{"id":2678,"date":"2013-07-03T10:56:34","date_gmt":"2013-07-03T10:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=2678"},"modified":"2013-07-03T10:56:34","modified_gmt":"2013-07-03T10:56:34","slug":"how-to-reset-lost-windows-password-of-a-microsoft-virtual-pc-instance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/how-to-reset-lost-windows-password-of-a-microsoft-virtual-pc-instance\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Reset Lost Windows Password of A Microsoft Virtual PC Instance"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>I have forgotten the administrator password of the Windows 2003 which runs on Microsoft Virtual PC. I really don&#8217;t want to reinstall the virtual machine again. How can I recover or reset the password?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Losing Windows administrator password is a frustrating experience, as you have likely lost access to all the applications and files on your PC. Resetting a lost Windows password on a virtual machine is the same process as resetting one from a physical machine. But in order to reset lost password of a Microsoft Virtual PC instance, you only need to get a bootable ISO image which contains Windows password recovery tool.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Reset Lost Windows Password of A Microsoft Virtual PC Instance?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Download the zipped ISO image of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/reset-windows-password.html\" style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">PCUnlocer<\/a> on your host OS. After you&#8217;ve downloaded it, unzipped it and you&#8217;ll get a bootable ISO image: pcunlocker.iso.<\/p>\n<p>Power your virtual machine in Microsoft Virtual PC. Click on <strong>CD<\/strong> menu and select <strong>Capture ISO Image<\/strong> as shown below.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/images\/virtualpc.png\" width=\"450\" height=\"331\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Browse the pcunlocker.iso file and click <strong>Open<\/strong>, the virtual machine will boot from the ISO image. If not,  go to <strong>Action<\/strong> menu and click <strong>reset<\/strong> to restart Virtual Machine. This time it will boot with ISO file.<\/p>\n<p>After successfully booting from the ISO image, the computer will load the WinPE operating system. After a while it will launch the PCUnlocker program, which automatically locates Windows user accounts existing in your virtual machine.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/images\/pcunlocker.png\" width=\"450\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Choose a user account whose password is unknown, and then click on Reset Password button. It will unlock \/ reset your lost Windows password immediately. After that, reboot the VM and you can then log back into the system inside your Microsoft Virtual PC.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Just boot your VM from PCUnlocker ISO image, you can reset lost Windows password for any Microsoft Virtual PC, no matter what version of Windows your guest OS is! 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