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How to Bypass Windows Administrator Password

March 19th, 2013 by Admin

I have forgotten the administrator password of my Windows 7 installation and locked out. Is there a way to reset or bypass the password? I do have physical access to the PC.

Few things are more annoying than forgetting your Windows administrator password. Without your Windows password your PC is nothing more than a door stop. In this tutorial I’ll show you how to bypass Windows administrator password which will allow you to login to Windows once again. All you need to bypass Windows password with this method is another Windows PC so you can download the Reset Windows Password utility and make a password reset Live CD/USB drive.

How to Bypass Windows Administrator Password?

To get started, purchase the Reset Windows Password utility and download it onto your current computer. Unzip the download file and you’ll get the ResetWindowsPwd.iso file which contains the password hacking tool.
Next, you need to turn that ISO file into a CD. All you need to do is get a CD/DVD burning program such as BurnCDCC or ImgBurn, which allows you to burn an ISO image to CD or DVD easily! If your computer doesn’t come with a CD/DVD burner, you can use the ISO2Disc program to burn a Windows password reset USB from that ISO image.
Take the Live CD you just created to the computer you want to hack. Insert the CD into the CD drive and turn on the computer. Normally, the BIOS screen tells you the keyboard key you need to press to change the boot order, watch for that message! On most computers the BIOS key is Del, F9 or F12 but yours might be different, so watch out for that on the boot-up menu.
Once you boot from the CD, it will load the miniature operating system and open the Reset Windows Password utility. This program automatically detect all Windows installations on your computer, and shows a list of user accounts existing in your Windows SAM registry hive.
Choose the administrator account you want to bypass the password on and click on “Reset Password” button. It will remove your forgotten administrator password immediately. Remove the CD from the CD drive and restart the computer, you can then log into the administrator with an empty password. Done!

This tutorial is fairly simple to follow even if you are not very techie person. With this trick you can bypass Windows administrator password on any version of Windows operating system, including Windows 8/7/Vista/XP.

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Lost or Forgotten Windows Login Password

March 14th, 2013 by Admin

Lost or forgotten Windows login password is a common issue faced by every computer user. When we forgot Windows password and can’t get into the computer, most of us are prone to do a clean install of the entire operating system or take the machine to a computer repair shop. However, things would change if you have an easy-to-use yet powerful Windows password recovery software such as Reset Windows Password utility. You can also reset/remove the forgotten password easily by yourself!

Reset Windows Password utility is capable of running from a CD or USB drive. Just get your locked computer to boot from the CD/USB drive and the password cracking tool inside the CD/USB enables you to reset lost or forgotten Windows login password quickly and easily. It supports Windows 8/7/Vista/XP and Windows Server operating system.

Here we’ll walk you through the entire process of creating a password cracking Live CD and using it to reset lost or forgotten Windows login password. If you’re a little nervous, it might help to take a look at this entire step-by-step guide before you actually get started.

How to Reset Lost or Forgotten Windows Login Password?

Since you obviously can’t access your computer right now because you don’t know the password, you need to use a secondary computer to create a password cracking Live CD. Download the Reset Windows Password utility and save it onto that computer.
Once downloaded, extract the ISO file from the ZIP file. Feel free to do this using the integrated tool in Windows or a dedicated program like WinZip.
Burn the ISO file to a blank CD or DVD using your favorite CD/DVD burning program. If you don’t have one, you can use BurnCDCC or ISO2Disc program. If the ISO file is not burned correctly, the password cracking Live CD will not work at all.
After the password cracking Live CD is created, go to the computer that you are resetting the password on. Insert the Live CD into your optical drive and then restart your computer. Make sure that you have configured your BIOS to boot from CD before your hard drive. Otherwise, the CD won’t get boot up.
The booting process will take a while. Once it’s done loading up, you should see the Reset Windows Password program, which will display all of the Windows user accounts that it has found on your computer.
Choose the user account with a lost or forgotten password, and then click on Reset Password button. The program will unlock/enable that user account and clear/blank its password immediately.
Remove the password cracking Live CD from your optical drive and restart the computer. You’ll finally get to log into Windows without entering a password!

Reset Windows Password utility is not designed to recover/find your original Windows login password, because Windows login password is encrypted using some very strong encryption algorithms and the time in order to crack a password is usually unacceptable. But this program can overwrite/blank your lost or forgotten Windows login password in just a matter of seconds!

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Must-have Windows 7/Vista/XP Password Recovery Boot Disk

March 7th, 2013 by Admin

It’s true that all versions of Windows enable you to create a password reset disc, but what do you do if you find yourself locked out without that disc? Or, you can log in as a limited user but can’t make changes – because nobody remembers the administrator password. How can you get out of these situations without formatting and re-installing the operating system?

