I’ve lost my Windows 7 Administrator Password, causing me to be unable to install programs or do other system tasks. I’ve search various forums and found some answers, but none seem to work. I’d like to be able to remove the password without doing anything extreme to Windows.

Lost Windows 7 administrator password? Sure, there are a few workarounds to access your account using a Linux Live CD but they are time consuming and boring as you need to go through a long procedure. In this tutorial we’ll show you how to remove lost Windows 7 administrator password in just 3 steps.

How to Remove Lost Windows 7 Administrator Password?

1. Download the CD-ISO ZIP file of Reset Windows Password utility and extract it to get the ISO file. Burn the ISO file to a CD/DVD using a CD/DVD recording software such as ISO2Disc.

2. Before inserting the CD/DVD to your locked Windows 7 computer, make sure that you have made necessary changes to boot priority setting in the BIOS so that you can boot from CD/DVD. Insert the CD/DVD into the optical drive and restart your machine. In a few seconds you will see the Reset Windows Password program.

3. You should see the user accounts existing in your Windows SAM registry hive. Choose the administrator account and then click on Reset Password button, the program will remove your lost administrator password instantly.

Remove the CD/DVD and restart the computer. When the Windows 7 logon screen appears, click on the administrator account and left the password field as blank, you’ll then log into Windows 7 and regain access to all your important files on your computer. No need to worry about data loss when you forgot or lost Windows 7 administrator password! Simply follow this guide and you can remove the forgotten password in just a few minutes.

In this guide I’ll show you the easiest way to remove administrator password on Windows 7 if you’ve forgotten the password. No matter if you have a 32-bit or a 64-bit Windows 7 system, you will still be able to remove forgotten Windows 7 administrator password immediately.

How to Remove Administrator Password on Windows 7?

First, you need another computer to connect to the Internet and create a password reset disk. Reset Windows Password utility is a powerful recovery software which enables you to remove forgotten Windows admin/user password easily. The software comes as an ISO image file. Burn the ISO image to a CD or USB drive with ISO2Disc and it’s the password reset disk we’ll used later.

Insert the password reset disk into your computer with a forgotten/unknown admin password. Turn on the computer and go into BIOS, change the boot device order temporarily so your computer will boot from the password reset disk.

Once you’ve configured the BIOS correctly, Power on the computer and it should then boot from the password reset disk now. After one or two minutes, the password reset disk will launch the Reset Windows Password utility.

Select the Windows SAM database from the drop-down list, the program will analyze that file and show all Windows user accounts inside your Windows 7 system.

Choose the administrator account whose password you need to remove, then click Reset Password button and it will remove your forgotten/unknown administrator password instantly.

Remove the password reset disk and restart the computer. Let the password field as blank when you log on as administrator account, the system will allow you to login without any hassle. It’s so simple to remove forgotten administrator password on Windows 7. No need to call someone for help in case you forgot Windows 7 password.