I have a Windows 7 Starter netbook laptop, and I have forgotten the administrator password for it. I only have ONE account on it and that is the one where I forgot my password. How can I get in?

Forgot your Windows 7 Starter password? Can’t log into your computer at all after losing the administrator password? In many occasion because of your stress there you have a chance to forget the password. Sometimes it may occur due to the security consciousness of the user as you frequently change the password.

Fortunately there is a safe and quick recovery disk to reset lost or forgotten Windows 8/7/Vista/XP password. With PCUnlocker you can unlock and reset passwords for local system accounts easily. In this tutorial we’re going to walk you through how to reset Windows 7 Starter password using PCUnlocker Recovery USB drive. Quickly get back into your computer in case your administrator password is lost or forgotten.

How to Reset the Administrator Password on Windows 7 Starter?

Download the zipped ISO image of PCUnlocker and save it to any computer that you have access to. Unzip the download file and burn the ISO image to your USB flash drive using ISO2Disc program. PCUnlocker can also load from a bootable CD but USB drive should be more useful when your computer doesn’t come with a CD/DVD burner.

After creating a PCUnlocker Recovery USB drive, plug it into your Windows 7 Starter computer. Power on the machine and press the key indicated during the power-on self-test (POST) to enter BIOS, then change the boot priority in BIOS to boot from removable device. Save your changes and exit.

This time your computer should boot from the PCUnlocker Recovery USB drive. After a while you’ll see the PCUnlocker program which displays a list of local user accounts existing in your Windows 7 Starter system. Choose the administrator account and click on Reset Password button, it will remove/unlock your Windows 7 Starter administrator password instantly.

Now you’ve successfully reset the administrator password, unplug the USB drive and restart the computer. You can then log back into your Windows 7 Starter administrator account without a password!

Besides resetting Windows 7 Starter password, you can also use the PCUnlocker Recovery USB drive to reset lost administrator password on other editions of Windows 7, such as Windows 7 Home / Professional / Ultimate.

I forgot Windows 7 administrator password and can not log into my laptop. I have tried every password I can think of and can’t remember the correct one. I have tried putting my computer in safe mode, does not work. All of my school files are on my computer. If anyone knows how I can reset my password myself, that would be great.

Most password recovery programs require your system to up and running in order to crack Windows password. But what if you can’t log in to Windows. Reset Windows Password utility is a Live disc which can be burned onto a CD or USB drive. Boot your locked computer from the Live disc and it allows you to reset Windows 7 password easily.

How to Reset Forgotten Administrator Password for Your Windows 7 Laptop?

1. Download the Reset Windows Password utility onto an alternative computer. Unzip the download file, you’ll get the ResetWindowsPwd.iso file. Burn the ISO file to CD using an CD burning software such as ISO2Disc or BurnCDCC.
2. Set your Windows 7 laptop to boot from the Live CD. To boot from the CD-ROM drive, you may need to press a key such as F8 or F12 while your computer is starting up and set CD/DVD as the first boot device in BIOS.
3. After the CD boots, you will have a mini operating system loaded into memory which will launch Reset Windows Password utility. It will not install anything to your hard drive.
4. Click on the Reset Windows Local Admin/User Password option, the program will automatically detect the Windows SAM registry hive and local user accounts existing in your local computer.
5. Choose the administrator account and click on Reset Password button, it will remove your forgotten Windows 7 administrator password in a short time.

Restart the laptop and reject the Live CD, you can then log in to the administrator account with a blank password. After logging into your Windows 7 system, you’ll find that all your files on your hard drive are there and remain intact.

• You reset a new password for your Administrator account but you don’t remember it.
• You don’t use your computer for a long time and forget the password you had set.
• Someone sneaks into your computer and change your administrator password.

With Microsoft’s improved security over the last few years, it became more difficult to reset Windows 7 administrator password. However, there are still several ways to get around it and I am bringing you one of the easiest ways to reset Windows 7 admin password if you forgot it.

Reset Windows Password is the powerful password recovery software which could help you reset Windows 7 admin password easily. The program runs from a boot CD or USB drive and allows you to reset forgotten administrator password instantly. Let’s get started!

Step 1: Create a Windows Password Reset CD

1. To prepare for the password-resetting procedure, you need another computer to connect to the Internet, download the Reset Windows Password utility.
2. Unzip the download file which contains an ISO image file: ResetWindowsPwd.iso.
3. Next, burn the ISO image to a CD/DVD with any CD burning software such as BurnCDCC. A Windows password reset disk will be ready in one or two minutes.

Step 2: Boot Your Locked PC from the Password Reset CD

1. Now that you’ve prepared the Windows password reset CD, go to the computer for which you have forgotten the password.
2. Insert the Windows password reset CD and turn on the computer.
3. When it is powered on, check the boot-screen for setup key (i.e. DELETE key, F8 key, F2 key) to enter BIOS Setup Utility.
4. Change its BIOS settings to make it try to boot from the CD first.

Step 3: Reset Windows 7 Admin Password

1. Once you have configured the BIOS correctly, your computer will boot from the Windows password reset CD.
2. After a while, the boot CD will launch the Reset Windows Password program.
3. Choose the SAM registry hive from the list, the program will display a list of Windows user accounts on the computer.
4. Select the administrator account whose password you forgot, then click Reset Password button.
5. It will reset your forgotten Windows 7 admin password in no time.

Now take out the password reset CD and reboot your computer. You can then log on Windows 7 as administrator account without be asking for a password.This method is very useful when you forgot Windows 7 admin password and the operating system is inaccessible.

Need a way around password on administrator account in windows 7 new machine and during setup password was
entered accidentally and don’t know it. Data from old machine is transfered so I do not want to do a complete reinstall of operating system or i will loose data HELP!!!!!!!!!!

There are times we forgot the administrator password on Windows 7.  If the administrator account is the only user with administrative privileges on your computer,  you then can’t install any new software or even can’t log on your computer anymore.  So it’s important to find out a password recovery tool to recover or reset the password in order to regain access to the locked computer.

In this article we’ll explain a simple way to help you reset forgotten administrator password on Windows 7, no matter what reason you forgot the password. Reset Windows Password is the software we need to use to unlock Windows 7 password.  Let’s see the detailed steps:

How to Reset Forgotten Administrator Password on Windows 7:

1. Download the zip archive of Reset Windows Password utility. Unzip it and burn the ISO image to a blank CD or USB stick.
2. Insert the CD or USB stick into your locked computer and let your computer boot from it.
3. After a while the bootdisk will launch the Reset Windows Password utility, which shows all Windows user accounts available for your Windows installation. By default the Reset Local Admin/User Password option will be selected, the program will display a list of Windows local user accounts. If you want to reset domain administrator password, please choose the Reset Active Directory Password option.Here we’re going to reset forgotten Windows 7 password, so we choose the first option.
4. Choose the administrator account, then click Reset Password button. The program will quickly reset your forgotten administrator password as well as unlock the user account if it is disabled or locked out.

Now remove the CD or USB stick and restart Windows 7 system. You can then immediately log in to the administrator account without being asked for a password.  No need to worry about data loss if you forgot Windows 7 password next time.