No matter if you are a absolute beginner or a technician, every Windows users need a Windows 7/Vista/XP password recovery boot disk in their toolkit. There are several tools out there that can help you recover the forgotten password, and the best option is Password Recovery Bundle which has saved my bacon more than once.

Password Recovery Bundle is a must-have toolkit which can recover over 60 types of passwords. One of the most important features is that the software enables you to create a Windows7/Vista/XP password recovery boot disk which could be used to reset/unlock lost or forgotten Windows password easily.

Here, we’ll show you how to create a Windows password recovery boot disk and then use it to reset lost or forgotten Windows 7/Vista/XP password on your own.

Part 1: Create a Windows Password Recovery Boot Disk

Install Password Recovery Bundle on your computer. After installing, start the program and click on “Windows Password” button. You’ll see the bootdisk creating dialog which allows you to burn a Windows password recovery bootdisk on a CD/DVD or USB flash drive. Remove the CD or USB drive from your current computer and you can then use it to reset forgotten Windows admin/user password on all versions of Windows 7/Vista/XP system.

Part 2: Use the Boot Disk to Reset Forgotten Windows 7/Vista/XP Password

Boot your locked PC from the Windows password recovery boot disk you’ve created. The computer will load the Windows PE operating system inside the bootdisk. If it still boots from your hard drive, you need to change the boot order in BIOS to set your computer to boot from CD or USB drive.

When you get to the Reset Windows Password screen, you’ll see a list of user accounts found in your Windows SAM registry hive. Now click on any existing account and then click “Reset Password” button, it will unlock/blank your user account password immediately.

Remove the Windows password recovery bootdisk and restart the computer. When you reach the Windows login screen, just left the password field as blank and you can log into the system successfully.

Once you’re able to log back into your Windows installation, remember to change the password to something complex that you can still recall easily. Done!

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Hide User Account from Welcome Screen in Windows 8/7/Vista/XP

February 21st, 2013 by Admin

On bootup, Windows operating system including Windows 8/7/Vista/XP will display a Welcome Screen, with a list of user accounts existing on your computer so that user can click and login. If you want to hide one of the user accounts at Welcome Screen and protect your privacy, here’s a complete guide for you. Let’s see how can we hide user account from Welcome Screen in Windows 8, 7, Vista and XP.

How to Hide User Account from Welcome Screen in Windows 8/7/Vista/XP?

Press Windows + R key combination to open the Run window, type regedit and press Enter key.
In the Register Editor window, navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\Userlist
If the SpecialAccounts key and Userlist keys do not exist then create them.
On the right hand side of Userlist, right-click on any blank space, and point to New -> DWORD (32-bit) Value.
Name the new DWORD registry value name exactly with the user name used at the logon screen.
Double-click on DWORD registry value, and set the value data to 0 in order to hide the account from Welcome Screen. To display the user account on Welcome Screen again so that it’s visible again, delete the registry entry, or set the value data to 1.
Exit Registry Editor. Log off or restart computer to make the change effective.

This trick will prevent the user account from showing up on the Welcome Screen or in the Control Panel -> User Accounts area. In Windows XP you can still log into the hidden user account by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del two times to display Login Dialog window and type the username and password. But note that, in Windows 8/7/Vista, pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del does not bring up the login screen. If your user account is not shown up on the Welcome Screen and you’re locked out of your computer, Reset Windows Password utility could be used to remove your forgotten password or make your user account visible again.

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Secure the Built-in Administrator Account in Windows 8/7/Vista/XP

February 20th, 2013 by Admin

The built-in administrator account is one of the default accounts that has the highest privileges in Windows. It is by far the number one target for hackers trying to break into your computer. By default, this administrator account does not show up in the list of available accounts when Windows boots up. This is why so many people do not know that the account even exists. You would be surprised that there is also no password set for the administrator account. This can be a major security risk for all Windows users. Let’s look at some quick ways to secure the built-in administrator account in Windows 8/7/Vista/XP.

Rename the Built-in Administrator Account

Installing the Windows operating system automatically creates this account, and I promise you that every hacker already knows the default name. If you keep the name the same as the default, this provides 1/2 of the information that an attacker needs to log on as the account. Many companies will change the name to fit within the naming scheme of the other users. So, Joe Smith might be the Administrator account to obfuscate the account to novice hackers and end users.

