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Method 1of 4:

Using a Windows System Repair Disc

  1. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 1 Insert a system repair disc into the DVD drive. Booting from a Windows 7 system repair disc will enable you to create temporary backdoor access to reset your password.[1]
    • If you don't have a System Repair disc, you can create one on another Windows 7 computer.
  2. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 2 Reboot your computer. When prompted, press any key on the keyboard to finish booting.
    • If the computer boots back to the login screen instead, you'll need to change the boot order in the BIOS before continuing with this method.
  3. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 3 Select 'Windows 7' under 'Operating System. ' When selected, the text will turn blue.
  4. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 4 Make note of the drive letter under 'Location. '
    • For example, if you see(D:) Local Disk, the drive letter you should remember is 'D:'
  5. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 5 ClickNext.
  6. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 6 Click the 'Command Prompt' link. A black screen with white text will appear.
  7. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 7 Type the drive letter at the command prompt.
    • For example, if your drive letter wasD:, typeD:
  8. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 8 Press?Enter.
  9. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 9 Create a backdoor to an elevated command prompt. Type the following commands, in order:[2]
    • Typecd windowssystem32and press?Enter.
    • Typeren utilman.exe utilhold.exeand press?Enter.
    • Typecopy cmd.exe utilman.exeand press?Enter.
    • Typeexitand press?Enter.
  10. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 10 Eject the system repair disc.
  11. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 11 Reboot the computer. The computer will boot back up to the login screen.
  12. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 12 Click the 'Ease of Access' icon. It's at the left corner of the screen and is blue with a white compass. This will open the command prompt instead of the Ease of Access center, but don't be alarmed!
  13. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 13 Typenet user username newpassword. Replace 'username' with the username of the account you need to access, and 'newpassword' with a password you'll remember.
  14. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 14 Press?Enter.
  15. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 15 Close the command prompt.
  16. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 16 Log into Windows. You are now back into the computer with your regular account.
  17. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 17 Open the command prompt as an administrator. Here's how:
    • Click the Start menu.
    • Typecmdinto the search box.
    • Right-click 'Command Prompt' in the search results and select 'Run as administrator.'
    • If prompted, confirm that you really want to run the program as an administrator.
    • The command prompt will appear.
  18. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 18 Remove the backdoor. Enter the following commands to remove the backdoor you created earlier:[3]
    • Type the drive letter you made note of earlier. For example,D:.
    • Press?Enter.
    • Typecd windowssystem32and press?Enter.
    • Typecopy utilhold.exe utilman.exeand press?Enter.

Method 2of 4:

Using the Windows Installation DVD

  1. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 19 Put a Windows 7 installation DVD into the DVD drive. You can access an Administrator account by booting from DVD and making a few changes in the registry.[4]
    • It doesn't have to be the same DVD you used to install Windows, so you can borrow one if necessary.
  2. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 20 Reboot your computer. It should boot to a screen that asks you to choose a language.
    • If the computer boots back to the login screen instead, you'll need to change the boot order in the BIOS before continuing with this method.
  3. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 21 Select your language and clickNext.
  4. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 22 ClickRepair your computer.
  5. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 23 Select your Widows installation.
    • Click the Windows 7 installation in the list. Unless you have other operating systems installed, it should be the only option.
    • ClickNext.
  6. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 24 Click the 'Command Prompt' link. It's the last option at the bottom of the System Recovery Options screen. The command prompt will appear—it's a black window with white text.
  7. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 25 Typeregeditand press?Enter. The registry editor will appear.
  8. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 26 ClickHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. It's on the left side of the screen.
  9. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 27 Click the 'File' menu.
  10. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 28 Select 'Load Hive. '
  11. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 29 Type%windir%system32configsam. You'll be typing this into the 'File name' field. Be sure to type it as shown.
  12. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 30 ClickOpen. Now you'll see a screen asking you to enter a name for a 'new hive.'
  13. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 31 Typetemporary. You can type anything, but this is a safe bet for the meantime.
  14. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 32 ClickOK. Now you'll return to the main registry editor.
  15. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 33 Navigate to the user registry key. Here are the steps to access'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > temporary > SAM > Domains > Account > Users > 000001F4':
    • Click the + next toHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEin the left pane.
    • Click the + next totemporary.
    • Click the + next toSAM.
    • Click the + next toDomains.
    • Click the + next toAccount.
    • Click the + next toUsers.
    • Click the + next to000001F4. You should see an entry forFin the right panel.
  16. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 34 Double-clickFin the right panel. A new window will appear containing many hexadecimal numbers.
  17. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 35 Find the line that starts with0038. You will see11directly to the right of0038.
  18. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 36 Change11to10.
    • Drag the mouse across the11so that only that number is highlighted (no spaces on either side)
    • Type10.
  19. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 37 ClickOK. The hard part is over!
  20. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 38 Eject the Windows DVD.
  21. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 39 Restart the computer.
  22. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 40 Click the Administrator account. This will give you full administrative access to Windows.
    • Now you can reset the password for your regular admin account.

