HOW TO RESET OR RECOVER FORGOTTEN OR LOST WINDOWS USER ACCOUNT PASSWORD

Some Tricks in resetting or recovering forgotten windows user account password.

There are several tools to recover windows user account password but I find these two strategies to be working for me, and if you don’t have a password-reset disk and you need to reset your Windows password, I suggest using the following Sticky Keys trick.

Here’s how:

1. Boot your computer using your Windows installation disc.

2. Wait for the setup files to load, and select your language. Click Next.

3. Click the Repair Your Computer link on the Install Windows screen.

4. Select the operating system to repair, and note the drive letter on which the OS is installed (it

     is probably C: or D:). Click Next.

5. Click Command Prompt at the bottom of the list of recovery tools.

Now you need to overwrite the Sticky Keys executable with the Command Prompt executable. Sticky Keys is an accessibility feature that allows a user to tap the Shift, Ctrl, Alt, or Windows key once to achieve the same effect as holding the key down. Ordinarily, tapping Shift five times activates Sticky Keys--but with this trick, you are going to make tapping Shift five times activate the Windows Command Prompt instead.

The instructions below use drive letter C: as an example. If your operating system is installed on another drive, replace C: with the appropriate drive letter.

1. In the Command Prompt window, type copy c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe c:\ and press Enter.

2. Type copy /y c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe and press Enter.

3. Exit the Command Prompt and reboot the computer. At the login screen, tap Shift five times. The

    Command Prompt will pop up.

4. Type net user username password, replacing username with your username and password with a new 

    password.

5. Exit the Command Prompt, and log in using your new password.

To prevent another user from exploiting the same trick to reset your password, you can restore Sticky Keys as follows:

1. Step through the instructions above to boot the PC using your Windows installation

    disc, open the recovery tools, and launch the Command Prompt.

2. Type copy /y c:\sethc.exe c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe and press Enter.

3. Exit the Command Prompt and reboot the computer. Pressing Shift five times will now activate Sticky

    Keys instead of the Command Prompt. Store your Windows installation disc in a  secure location.

Caution: Resetting a password using the Sticky Keys trick means you will lose access to encrypted files, encrypted email messages, and stored passwords for Internet Explorer and network resources. Remember to back up your important data regularly.

         IF THE ABOVE FIX DOESN’T WORK FOR YOU, THEN TRY THE FIX BELOW

Log into an Alternate Account (ADMINISTRATOR)

Most often, several or the largest population of users will leave the administrator account alone with no password. Some do it because they don’t really know what it can do if trouble comes and some also does it because they know how valuable it is to have it for several purposes. If you're not logging into the computer as administrator or have other accounts follow the below steps to reset your other accounts password.

1. Reboot the computer into Safe Mode.

2. When logging into Safe Mode you should be prompted with an option to what account you wish to use. Select the Administrator account. If prompted for passwords try pressing Enter on the keyboard for no password. If this does not work, try other passwords you may have used. If you're unable to log into the Administrator account skip to the next suggestion.

3. Once you've logged into the Administrator account open Control Panel and User Accounts.

4. In User Accounts select the account you wish to change the password for, click change password and then enter the new password or click remove the password to remove the password from the account.

PS. If the above won't work for you.Then do this one.

First reboot Windows OS in safe mode by re-starting the computer and repeatedly pressing F8 as the computer starts up. Then (in SAFE MODE) click Start and then click Run. In the open box type "control userpasswords2" without the quotes.

You will now have access to all the user accounts, including the administrators account and the account where you forgotten your password and will be able to reset the lost password.

Just click the administrators’ user account, and then click Reset Password.

You will need to add a new password in the new password and the Confirm new password boxes, and confirm by clicking OK.

I hope this strategy/trick would fix your problem in recovering your lost windows password.

Thanks.