Configure a Complex Password for the Built-in Administrator Account

The built-in administrator account was installed with a blank password. We all know that passwords are a pain to manage and remember, so many computer users would leave this account unprotected by not configuring an appropriate password (or a password at all). Here, I am suggesting that you assign a strong but easy to remember password. This article should give you ideas how to choose a good password:
How to create unique passwords you’ll never forget

If you forgot the administrator password later, don’t worry! Reset Windows Password utility can remove your strong administrator password instantly from a bootable CD or USB drive.

Disable the Built-in Administrator Account

To disable the built-in administrator account, follow these steps:

Log on either as administrator or as a user with administrator permissions.
Right-click My Computer, and select Manage.
Expand Local Users And Groups, and select Users.
Double-click the built-in Administrator account.
Select the Account Is Disabled check box, and click OK.
Close the Computer Management console. The change will take effect after you log off the computer.

Don’t Use the Built-in Administrator Account

I find that many computer users use this account for routine maintenance, tasks, and administration. I also find that this account is configured as the service account for many network services. This account should never be used, unless there is a disaster that requires that this account be used to access your computer.

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Reset Lost Windows User Account Password in Safe Mode

February 8th, 2013 by Admin

Forgot Windows user account password and can’t log into your machine? Are you looking for a free option to reset or bypass lost Windows password? Here it comes, you can reset lost Windows user account password easily in Safe Mode. Let’s get started to know how it works.

In Windows 8/7/Vista/XP, there is a default built-in administrator account which is automatically created at the time of Windows installation. For security reasons the built-in administrator account is hidden and inactive by default. But there is no password protected with it and you can access this administrator account from Safe Mode. After log into Safe Mode with the built-in administrator account, you can reset lost password for any other user account easily. Here are step-by-step instructions:

How to Reset Lost Windows User Account Password in Safe Mode?

Power on your computer and repeatedly press F8. It will show you black screen with few options, select “Safe Mode with Command Prompt” option with arrow keys and hit Enter. Now computer will start Windows in Safe Mode and at the end command prompt will visible.

Now with the help of this command prompt you can reset lost Windows user account password easily. Type “net user” command and hit Enter it will show list of all users.

Now type net user owner 123 to reset the password of the user owner to 123 (in place of owner you need type the name of user for which you want to change password) and press Enter. A message “the command completed successfully” will appear that means your password has been successfully reset.

Now restart your computer and login with username: owner and password: 123. you can access your computer and continue to reset other account password through Control Panel.

This is the easiest way to reset lost windows user account password. But it only works when you are able to start computer in Safe Mode. If safe mode could not be loaded or there is a password set on the built-in administrator account, then you need to use some third party software to reset lost Windows user account password, such as Reset Windows Password utility.

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How to Reset Forgotten Windows Password

February 6th, 2013 by Admin

Lost or forgotten Windows password? This may happen to everyone. But what if you have lots of important data on the hard drive and need to access the computer urgently? Don’t worry you can reset the forgotten Windows password with easy way. For this you need a blank CD and an alternative computer you can login with administrator account. Here are simple steps for you to reset forgotten Windows password.

How to Reset Forgotten Windows Password?

First, you will need to download and install Password Recovery Bundle on an alternative computer that you can access. This can be your work PC, or a friend or family member’s PC.
Launch Password Recovery Bundle and click on Windows Password button, the pop-up dialog allows you to create a password reset boot CD.
Next, place the password reset CD in the CD-ROM drive of your locked computer. Get the computer to boot from the CD. If you don’t know how to set your computer to boot from CD, please check out this guide: How to Boot A Computer from CD or USB Drive.
The computer will load the mini operating system inside the password reset CD and open up the Reset Windows Password window as follow.
From the window, you can see a list of user accounts existing in your Windows installation. For dual-boot or multi-boot computer, make sure you choose your desired Windows SAM registry hive from the drop-down list.
Choose the user account with a forgotten password, and then click on Reset Password button. The program will reset your forgotten Windows password to blank.
Restart the computer and remove the password reset CD, you should then be able to log into Windows without typing a password.

With the password reset CD you can reset forgotten Windows 8/7/Vista/XP password. You can also create a password reset boot USB to reset forgotten Windows password on your netbook or any computer which doesn’t come with a CD drive.

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How to Log into Windows without Knowing the Password

February 3rd, 2013 by Admin

Can’t remember Windows user password? How to log into the computer without knowing the password? If you have been running Windows on your computer, chances are high that you haven’t assigned a password for the build-in administrator account. By default installation, Windows 8/7/Vista/XP has a built-in administrator account. Most computer owners don’t even know such an Administrator account is actually existed, don’t even mentioned they will create or set a password for Administrator user account.

