:

• LM hash algorithm- in this format, passwords are stored in Windows 7, the number of characters of which does not exceed 15 pieces;
• rainbow tables- a mechanism designed to recover encrypted passwords through the use of hashes with a complex reverse decryption process.

The program can also unlock complex passwords by extracting them from registry files and then decrypting them using completely new methods of data processing, due to which the load on hardware resources is small, and the selection speed increases by orders of magnitude.

Using a bootable flash drive with Ophcrack

The algorithm below is relevant for computers that cannot be accessed by the following reasons:

• the password from one account is lost, but there are no other accounts;
• no user profile can be accessed on this computer.

If you encounter such a case, you will have to execute instruction, which boils down to this: create a bootable USB based on a special version of Ophcrack and boot from that media to restore account access. In more detail, this instruction looks like this:

For inexperienced users, it is recommended to select the first (graphical) mode of operation of OphCrack: Ophcrack Graphic mode. But it should be noted that in graphical mode the program may not start, and the text one works flawlessly, although it requires certain skills in handling console programs.

If we consider work in a program with an interface in more detail in the next section, then we will dwell on using its console version in more detail. Although of the features here there is only the absence of windows and buttons. After launching the console version of the utility, it will automatically determine the passwords for all accounts and display them in the " Results».

Removing a password from under Windows

What to do if you forgot administrator account password? The program will also help here. Ophcrack, but with a network connection to download it. Consider the sequence of actions:

After a few seconds or minutes, depending on the complexity of the combination of characters in the password, it will be displayed in the " NT Pwd».

Using system recovery tools

What to do, if no access to the internet or another computer do you need to sign in to your account? Will help solve the problem bootable USB stick or disk, which contains the distribution of the Windows 7 operating system that is running on the computer.

In this case, resetting the Windows 7 administrator password is maximally carried out as follows.

1. We connect the boot drive of the same edition of the "seven" as installed on the PC.
2. We restart the PC.
3. We call the boot menu of the computer / laptop. This can be done using the F2, F9, F11 keys or another one indicated in the motherboard manual or on the BIOS boot screen.
4. In the list of available devices, select the target USB drive to start the computer from it.
   
5. Press any key to boot from the selected media.
6. We select the language of the system installed on the computer, and then click the button Next.
   
7. Click the link « » in the window with the Install button to launch Windows 7 Resume Tools.
   
8. In the parameters, select the command line to call the system command execution tool.
   
9. In the window that appears, enter the regedit command and execute it using the Enter key. As a result, the window of the classic system registry editor will open.
10. In this window, as in the file manager with the display of directories in the form of a tree, go to the HKLM section.
    
11. Through the main menu we call the command "", located in the menu " File».
12. Select file " config» - « SYSTEM, which has no extension.
    
13. Set any file name without using Cyrillic characters and confirm it by pressing the enter button.
14. Let's go to the bush HKLM” - “entered_bush_name” - Setup .
15. Double-click to open the key editing menu " CmdLine».
16. As the value of the parameter, enter " cmd.exe" to launch a command prompt before Windows 7 boots.
17. In the same way, set the value Setup Type» equal « 2 ».
18. Select a new bush in HKLM.
19. We call the command " Unload bush”, located in the menu item “ File».
20. We restart the computer, as a result of which the command line will appear.
21. At the command line, enter a command like net user username password and execute it with the Enter key. After that, the command line can be closed.
    

Thus, it is easy to recover a forgotten password as many times as you like, but using the proposed method on other people's computers will not work due to the fact that changing the password is required when gaining access to any of the accounts.

Create a flash drive to instantly reset a password from a specific account

If you do not want to repeat the situation with a forgotten password, it is better to make a floppy disk to reset it. By a floppy disk we mean a flash drive, because the use of floppy disks and disks has not been relevant in recent years.

As a result, the wizard will generate a boot disk necessary to unlock an account whose password has been lost.

Now, if for some reason you cannot log into Windows 7, click the Reset password button, insert the created disk or USB flash drive and follow the instructions. which boil down to clicking the Next button.

After reinstalling the system, changing the password, or creating a new account, the password reset disk will have to be recreated.

Knowing how to reset the Windows 7 administrator password and having a flash drive with a key file, a forgotten password will no longer be a problem.

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