Method 3of 4:

Using NTPassword

  1. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 41 Access another computer. If you have access to another computer with internet access, you can download a utility called NTPassword that will help you reset your Windows 7 password. You'll need to either burn a bootable copy of this utility or use it to create a bootable USB flash drive.
  2. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 42 Navigate tohttp://www.ntpasswd.com/.
  3. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 43 Select a version of NTPassword. Click one of the following buttons to download the NTPassword files:[5]
    • ClickDownload USB Versionif you want to create a bootable USB flash drive. The drive you use should have nothing else on it.
    • ClickDownload Disc Versionto save the file (cd140201.iso) image to your computer. Once downloaded, you'll be able to burn a bootable CD of this image.
  4. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 44 Create a bootable USB flash drive. If you chooseDownload USB Version:
    • Unzip the downloaded file (usb140201.zip) to your USB flash drive. The files should be directly on the drive, not inside another directory.
    • Click the Start menu and typecmdinto the search box.
    • Right-click 'Command Prompt' in the search results and select 'Run as Administrator.'
    • Typecd x:(replace 'x:' with the actual drive letter of your USB drive) and press?Enter.
    • TypeX:syslinux.exe -ma X:(replace both X: with the actual drive letter) and press?Enter.
    • Remove the flash drive from the second computer.
  5. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 45 Create a bootable CD. If you chooseDownload Disc Version:
    • Insert a recordable CD-R or DVD-R.
    • Right-click the downloaded file (cd140201.iso) and select 'Burn to disc.'
    • Follow the prompts to create the disc.
    • Eject the disc from the second computer once the burn is complete.
  6. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 46 Insert the USB drive or CD into the problem computer.
  7. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 47 Reboot the computer. The computer should boot to a black screen with white text that begins with 'Windows Reset Password'.[6]
    • If the computer boots back to the login screen instead, you'll need to change the boot order in the BIOS before continuing with this method.
  8. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 48 Press?Enter.
  9. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 49 Select the hard drive partition that contains Windows. Near the bottom of the screen you'll see text that says 'STEP ONE: Select disk where the Windows partition is.'
    • Look at the partitions beneath 'Candidate Windows partitions found.'
    • Press the number (on the keyboard) next to the largest partition that does not say 'Boot.'
    • Press?Enter.
  10. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 50 Press?Enterto confirm the registry path. Now you'll see 'Select which part of registry to load, use predefined choices or list the files with space delimiter.'
  11. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 51 Press?Enter. This accepts the default setting, 'Edit user data and passwords.[7]
  12. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 52 Press?Enterto accept the next default setting.
  13. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 53 Select the user whose password you want to reset.
    • Locate your account username under 'Username' at the bottom of the screen.
    • Find its corresponding 'RID' number in the column to the left.
    • Type the RID number and press?Enter.
  14. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 54 Press?Enter.
  15. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 55 Press1and then?Enter. This clears the password for the specified user account.[8]
  16. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 56 Pressqand then?Enter. Now you'll be prompted to save your changes.
  17. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 57 Pressyand then?Enter. This confirms you want to save the changes.
  18. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 58 Eject the USB drive or CD.
  19. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 59 PressCtrl+Alt+Del. Your computer will restart to the login screen, where you'll be able to click your username and set a new password

Method 4of 4:

Using a Password Reset Disk

  1. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 60 Try to log in to Windows. If you created a password reset disk at an earlier date, you can use it to get back into Windows.
    • If you didn't create a password reset disk, try another method.
  2. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 61 Click 'OK' on the password error message.
  3. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 62 Connect your USB Password Recovery Disk to the computer. [9]
  4. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 63 Click the 'Reset password…' link. It's just beneath the password blank. This will launch the Password Reset Wizard.
  5. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 64 ClickNext.
  6. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 65 Select your USB drive from the drop-down menu. It's usually called something like 'Removable Disk.'
  7. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 66 ClickNext.
  8. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 67 Type a new password. Enter it into the first blank, beneath the text 'Type a new password.'
  9. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 68 Type the password again. This time, type it into the second blank, under 'Type the password again to confirm.'
  10. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 69 Enter a password hint. You'll do this in the third, final box on the screen. Type something that'll make you remember the new password in case you forget it.
  11. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 70 ClickNext.
    • If you see an error that says 'An error occurred while the wizard was attempting to set the password,' you're using the wrong password reset disk.[10]
  12. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 71 ClickFinish. This will close the password reset wizard.
  13. Click: How to Bypass Windows 7 Password — contextual image 72 Log into Windows. You should now be able to log in to Windows using your new account password.

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