The problem is that in normal Windows Welcome Screen where you choose which user account you want to log onto, the Administrator account is not displayed and is not shown. You need to start your computer in Safe Mode and the administrator account will be visible in the login screen. Just left the password box as blank and you should be able to log into Windows. After getting into Windows, you can go to Control Panel and reset your lost or forgotten password for any user account existing in your computer.

If the built-in administrator account is password-protected and you can’t remember the password, don’t worry! You can still log back into Windows easily but more instructions are involved. First you need to download the bootable ISO image of Reset Windows Password to a CD on another computer you can login, then use it to boot up your locked computer, the boot CD enables you to remove login passwords for any user account. After removing the password, restart your computer and you can then log into Windows without a password.

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How to Hack Windows 7/Vista/XP Password Using BackTrack

January 24th, 2013 by Admin

Lost your Windows 7/Vista/XP password and cannot log in to your machine? If you have a rescue disk, you should be okay. If not, you might have to turn to BackTrack Linux for help.

Microsoft stores the password hashes of Windows user accounts in the registry hive c:\windows\system32\config\sam. This file is highly protected and not accessible while Windows is running even for the administrator user. To circumvent the protection and access the SAM file, we need to boot from a Live CD such as BackTrack so we can hack Windows password in the SAM registry file.

The method that I describe in this tutorial can works with any computer running Windows 7/Vista/XP system. To get started, you need to download a live edition of BackTrack Linux distribution and burn that ISO image to a CD (you could also burn BackTrack on a USB drive). Either way, you will need to boot in to Linux to hack your forgotten Windows 7/Vista/XP password.

How to Hack Windows 7/Vista/XP Password Using BackTrack?

First of all boot your target computer using BackTrack Live CD or USB drive.
Once Backtrack is booted, log in to the root user account using the default password: toor. Type in startx to start the GUI.
Now go for Application > Privilege Escalation > Password Attacks > Offline Attack > chntpw.
Identify and mount your Windows partition in read/write mode using below commands:
umount /mnt/hda1 modprobe fuse ntfsmount /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1
If your hard disk is SATA type then you need to use /sda1 instead of /hda1 in the above steps.
To list out all the users in the Windows SAM registry hive:
./chntpw -l /mnt/hda1/windows/system32/config/SAM
To reset the password for any specific user:
./chntpw -u username /mnt/hda1/windows/system32/config/SAM

BackTrack is widely used by most tech-savvy Linux users to hack Windows login password. But if you don’t have much experience with Linux, it’s better to use another software to hack Windows 7/Vista/XP password – Reset Windows Password, which is a Live disk based on Windows PE operating system and makes it much easier for average computer users to hack Windows password on their own.

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How to Unlock A Laptop If You Forgot Your Password

January 23rd, 2013 by Admin

I just got a new laptop with Windows 7 on it and its really great. But, I went on a 2 month trip and forgot my password and I didn’t write it down either. Now I can’t even get pass the login screen to get into Windows! Please, can someone help me? I’d really appreciate it because I’ve tried everything I can think of.

Forgot the login password on your laptop? Your stupid annoying cousin has changed your password? Or something should have gotten mistyped while you was resetting your password and now you can’t log on your laptop? The most common method of unlocking a laptop is to boot up in Safe Mode by pressing F8 when the BIOS screen appears and log onto the built-in administrator account. Hopefully this account doesn’t have a password and it’s not disabled, but most of the time it does not.

In this tutorial we’ll show you how to unlock a laptop if you forgot your Windows 8/7/Vista/XP password. No matter what situation you are in, you can always unlock/reset the forgotten password on your laptop by following the instructions below.

How to Unlock A Laptop If You Forgot Your Password?

First, you will need to download the Reset Windows Password utility on another PC that you can access. This can be your work PC, or a friend or family member’s PC.
Unzip the download file and you’ll get the ResetWindowsPwd.iso file. Just burn this bootable ISO image to a CD or USB flash drive using ISO2Disc software.
Next, insert the CD or USB flash drive into your locked laptop and boot the laptop from it. If you don’t know how to set your laptop to boot from CD or USB drive, please refer to this guide: How to Boot A Computer from CD or USB Drive.
The computer will load the mini operating system inside the CD or USB flash drive and open up the Reset Windows Password window as follow.
Choose your desired Windows SAM registry hive from the drop-down list.
Choose a user account and then click on Reset Password button. The program will remove your forgotten password and unlock/enable this user account instantly.
Restart the computer and remove the CD or USB flash drive, you should then be able to log on your laptop without being asked to type a password.

It’s essential to have a copy of Reset Windows Password utility before something inevitably happens to your laptop. Especially when you forgot your password and need to use your laptop urgently, you can use it to unlock your laptop quickly and easily.

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